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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BookBarbarian" data-source="post: 6841932" data-attributes="member: 6802553">I play a Goliath Barbarian (among my many other barbarians) I like how it adds a short rest mechanic to the Barbarian repertoire. If that's game-ism I don't really care. I am after all playing a game.In fact I wish more races had active abilities. I find they are more fun to play than a bunch of always on abilities. I like that I get to choose when to use it. It's like I get to actively "Goliath" my way through a the pain. I wish I could "Dwarf" my way through a wall or "Elf" my way around a foe. I think it makes races feel more distinct than a few pluses and minus with or without darkvision.All that being said, Goliath definitely suffers from some drawbacks, mainly Identity Crisis. I like playing D&D because I get to pretend to be a hero, like I've read about or watched in fiction, but I've not ever read about a Goliath in fiction before. I likely never will. So Goliath really just fills the "Big, Tough Guy" archetype for me. I'm just as likely to re-skin the Goliath into a Half-Orge, Half-Giant, Half Troll, Natural Werebear or any other "biggish" race than to actually use it with the existing fluff.To put it simply: If I tell some friends I'm playing an Elf or a Dwarf at my D&D game they'll have an idea of what that would be. If I say I'm playing a Goliath they'll look at me funny until I say "It's like a Half-Giant".</blockquote>