D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

[Paul Farquhar]

Dragonborn is only so high for BG3 because it's the default for Dark Urge playthroughs. I don't think Larian released stats on Durge vs Tav but I'd be willing to bet Dragonborn are nowhere near as high for Tav (standard PC) playthroughs

Maybe, but I don’t think it’s that common to play Durge as the default. My Durge was a dwarf.

 

[Mind of tempest]

I have a working theory that character design works on one of those triangle graphs with three poles, and a strong design either lands strongly towards one pole or hits a good mix of two. And while what the three are can vary by medium and genre, for a video game RPG we're working with Sexy, Badass, and Cute.

Githyanki are none of the above, so they're the least popular. Gnomes and Halflings are pushing the Cute axis. Dragonborn, Half-Orcs, and maybe Dwarves are all primarily on the Badass axis. And Elves and Drow and Tieflings are all leaning on the Sexy axis. It should be obvious what how the three axis rank in popularity.

There is also stats and abilities to consider.