how many races is too many?also is there even a point in having them if they all look the same or just way too simular?also half races are they even needed? (mostly just half humans lol)i will say: 10 races is good number, if races are just humans but x dif. then no they're not fucking needed and are just tolkien slop. also half races would be fine if it wasnt just half human half x race all the time.
>>96734393Two.
>>96734393The exact number is arbitrary, but you start hitting the "too many races" point when you start struggling to differentiate the niches additional races fill, either narrative or mechanical.
>>96734397ur boring af and human only fantasy is fucking gay>>96734405also too many when they start having simular stats ig
>>96734393>only the human shows a male and a female of the same raceWhy is this? Is "Joe Nittoly" unwilling to face the truth, that the average elf man is a 6'6" chad that makes 99% of human men look like little girls by comparison?
>>96734414You got it wrong. Nonhumans only come in a single sex and need to breed with humans to continue their lineage.
>>96734393always thought gnomes are pointless
>>96734397Sadly, geopolitics, anthropology and military history, bear out this observation.Two races in one place is one too many.
Kobolds > dragonborn
>>96734488Neither have any places as a playable race, but if you do have to have one degenerate scaly race the dragonborn are a better choice. They're not a retarded meme based on another word for goblin and misinterpreted art.It's scalemail armor not a scaled hide
>>96734511I will run games with every single published 3.5 race AND I will be happy.
>>96734518But I can promise you your players aren't Kevin.
There is no fixed list of races. The players can play as (almost) any sort of being they can imagine.
>>96734393I like four. More than six is usually a waste of time.
>>96734525Of course they aren't Kevin, their names are completely different.
>>96734405>either narrative or mechanicalActually, if we're talking about a game (which we should be, since this is a board for games), only the mechanics matter.
>>96734393>how many races is too many?Four hundred eighty-six thousand two-hundred nineteen.Possibly less than that, as well, but if you've climbed that high then you definitely have too many.
>>96734895Nope only narrative matters.
>>96734895>>96734914The mechanics should reflect the narrative. If two races are narratively distinct, they should also be mechanically distinct in order to reflect that.
>>96734973nah
>>96734397FPBP/thread
>>96734511>It's scalemail armor not a scaled hide>AD&D1eDescription: The hide of kobolds runs from very dark rusty brown to a rusty black. They have no hair. Their eyes are reddish and their small horns are tan to white. They favor red or orange garb. Kobolds live for up to 135 years.If 200 or more kobolds are encountered in their lair, there will be the following additional creatures there: 5-20 guards (as bodyguards above), females equal to 50% of the total number, young equal to 10% of the total number, and 30-300 eggs.>30-300 eggs.These are lizards/dragons/monotremes. Not dogs.Also, how do you explain the scales on their faces, hands, feet, lower legs, and such? It cannot be scalemail.>>96734393>how many races is too many?When you feel there are too many. There is no hard set number for this, only feels.>if they all look the same or just way too simular?Depends on what you feel like is too similar. For me, the "Tolkien" set are very much not similar, even if they are very human-like. But I also include plenty of non-Tolkien races. As it stands now, there are 49 races, along with a ton of subraces and universal subraces.>>96734895>since this is a board for gamesThis is a board for traditional games, thus the /tg/, which includes all the ones that care about narrative AND mechanics. These are both important pillars of the games that are discussed here. So yes, it is both narratively and mechanically important to have distinctions between your races.
>>96735020The art came first, that was the misreading you fucker. Go back to OD&D.
>>96734867/thread.
>>96734393Two. They are all going to be played like humans anyway.
Nah.
>>96734883Hip arms are fucking retarded.
>>96734393Someone explain to me gnomes, what's their purpose?
