![]() But now there are better "tough guy" races (e.g. (Obligatory TVTropes link.)Ģ) Related to #1, they're commonly picked to be the "tough guy" who is wary of magic. (hence my question about what kind of "ew")įurther differentiating Dwarves from Humans might reignite some of the spark.ġ) They've gotten a reputation for being/feeling very samey across multiple settings and even genres. ![]() Personally it was because the species available were all bland (no points for guessing I played the Illithid) and thus I mostly picked them based on how they would enhance the class choices. When I was playing 5E, I rarely saw Dwarves. I went back to 3.5/3.P and mostly see a mixture of human and species ~2 steps removed from human (dragonborn, ratfolk, shifter, etc), and commonly see species 4+ steps removed from human (Illithid, Dragon). Is that anyone else's experience?Question: Is the "ew, why?" about optimization, flavor, or some 3rd aspect (Dwarf species not living up to the fiction of a Dwarf species for example)? And not just rare, but an active sense of "ew, why would I ever pick that" when I bring up dwarf as a possible race for a player thinking about a character. Tell me if you feel this way or many other fantasy race that you feel this way about?īut in recent years I find dwarves really rare. My brother and I were crazy for them when we started, still one of my favorite characters I've DM'ed for is my brother's Dwarf cleric of Torag in Pathfinder 1e Dwarves are one of my favorites, and Durkon was always my favorite OotS character. Not a hate thread for "the young people not playing D&D my way", people can and should play what they want (even if its a horde of pink haired tieflings in tutus) but I still lament the fall from grace of this particular fantasy species in my circle of players. I remember everyone wanted to have a Gimli type character and have fun with a hokey Scottish accent, cracking heads and roleplaying high functioning alcoholism, great fun.īut in recent years I find dwarves really rare. But dwarves, I'm used to dwarves being cool. As are gnomes and halflings for that matter but IME they've always been a bit rare. Anyone notice this phenomenon? I play D&D/Pathfinder with my fair share of people and I've noticed that dwarven PCs are pretty rare.
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