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I know this has been done before but please keep this Paizo, OGL, or 3.x related Im tired of getting in fights with people over 4.0. Whats your fave race and why? I grew up on movies like Hawk the Slayer, and Tor of the Hill People. I fell in love with Elves and all their variations because of it. Hopefully this stays civil.
I have always been partial to dwarves myself, and as for class i have always liked paladins, and that pretty much goes for any system, or game.
mmm 3.5 catfolk(races of the wild) have always call me but I could hardly use it because my favorite class is a druid.
For druids the best class for me, is an Assimar.
Elf, Half-elf, and human. Probably in that order. I tend to enjoy skill based or combined caster-melee types, and those three just fit the bill for me. Also, I'm rather skinny, so maybe the idea of a skinny elf with a STR 18 just works for me.
Elves, Elves, and more elves. Seconded recently by Half orcs. I like them mechanically.
Elves, Elves, and more elves. Seconded recently by Half orcs. I like them mechanically.
In Pathfinder half-orcs are good mechanically. In 3.5, not nearly as much.
Elves, Elves, and more elves. Seconded recently by Half orcs. I like them mechanically.In Pathfinder half-orcs are good mechanically. In 3.5, not nearly as much.
agreed, but I play pathfinder.
Depends on what I am playing.
Fighters and Clerics, I like Dwarfs.
Rangers and Cavaliers have to be Elves.
Rogues, Druids and Bards, 1/2 Elves.
Wizards ONLY Humans.
I don't care for Gnomes, Halflings, 1/2 Orcs and non-core races as a player myself. At least not in Pathfinder or pre-4E D&D.
For 4E, I'll add Tiefling Warlocks, 1/2 Elf Paladins, Dragonborn Sorcerers and Eladrin Swordmages.
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I too am a human fan, but I also like half-orcs in both 3.5 and PF.
I am an Eberron fan and so Warforged and to a lesser degree Shifters are also interesting.
I am curious what the 3.5 Dragonborn is like, I have only skimmed the Races of the Dragon entry for them, but they appear to be quite different to the 4e version, basically being a reincarnation of other races.
Well if we get into 4e, the genasi are awesome, but I can't really get behind 4e all that much.
As for 3.5 dragonborn, I like them both mechanically and flavor wise. Unfortunately, every time I've made a dragonborn character the game never got off the ground.
Lizardfolk. Even with the racial HD and LA. Unfortunately I rarely get to play and when I do, most DMs aren't open to racial progression like I am (so you can start at 1st level).
Of the core races in order from most preferred to least: half-orc, dwarf, halfling, half-elf, human, gnome, elf.
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Lizardfolk. Even with the racial HD and LA. Unfortunately I rarely get to play and when I do, most DMs aren't open to racial progression like I am (so you can start at 1st level).
I'd love some decently built lizardfolk and gnolls without racial HD or LA. Hamunaptra had a race of gnolls called the Anpur that worked like that (and Xendrik Expeditions allowed players to just play gnolls without the racial HD), but I haven't seen that done as much for lizardfolk, because of the +5 natural armor thing, which always felt crazy over the top, for me. I've had pet snakes and lizards, and having scales is *not* the same as wearing a breastplate...
A +1 or even +2 NA would be far more plausible, and, oh-so-conveniently, easier to balance as a PC option.
I like being a tengu or a mongrelfolk.
A player once told me he wanted to play a lizard folk druid, but I don't like LA/RHD races. So I pared down the MM statblock, knocked off the LA and racial HD, and handed him his character. I think it took all of ten minutes.
In 1st and 2nd edition, I loved aquatic elves and / or 1/2 aquatic elves.
I think this is the first time I've ever seen anyone name aquatic elves as a favorite. Care to elaborate?
Human. I play what I know.
I thought all demihumans were just people with cosmetic surgery. ;)
Okay, I favor humans too. Mostly because I don't have to remember a half dozen to a dozen racial abilities.
just about any planetouched, or human when planetouched either aren't allowed or end up horribly nerfed beyond playability.
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In 1st and 2nd edition, I loved aquatic elves and / or 1/2 aquatic elves.I think this is the first time I've ever seen anyone name aquatic elves as a favorite. Care to elaborate?
I was a huge elf fan, back in 1st and 2nd edition, and I'm pretty much aquatic anyway. I can spend an entire day in the pool (or a lake). The added dimension is fun. It's as close as I can get to flying.
Heck, my GenCon schedule (the one time I went) was; Wake up and go to the pool. Game all day. Go back to the hotel and hit the pool again. Sleep for four hours. Do it again.
Careful application of cosmetics hides my Innsmouth look.
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Elves and Fey (Fae) types. In 4th, Eladrin are cool, in Pathfinder its usually just elven and the same with 3.5. Its easily the romanticism I attach to them.
Genasi are pretty awesome (both old forgotten realms and new). I also prefer tiefling over Aasimar just because of the visual appeal.
Humans I find dull.
In 1st and 2nd edition, I loved aquatic elves and / or 1/2 aquatic elves.I think this is the first time I've ever seen anyone name aquatic elves as a favorite. Care to elaborate?I was a huge elf fan, back in 1st and 2nd edition, and I'm pretty much aquatic anyway. I can spend an entire day in the pool (or a lake). The added dimension is fun. It's as close as I can get to flying.
Heck, my GenCon schedule (the one time I went) was; Wake up and go to the pool. Game all day. Go back to the hotel and hit the pool again. Sleep for four hours. Do it again.
Careful application of cosmetics hides my Innsmouth look.
Those tentacles must be a b*tch to hide.
I thought all demihumans were just people with cosmetic surgery. ;)What's a demihuman?
;P
Demihuman is the pre-3e word for 'non-human humanoid.' (Er, did I just fail my Sense Emoticon check?)
Genasi are pretty awesome (both old forgotten realms and new). I also prefer tiefling over Aasimar just because of the visual appeal.
Agreed. I'm a big fan of Tony's tieflings especially.
(Er, did I just fail my Sense Emoticon check?)
Successful Troll thinks you did!
I like elf wizards. Low-light, a bow and a sword don't make up for the feat and skill points a human gets, but you can have a bow and a sword. And pointy ears. Everyone else is just jealous.
Yeah, everyone is jealous of pointy ears. Except half-orcs, gnomes and halflings. XP
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I should also say that I love to play a poison dusk lizard folk. It must be the little, sneaky, evil, midget in me.
I *usually* don't much care for race proliferation, but the Poison Dusk and the Blackscale lizardfolk were both very cool inventions.
Depending on the setting, I'd be inclined to just flat out replace normal lizardfolk with mixed Blackscale/Poison Dusk tribes (living together the way human and halfling communities do).
Most of my characters are either humans, elves, or halflings. As of now:
Elf Rogue / Wizard (dead)
Halfling Cleric
Halfling Fighter (retired)
Human Fighter (retired)
Human Magus
Human Sorcerer
Human Sorcerer/Fighter (retired, retooled as a Monk NPC in Pathfinder)
I usually play elves, but lately I've been keen on half orcs. Darkvision is nice, and my half orc sorceress looks cool with a falchion. She doesn't fight very well with it, but she looks tough! Haven't needed ferocity yet, but it will be nice if I ever do.