Post/Author/DateTime	Post
POPE 10-28-07, 04:39 PM	How many subraces are there of Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Halflings and Goblinoids? What is the real differences between subraces within the confines of a given race. Does it make a difference at all as far as mechanics or is it merely cosmetic? Thanks.
zook1shoe666 10-29-07, 01:06 AM	check out.... http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=697653
Lokathor 10-29-07, 01:13 AM	Generally a subrace will have a mechanical difference from the normal version of the race, but they don't have to.
queenfange 10-29-07, 04:37 PM	As Lokathor said, some differences can just be cultural rather than mechanical. In my game, I refer to different cultural groups with the same stats as ethnic groups whereas those with mechanical variations are subraces, but that's just my preference. There's 4 or so elf subraces, 4 dwarf subraces, 3 gnome subraces, and two halfling subraces- just in the MM (I'm including the default subraces here by the way). The link given by zook1shoe666 is a compilation of all WotC published material, I believe. Don't use all those subraces in your game (obviously); pick 1-5 for every race and make sure they all have a point, in my opinion.
POPE 10-29-07, 05:41 PM	Thanks for the help so far. The link was very helpful. I was wondering though about Hobgoblin subraces do they exist?
zook1shoe666 10-29-07, 10:39 PM	Thanks for the help so far. The link was very helpful. I was wondering though about Hobgoblin subraces do they exist? besides the... *looking* Sunscorch Hobgoblin in the Dragon Magic... and the normal Hobgoblin... i dont see any others in my composite lists