What is your fav race!? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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draygons

05-09-07, 08:55 PM
Elf
Half Elf
Human
Half orc
Dwarves
Gold Dwarves
Urdinnurs ("Angelic" Dwarves)
Gloristili (my home-made dwarven-elven hybrid)
Azer-blooded
Gray Elf

Lol it is late at night and i forget the others so yeah just add them as i go lol ^^ so whats your favorite
Wharin

05-09-07, 09:02 PM
Ugh... another one of these?

Well... I said it before, and i'll say it again:

Dwarves
Gold Dwarves
Urdinnurs ("Angelic" Dwarves)
Gloristili (my home-made dwarven-elven hybrid)
Azer-blooded

Pretty much anything thats dwarven is good with me.
Lixith

05-09-07, 09:11 PM
Gray Elf
draygons

05-09-07, 09:15 PM
i am a high elf, elf whatever u wanna call it more of a healer pally
KingGolem

05-09-07, 09:29 PM
In the following order:

1. Dwarves
2. Gnomes
3. Stonemen (my homebrew construct race who aren't warforged)
4. Kobolds
5. Mind Flayers
6. Hobgoblins
7. Locotah

Yeah, and all the others I either hate or are indifferent to.
Misaru

05-09-07, 10:37 PM
It's either gotta be the Rock Gnome or Lightfeet Halfling. Therefore, there was only one conclusion: Half-breed.
Halfling-Gnome
The Klarum :
- +2 Intellect, -2 Strength
- Small
- Base Speed 20ft
- +2 against spells and spell-like abilities
- +2 to Listen checks
- Low-light vision
- 4 ranks in any one skill
- Jack-of-all-Trades bonus feat (Complete Adventurer)
- Languages: Common, Giant
- Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Halfling, Gnome, Sylvan
- Favored Class: Bard
extraordinarilyAverageJoe

05-09-07, 10:59 PM
Half orc. Yes, half orc.
Ront Iron-Roar

05-09-07, 11:03 PM
Half orc. Yes, half orc.


Same here.

Haven't played a half-orc yet I haven't liked.
Dragoloth

05-09-07, 11:06 PM
1)Warforged
2)Half-giant(dark sun version)
3)Half-orc
4)Human
Elemental_Elf

05-09-07, 11:08 PM
I'd say the Half-Wild Elf is my favorite race. Halflings come a close second but, yeah, Half-Wild Elves. :)
Taldren Li

05-10-07, 12:21 AM
Illumian
AMGriffin

05-10-07, 12:47 AM
Half-orcs (though, I do use a non-stupid homebrew version)
Half-ogres
Hobgoblins
Malcadon

05-10-07, 04:25 AM
Tabaxi (Cat Folk, Felinoid) - MEOW! >^.^<
Steely_Dan

05-10-07, 06:15 AM
-Human

-Aasimar

-Feytouched

-Drow (don't hate me)

-Duergar

-Uldra

-Forest Gnome

-Half-Elf
Stado

05-10-07, 06:43 AM
Changeling. Hands down.
Seldriss

05-10-07, 08:18 AM
As a player :
- Drow
- Elf
- Half-elf
- Human

As a DM :
- Human
obrysii

05-10-07, 08:36 AM
My favorites:

In theory:
--Half-Dragons
--Thri'kreen

I've played:
--Bullywugs.
Dyrcona

05-10-07, 08:46 AM
Human
EvilVegan

05-10-07, 09:45 AM
1> Changelings
2> Tied between gnomes and goblins
3> Anything gnome/goblin hybrid (I had an elf-goblin hybrid race in one campaign).
4> Human
5> Everything else
Qube

05-10-07, 09:50 AM
since a short time: evolved* necropolitan* dark** whispergnome***. (yeah I like templates ...)

*: liber mortis
**: tome of magic
***: races of stone
Luis_Dragunov

05-10-07, 10:12 AM
Succubus, from Savage Species :P
Darth Sephiroth

05-10-07, 10:17 AM
Human
Warforged (I've played a few using HK-47 for the basis)
Desert Elf (Great for the wandering Nomad type character)
Kobolds (With RotD&Web enhansements)
Ogg

05-10-07, 10:26 AM
Smurfs...











Oh I thought we were talking about for dinner.
Spikes01k

05-10-07, 10:36 AM
Human Lycan Spawn (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=768883)

Oh yeah defiantly them. Using a Dire Tiger as the base animal! Woot!
DwarfPcfan

05-10-07, 10:40 AM
1-Dwarves, any kind, anybreed
2-Gnomes, anykind, any breed
3-Outsiders
4-Elves
5-Anything else...
MagicMouth

05-10-07, 01:02 PM
1: Gnomes
2: Halflings
3: Elves (as long as it´s something other than the tree-hugger cliché)
4: Warforged
5: Shifters

Not taking monster races into account, for the sake of space and ease.
Kirk99

05-10-07, 01:51 PM
1. Human
2. Dvati
3. Wild Elves
4. Artic Dwarves
5. Warforged
6. Goliath
7. Half Minotaur
8. Avariel
9. Air Genasi
10. Tibbit
KoraktheBarbarin

05-10-07, 01:57 PM
I once played a Brownie Wizard, that was loads of fun. I also like Kenders they can be real fun in the right players grasp.:)
Ocom

05-10-07, 02:13 PM
Well if it's not a dwarf, an elf or any halfbreed then it's OK with me.
Kobold_Avenger

05-10-07, 02:16 PM
1:Kobold(duh)
2: Tiefling
3:Lizardfolk.
skio

05-10-07, 02:46 PM
Thri-Kreen. Insect-guys with psychic powers? Very futuristic!
Lawlicron

05-10-07, 03:24 PM
I can't believe no one else has said it!
Sea Elf and Half Sea-Elf, best races ever! (Besides humans of course, but their broken)
Sleepwalker13666

05-10-07, 03:29 PM
Tiefling or Air Genasi
Dullahan_X

05-10-07, 03:39 PM
Tiefling
Nezumi
Centaur
Goliath
Dragonborn
Half-Dragon
DragonDan

05-10-07, 03:46 PM
Whisper Gnome!!
EggytheGreen

05-16-07, 11:39 AM
1st: Maug from Fiend Folio (kicks warforged *beep*)
2nd: Genasi (no specific type)
Crimsondagger

05-18-07, 12:20 PM
Any dwarf is a good dwarf
Second would have to be half orc
Then the Anthro species from Savage species
and then the wierd bear thingy and neanderthal from frostburn

A true warrior will fight after all other options have been exhausted.
Nat_20

05-18-07, 02:40 PM
My top 5 goes like this:

1: Elves, Like the fact that their a species for every occasion...

2: Human, need i say more???

3: Kenku, what is it about a race of overgrown crows that makes me wanna play them?

4: Orcs, and not those stupid half weakling ones, but the full blooded, battle hungry, great-axe wielding badass's of D&D(also exp fodder for others, what can ya do...)

And 5: ummm 5.... im out of stuff right now... crap
Kasumi_Chan

05-18-07, 05:32 PM
Elves (sun, moon, drow), half dragon, half celestial, half demon/devil, and dragons
LoneStranger

05-18-07, 07:54 PM
1. Dwarves, except for the evil ones, not too fond of those.

2. Warforged, what's not to love about an intelligent golem?
Sareld

05-18-07, 08:05 PM
My favourite race altogether? Thats a tough one, as it ultimately depends on what kind of character I aim to play, but I do always plays some kind of elf. If I had to rank them, it would be:

1 Grey Elves.

- These make excellent rogues, and they are the best +0LA race for wizards in the entire game. Plus, their style is absolutely unmatched, I just love RPing grey elves.

2 High Elf/Moon Elf.

- This is the easiest kind of elf to get permission to play, because it is in the PHB. Ive had a few decent high elf wizards and clerics, but this race does best as rogue tpye characters.

3 Wild Elves.

- Come on, smashy characters dosent get better than these guys. I usually play high dex type characters no matter what class I go for, so physically these elves are nigh unmatched.

4 Wood Elves.

- I play these when I want to play a brawny character, and dosent feel like RPing a wlid wharacter. The con penalty hurts, but the str and dex bonus rock big time.

5 Silvanesti Elves.

- Possibly even stronger mechanically than the grey elves, but their cha penalty hurts my playing style. Their skill bonuses and elfsight makes them come out in top when considering raw arcane power through intelligence based casting though.
TheCarrionCrawler

05-18-07, 11:36 PM
Yay! How fun!

In no particular order...

Human
Gnome
Whisper Gnome
Half-drow
Mithral Elf
Goliath
Tiefling
Half-Ogre
Sea-Kin
Underfolk
Mongrelfolk
Half-giant
Elan
Dromite
All new Eberron races(warforged, changeling, kalashtar, shifter)
Flesh Golem
Troll
Mohrg
Katane
All Dragon Magic slightly altered version (silverbrow humans, etc...)
Spiker
Azurite


...can't think of any more...
Argo

05-19-07, 03:01 AM
Whisper Gnome
Halfling
Gnome
Half-Orc (modified)
Human

Least favorite - Dwarf
silvianna

05-19-07, 04:09 AM
Half Elves come always first at my mind and then perhaps the Gray Elves or Humans but Half Elves always come first!!!!
Frogmantis

05-19-07, 04:57 AM
Human
Satyr
Elf (all varieties, especially gray elves, except drow... because i'm just sick of them)
Gith (both kinds)

a favorite one of mine is a wild/high elf blend. she's the best of both worlds.
DreamerInsane

05-19-07, 05:33 AM
Dragons, dragonblooded, and undead, but not undead dragon-stuff.

Other than that, probably fey and elves. I like Killoren and Aquatic Elves especially.

EDIT: Forgot Dusklings. What's wrong with me Oo
Explosive_Zombie

05-19-07, 06:13 AM
Thri-kreen and anything with the Insectile template! I love bugs! On that same note there need to be a prestige class with and insect theme that ISN'T EVIL!!!
darkdragonk

05-19-07, 04:28 PM
Not including guys with LA,



KOBOLDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ElberethSilverleaf

05-19-07, 04:46 PM
Giant Space Hamsters...
If you don't get the reference I can only shake my head in dismay.....
Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-19-07, 06:01 PM
My favourite race altogether? Thats a tough one, as it ultimately depends on what kind of character I aim to play, but I do always plays some kind of elf. If I had to rank them, it would be:

1 Grey Elves.

- These make excellent rogues, and they are the best +0LA race for wizards in the entire game. Plus, their style is absolutely unmatched, I just love RPing grey elves.

2 High Elf/Moon Elf.

- This is the easiest kind of elf to get permission to play, because it is in the PHB. Ive had a few decent high elf wizards and clerics, but this race does best as rogue tpye characters.

3 Wild Elves.

- Come on, smashy characters dosent get better than these guys. I usually play high dex type characters no matter what class I go for, so physically these elves are nigh unmatched.

4 Wood Elves.

- I play these when I want to play a brawny character, and dosent feel like RPing a wlid wharacter. The con penalty hurts, but the str and dex bonus rock big time.

5 Silvanesti Elves.

- Possibly even stronger mechanically than the grey elves, but their cha penalty hurts my playing style. Their skill bonuses and elfsight makes them come out in top when considering raw arcane power through intelligence based casting though.


*whistles* That's a lot of elfs. I don't understand how you stand them, what with their utter lack of testosterone and that awful, awful limitation of not being able to wield weapons that do more then 1d6 points of damage.
fiendish_platypus

05-19-07, 06:03 PM
*whistles* That's a lot of elfs. I don't understand how you stand them, what with their utter lack of testosterone and that awful, awful limitation of not being able to wield weapons that do more then 1d6 points of damage.

I agree mostly with your post, but if I recall correctly the longbow, wich is a staple elf weapon, does 1d8 damage...
Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-19-07, 06:11 PM
I agree mostly with your post, but if I recall correctly the longbow, wich is a staple elf weapon, does 1d8 damage...

It can't be, seeing as how it violates the damage cap. Anyone playing an elf and using a longbow isn't playing elves as written, but some strange parody of the real thing.
















If you can't tell, I really don't like elves.
darkdragonk

05-20-07, 12:34 AM
If you can't tell, I really don't like elves.

Join the party.
but I agree that any elfs doing anything more than 1d4 is in Violation ESA (Elfs suck ***) and are to be immedeatly persecuted.
P.S I would like to point out for anyone with TES: Morrowind, that Fargoth is an elf to rest my case:P
Adamaro23

05-20-07, 03:58 AM
I also hate elves,

1. Gnoll
2. Genasi
3. Di'hin'ni (plantouched halfling from Dragon)
4. Hadozee
5. Minotaur (LA +0 version from Dragonlance)
6. Satyr
7. Hengyokai
8. Shifter
9. Teifling
10. Aisimar
Adamaro23

05-20-07, 04:00 AM
P.S I would like to point out for anyone with TES: Morrowind, that Fargoth is an elf to rest my case:P

yeah, along with Gaenor, Glarthir, and the Adoring Fan
ElberethSilverleaf

05-20-07, 08:27 AM
Valley Elf
CyberDrgn

05-20-07, 04:24 PM
Dwarves, gnomes, humans... and once in a while an halfling. Whenever I played with unusual races and their halfbreed counterpart, their RP ended up as a mix of emo, munchkin and S&M bondage queen (when evil).
Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-20-07, 04:38 PM
Join the party.

Join?!? I am one of the founding fathers of that party!
fiendish_platypus

05-20-07, 04:56 PM
I don't really like elves either...
Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-20-07, 05:01 PM
I don't really like elves either...

Maybe you should check out my sig? See if you want to join the cause?
OzyBurrfoot

05-21-07, 03:15 PM
1. Kenders (DragonLance)
2. Half-Giants (DarkSun)
3. Shifters (Eberron)
4. Faen/Sprytes (Arcana Evolved)
5. Whisper Gnomes (generic D&D)
ElberethSilverleaf

05-21-07, 05:40 PM
Stoutheart Hobbits
zzo38

05-21-07, 05:49 PM
It can't be, seeing as how it violates the damage cap. Anyone playing an elf and using a longbow isn't playing elves as written, but some strange parody of the real thing.


Where does it say anything about damage cap? It isn't in the Player's Handbook. What version are you playing?

Anyways, I often play human, and sometimes drakeling (from ADOM). (Actually the first time I played, I selected a race at random because I didn't know what race or class to pick, and it was a human wizard).
Aetheryn

05-21-07, 05:57 PM
Good ol' fashioned Human.

I'm easy to please.
Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-21-07, 06:02 PM
Where does it say anything about damage cap? It isn't in the Player's Handbook. What version are you playing?

3.5
CantripN

05-21-07, 06:16 PM
Where does it say anything about damage cap? It isn't in the Player's Handbook. What version are you playing?


3.5 - Can an elf wield a greatsword? (http://boards1.wizards.com/wotc_archive/index.php/t-692629)

Also - Humans.
Followed by Illumians.

...and Grey Elves (but only because of the Wizard Sub. Level(s)!)
Tyberian

05-21-07, 06:20 PM
3.5

I have always been partial to the half-orc and am very partial to anything and everything that kills elves, especially in large numbers, the exception being the orc pantheon. One look at Gruumsh's divine rating in Deities and Demigods shows that he would have trouble taking out Yondalla much less Moradin or Corellon.:fight!: :fight!: :fight!:
skywyze

05-21-07, 06:29 PM
It's from a Dragon magazine, but... Ghost Elves!

Here's a little information about them from what I remember:
Just after the Elves were first created, some of them were kidnapped by a powerful demon lord, to serve as slaves in the Abyss for thousands of years. While the other elves were squabbling among themselves, including the creation of the Drow, these guys were fighting demons and monsters in hellish arenas for the entertainment of their demonic slavemasters, or being subjected to arcane experiments. After thousands of years of natural selection in a hostile environment, one of them - with the help of other plotting demon lords - managed to find a way out and took hundreds of ghost elves with them. Now they live in cities hidden in the infinite misty haze that is the ethereal plane. When they fight, they use their mastery of the ethereal plane (Plane Shift as an Su for example) to all of a sudden pop in, surrounding their enemies. They kill them off quickly and plane shift back before anyone knows what happened. They're full of awesome... For an elf.

Other than that, I like Aasimars as well. Too bad they suck, mechanically speaking.
Beebage

05-21-07, 08:12 PM
My favorite races are:

1.) Mind Flayer
2.) Minotaur
3.) anything with vampire in it.
4.) Elf
Manus

05-21-07, 08:22 PM
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Einvaldurinn_mikli

05-21-07, 08:27 PM
3.5 - Can an elf wield a greatsword? (http://boards1.wizards.com/wotc_archive/index.php/t-692629)

In the year 3007, that thread will be held up as a shining example of great literature from the 21st century.
ArcaneCleric

05-21-07, 08:28 PM
My favourites =
1. Humans
2. Deep Imaskari
3. Dwarves
4. Halflings

Ones I am neutral to (in other words, don't care about) =
5. Gnomes
6. Half-Elves
7. Half-Orcs

Ones I hate (purely because I've never seen them played any way I can actually like) =
8. Elves
skywyze

05-21-07, 09:03 PM
Warforged Bards

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Cariyaga

05-21-07, 09:14 PM
Catfolk. I love that +4 dex and +2 cha, not to mention MS and Listen +2
TheZugger

05-22-07, 05:30 PM
Earth Dwarfs.
love the extra stability bonus.
Uberfish

05-22-07, 05:31 PM
Goliath!!! All the way!

By the way, Does anybody know a good name for a goliath ranger? I'm having a bit of namer's block.
fiendish_platypus

05-22-07, 05:45 PM
Well if it's not a dwarf, an elf or any halfbreed then it's OK with me.

Well, this one time I mad a half-dwarf elf... [/Sarcasm]
fiendish_platypus

05-22-07, 05:47 PM
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Here, have a cookie for your troubles :cookie:
dunkeykong

05-22-07, 06:37 PM
+2 Intellect





Woah, woah, woah.

What is this "intellect" you speak of?

'Round these parts we call it "intelligence".

Go back to WOW if you want to call it that
Salla

05-22-07, 07:53 PM
Warforged. :)
Grizzled Gryphon

05-22-07, 08:55 PM
-Drow (don't hate me)

I tried, but I have to hate you now. Sorry for any inconvienence this may cuase. :P
Nextrea

05-22-07, 08:59 PM
Favourite Races:

Half-Elf
Elf


Least Favourite Races:

Half-Orc
Dwarf
IRememberCecil

05-22-07, 09:42 PM
Favourite Races:

Half-Elf
Elf


Least Favourite Races:

Half-Orc
Dwarf

I think you got it backwards.
Bayne_Shadowlord

05-22-07, 11:27 PM
Drow
High Elf
Human
Explosive_Zombie

05-23-07, 03:40 AM
Warforged Bards

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WilwarinAndamar

05-23-07, 10:56 PM
Halfings.

Because the short jokes will never get old. :D
happy_fuzzy

05-23-07, 11:02 PM
I am so sigging the warforged bard thing omg lol

well if its a mid-level campagin
1) Rakshasa

low-level
Human
Keaerin

05-24-07, 02:18 AM
#1 KOBOLD!!!!!!

#2 copper dragon (from dragon mag kinda a race and class like in SS)

#3 Dwarves (played a dwarf drunken master once)

#4 Human/halfling are tied here (dino riding halflings FTW)
Ecalsneerg

05-24-07, 04:24 AM
Favoured races
- Half-Elves
- Dark-kin (Infernally tainted humans from the Arcanis setting)

Less favoured races
- Dwarfs
- Humans (sorry, just too generic)
Spikes01k

05-24-07, 02:43 PM
Halfings.

Because the short jokes will never get old. :D

Short people got no reason,

Short people got no reason,

Short people got no reason to ______.
Stanwick

05-25-07, 06:43 PM
Favoite Races:
Goblin
Human
Kobald

Although my favorite character ever was a Kender Smart, Devoted, Fast, Infiltrator in an Urban Arcana Campaign. Do you have any idea how much trouble a kender can get into in a modern setting? Cars, Helecopters, Guns Explosives :D:evillaugh:dancin::devil:
demonassassinlusumus

05-25-07, 08:16 PM
my fav is the drows
Qooroo

05-25-07, 11:35 PM
Human, Gnome (the PHB kind - the Whisper Gnomes are too far away from the kind of character I like to RP, though I have no particular objections to them otherwise), Feytouched, Petal, Pixie, Dwarf, Azurin
Forgotten_Warrior

05-26-07, 01:24 AM
A half-elf is my favorite race, in Forgotten Realms the elf part would be moon-elf.
Fleck

05-26-07, 03:52 AM
I like...

Uglies:
Orc
Half-Orc
Ogre
Half-Ogre
Goblin
Hobgoblin
Mongrelfolk
etc.

Anthros:
Gnoll
Minotaur
Satyr
Catfolk
Goatfolk
Kenku
Yuan-Ti
etc.


I dislike races that should be fey:

Elves - I'd replace them with Killoren (but looking like elves).

Kobolds - Who came up with the idea to give them scales and and make them related to dragons? They are supposed to be small mischievous elflike fey.
Tytalus

05-28-07, 12:50 PM
Tieflings, Humans, Kobolds

Also nice: Goliaths
Hanzo187

05-28-07, 04:31 PM
Hmm...

1. Wood Elf
2. Human
3. Warforged
4. Changeling
Of_Monkeys

05-29-07, 07:20 PM
Eberron:
- Warforged (+0 LA)

Forgotten Realms:
- "Lesser" Drow (+0 LA)
- Half-Drow (+0 LA)
- Half-Aquatic Elf (+0 LA)

Planar:
- Air Genasi (+1 LA)
- Water Genasi (+1 LA)

Psionic:
- Elan (+0 LA)

Oriental Adventures:
- Hengeyokai (Monkey, Crab, Carp, etc...) (+0 LA)<- Errata in Dragon Magazine #318

Monster:
- Pixie (Or something like it) (+4 LA)

Not-quite-official:
- Dvati (+1 LA)
mhacdebhandia

05-29-07, 07:33 PM
so whats your favorite
Humans, hands-down.
Yeti9944

05-29-07, 08:23 PM
My fav is the simple yet ever growing Elf slayer if it can kill elves my attitude towards it is friendly or loyal
and my second is Half-Orc
Disciple_of_Juiblex

05-29-07, 09:38 PM
I have a few but my new favorate race?

Vril (Drow of the underdark). Small size, no Str penalty, Fast, short time Dr/5, Cone damage attack at first level. all that and more for the low, low price of LA+ 0 , with no monsterous levels :D
Ruike

05-30-07, 07:16 AM
Wood elf, wild elf, catfolk.
Ruike

05-30-07, 07:18 AM
Favorite hostile npc race? GNOLLS. They will stop to eat your corpse in the middle of battle if they are hungry enough. Never forget to roll your d4 to see how many rounds until they shield bash.
Radiant117

05-30-07, 08:05 AM
I like sun elf racial abilities for fighter-type characters and gray elf abilities for wizardly ones. I don't like elves per se, especially since Races of the Wild. Our current DM, though, does a good job making elves admirable, not despisable.

"The book says elves are wussy, prissy little snobs, Tony."
"Not our elves! Our elves kick ass!"
--Cristophe Shill, Casual Gamers (http://www.casual-gamers.com/)
skywyze

05-30-07, 08:28 AM
Our current DM, though, does a good job making elves admirable, not despisable.Just curious - how does your DM pull that off?
RainDragona

05-30-07, 12:32 PM
I'm going to say...

Lets see...half dragons, Yuan ti (abomonations, or half breed) , and gnomes. Got to love those gnomes. :)
Xeres

05-30-07, 12:40 PM
Ogre Mage
Pixie
Githzerai
Svirfneblin
Illusionlord

05-31-07, 04:41 PM
I'm a gnome-lover, throgh and through. they make awesome arcane spellcasters, especially illusionists or warmages, the latter due to h fact that their small size adds armor bonus.
Kalarus

05-31-07, 06:14 PM
Grey Elves, usually. I find them suited for a lot of the characters I tend to play. Occasional regular High Elf. For some reason that draws a bit of playful heat from my fellow players and lots of anti-Elf jokes, which I never really got.

Tried a Dwarf recently, so far so good.

Humans are nice, but... dunno, they need more spice. Don't always feel like coming up with something of my own.

Hate Gobliniods... mostly because my DM loves them too much. Gets interesting with my Dwarf though, hate-hate relationships.

Want to play a Goliath, but all three of my DMs think they're overpowered as a race :rolleyes:
Tyberian

05-31-07, 06:24 PM
My fav is the simple yet ever growing Elf slayer if it can kill elves my attitude towards it is friendly or loyal
and my second is Half-Orc

AMEN!AMEN!AMEN!AMEN! :hoppingma :hoppingma :hoppingma :hoppingma :hoppingma :hoppingma KILL THEM ALL!
skywyze

05-31-07, 06:39 PM
Wow, I had no idea there was such a market for elf-slaughter. Seriously, there might be some kind of business idea here.

Maybe the next character I make will be a gnome artificer with his own magic shop. He could build elf-detecting radars, elf-repellants, elf-specific poisons and the horrid Elf-O-Matic. Just don't ask what the latter does, it's too horrible to conceive. :evillaugh
Tyberian

05-31-07, 07:03 PM
You'll get all my gold!!! My prayers have been answered. A veritable paradise in the making.
Optimator

05-31-07, 07:06 PM
Hobgoblins forever!
TurnCloak_Kobold

05-31-07, 07:34 PM
you silly people.

shadow dragons
full dragons (excluding whites)
and kobolds....
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gnomes are for losers. >.> uhhh hmm i mean....no i got nothing.
Otto the Bugbear

05-31-07, 09:47 PM
Bugbear

YEAH, BABY!!!

:D
Jacesilvers

05-31-07, 09:56 PM
Dwarves
Aasimar
Half- dragons
Elves
Yeti9944

06-01-07, 02:31 AM
you silly people.

shadow dragons
full dragons (excluding whites)
and kobolds....
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gnomes are for losers. >.> uhhh hmm i mean....no i got nothing.

Why not white Dragons they are wild and eat lots of elves and a healthy diet of elves will make you more magically resistant to sleep effects.
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a few other races I like are Centaur Raptoran Thri-keen and Varag I really like them all cause I have a need, a need for speed.:D
Tusalu

06-01-07, 02:33 AM
Dwarf, gnome, kender, tinker gnome, human
JolanthusTrel

06-01-07, 02:47 AM
Dragons
Elves
Romulans
Vulcans
Kender
baby_kamikaize_kobold

06-01-07, 04:36 PM
1 Dwarves (for life)
2 Kobold (massed hordes and a hate for elves. I'm sold)
3 Hobgoblins (goblins without chaos)
4 Lizardfolk 3way tie (poisondusk, standard, and blackscale)
5 Minotuar (they'll eat your childern)
Beefypistolsnipe

06-01-07, 08:09 PM
Gnomes are just too small... I'm afraid for them; they look like they just might break at any moment...

1. Gnolls! (badass)
2. Humans (I love versatility and infinite possible backgrounds)
3. Dragonborn (pretty neat concept)
4. *edited* I've changed my mind. I'd rather put Thri-Kreen in this spot.
Braekor Dragonfang

06-02-07, 10:17 AM
hmmm, this is a tough one...

1. Drow - Because I tend to break every stereotype there is. Good drow? no angst: Plucky, annoyingly positive minded, illiterate barbarian. Evil? forget psychotic evil: lawful evil, polite, controlled, and emotionally stable

2. Kuo-Toa - Crazy Zealot Fish People! just don't use the crappy picture in the monster manual: underdark rules! :D

3. Half Illithid (Orc, Half-Giant, or Grimlock) - Tentacles, Improved Grab and
Extraction, need I say more?

4. Star Elf - The only surface elf I like

5. Thri-Kreen - Four Arms, plus the MM2 version doesn't have crappy psi-like abilities to bog down LA (Note: I like psionics, just don't get them in my bug people! :D )
Drake_the_Windseeker

06-02-07, 11:29 AM
1. Any True Dragon. Hey, if they're half the name of the game, they've gotta rock. That, and I have a fascination with Dragons that borders on obsession.

2. Half-Dragon. Can be applied to any race or monster and make it one SMOKIN' creature. Be afraid.

3. Dragonborn. I think they're an interesting concept.

4. Dragonkin. Monstrous Humanoids that can compare to a half-dragon. Pit those two together, or put them together in one Large package. It's glorious.
Shiftkitty

06-02-07, 12:00 PM
1) Githyanki- I've liked these guys since I first saw the original Fiend Folio on the shelf at the toy store. I created an outlaw character (back before the game even officially allowed monster PCs) whose goal in life was to go gunning for the lich-queen to free his people from her tyranny. Took awhile, but now his butt warms the throne. Although far more merciful than the lich-queen, he still watches his people very closely and does his best to stay on top of his game. No resting on the laurels for this odd immortal.

2) Drow- Let's face it. Menzoberranzan is a modern feminist's wet-dream, and I've got a soft spot for the down-trodden males. (While my friends in school were playing soap-opera mindgames with their boyfriends, I was deemed a 'traitor to my sex' because I'd let them know how to read the body language and subtler signs, and I'd tip 'em off when I knew they were just being strung along and made fools of as part of some power game. I'd even help them turn the tables. I couldn't help it. I like guys too much to see them get hurt.) Political intrigue, "Do unto others... but don't get caught", double-dealing underhanded backstabbing, and somehow this bunch stays together. This dysfunctional society works in a twisted way at a level of "comfortable chaos" where the only thing that's certain is uncertainty. What's not to love?
o_b_livion

06-02-07, 03:32 PM
Mine would be Changelings.

You can be anything you want.

Heck, you can EAT all you want and shift it to 6 pack abs! Actually, I'd do 8.
key

06-15-07, 12:04 PM
Gray Elf

^^
Hellsbells

06-15-07, 12:21 PM
at the risk of being uninventive, drow and gnolls.

or the buckha from sandstorm.
bigsnarf

06-15-07, 08:14 PM
Human:P ,they are the most flexable race ever.Humans are always at the heart of the game.Most of your badguys are human.If I had a second choice it would be the kender from Dragonlance.:bounce: they are so cute and get away with anything.They also get great one-liners like"Hey,I put this in my pocket so the others would'nt get the idea that YOU stole it when their backs where turned,that smart,eh?"
Soltares

06-15-07, 09:11 PM
Back in 2e, I played only Grey Elves and Aquatic Elves (or Aquatic 1/2 Elves), with the occasional freak character such as a Xixchil, 1/2 Ogre Mage or Gnomish Giant Space WereHamster... (We had a fun 'brute squad' party consisting of an Ogre, a Wemic, a Minotaur and a Giff.)

In 3e, I stick to Humans for most characters, with the occasional other race based entirely on whether or not they have a cool racial Alternate Class Feature that seems worth losing that precious bonus feat. (Elven Wizard for instance.)

For theme, my favorites would be Gnolls and Lizardfolk, if they didn't have such nasty LA issues, or setting specific critters like Spider-Eye Goblins, Asaatthi or Charduni.
Nentisys

06-19-07, 03:10 PM
Hmm.. well this is gonna be a hard one.

Maug - one of my most beloved (and also shortlived..) characters was a Maug fighter, wielding a two-bladed sword. Totally badass.

Drow - dunno, so .. cliche, but still kinda cool.

Wood & Wild Elves

Killoren - something... primeval about them.

Suloise Humans - Greyhawk'ian.
LoreleiIsildae

06-19-07, 05:49 PM
Well, what can I say, I'm a sucker for drow. Sure, people call them cliche because of their popularity, especially with newer players, but damn are they fun. Devious, vile, cunning, conniving, manipulative, able to see in the dark (take Daylight Adaptation at 1st level and you're good to go on the surface too), spell resistance... the SLAs may only be moderately useful (though darkness is uber-handy), but the +2 DEX, CHA, and INT, more than make up for the CON penalty. Play a drow who worships someone either than Lolth or Eilistraee and you have some interesting plot contrivances in your game.

After the drow, I'd have to say half-orcs. Something beyond the conventional dumb brute.
jezzeronthecoast

06-20-07, 06:13 PM
Hi all.

I dont know if I am the only one hear, but I quite like the Half celestial!
ryuspearhead

06-20-07, 07:19 PM
drow

dragon

elf
bulletprooffox

09-15-07, 02:35 AM
Svirfneblin
Githzerai
Azurin
Wild Elf
Werewolf(human base)
Halfling

and, there will always be a place in my heart for my unexpectedly amazing rock gnome barbarian Donner Tobblenok (boy were those giants surprised, and the carnage was unprecedented)
Eyedol

09-15-07, 03:36 AM
Kuo-toa, hands down.
LordofNightmares

09-15-07, 05:51 AM
My list of favorites:

As a Dungeon master:
5. Trolls
4. Beastmen (Goatfolk/Ibixian)
3. Wood/Wild Elves
2. Humans
1. Orcs

As a Player:
5. Human
4. Hill Dwarf
3. Aasimar
2. Half-orc
1. Orc
Easalyamusedoldman

09-15-07, 07:18 AM
1.Beholders
2.Dwarf
3.Kobold
4.Weasel
WizardoftheCoast

09-15-07, 10:44 AM
Shifter

Human
Spikes01k

09-15-07, 07:03 PM
Human Lycan Spawn (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=768883)

Oh yeah defiantly them. Using a Dire Tiger as the base animal! Woot!

You know, now, out of the official races I like the Feral Dragon Born. It matches an old character I used to play for an old system.
Courrain

09-16-07, 12:22 AM
(1) Half-Dragons
(2) Hobgoblins
(3) Blues (Psionic Goblins)
(4) Bugbears
(5) Lesser Earth Genasi
(6) Tauren (Warcraft)
(7) Pandaren (Warcraft)
(8) Litorian (Arcana Evolved)
(9) Half-Orc
(10) Human
(11) Warforged
(12) Sharakim
(13) Thri-Kreen
zvbxrpl

09-16-07, 03:55 PM
As a player

1. Changeling
2. Spellscale
3. Tiefling
4. Shifter
5. Elf
Lametrain

09-16-07, 06:07 PM
1. Goliaths, hands down
2. Dwarfs or Dwarf-Like races
3. Everything else
Vati_Cross

09-16-07, 07:35 PM
The Illumans from Races of Destiny.
Visigo7h

09-16-07, 07:42 PM
1. Goliaths
2. Tieflings
3. Orcs (with the wizard class)
Einvaldurinn_mikli

09-17-07, 05:57 PM
Hobgoblins forever!

**** yeah!

My hobgoblin just died though.:(
Drodain

09-17-07, 05:59 PM
1. Goliaths

2. Half-Dragons

3.Dwarves
baronvonboxy

09-17-07, 06:11 PM
in now real order
Human
Orc
Dwarf
Gnome
Halfling

I have to agree with Visigo7h about orcs for caster types.
Orc warlocks are fun.
Mulkr

09-19-07, 09:26 PM
Well lets put it this way, if i was granted one wish in life, and i couldn't wish to have access to millions of millions of wishes, i'ld wish to be a gnoll.
RollaD20

09-20-07, 11:56 PM
killoren
humans
half elves
stone giants
aasimars
Xinha

09-21-07, 01:08 PM
My fav race is Gray elf, without any question.
I bought the old "book of elves" where gray elves are portrayed. they are like hidden elves, similar to tolkien's hidden elves.
skywyze

09-21-07, 01:25 PM
My fav race is Gray elf, without any question.
I bought the old "book of elves" where gray elves are portrayed. they are like hidden elves, similar to tolkien's hidden elves.Agreed! :D

*hides from the orc-lovers*
Nightshade

09-21-07, 01:35 PM
1) Human
2) Changeling
3) Hobgoblins
4) Kalashtar
5) Halfling
6) Warforged