What do you guys think about players being able to play all humanoid races mixed in a party or should the be limited to "evil" or "good" humanoid races from the setting?
How many humanoid races do you guys think should exist in a setting so that it doesn't become to many or a race is only defined by a special trait?
Great number is 7. Example: Humans, Elves, Nagas (full reptile but distinctly humanoid), Naghaji, orcs, dwarves, and gnomes. Also add in a few half-breed races if you're wanting more exotic options. Each one has their own special place in society and it doesn't feel like there's too many races running around.
>>44127752
m*(4 + (a/50000) + u) rounded to the nearest whole number
where a is area of the setting in square miles, u is a binary identifier if underground is inhabitable or not and m is coeficient for magic scale - from 1 "mostly realistic" to 6 "high as a kite magic"
>>44127752
I think it's better to put more emphasis on different countries and societies, rather than races - when every race in the setting is a monoculture it reeks of laziness. As for number of races, 5-7 is the best number for high fantasy. Split them into different societies and you have just enough variety.
In this last (fantasy) game, I gave the players a list of strange player races, and then told them that they could Invent their own races. One player came up with a levitating man o' war jelly, the other came up with a sort of namekian, and I decided that most of his race wears heavy stone armor, but as a monk he doesn't. The third player is a human. My game world feels like Star Wars, there are some familiar species, but there are so many variants that sometimes they'll run into things which are downright strange, like an owlman wizard with a tiny humanoid familiar
>>44128115
1 * (4 + (57,268,900/50,000) + 0) = 1149
So how come it's just us?
>>44128189
>owlman wizard with a tiny humanoid familiar
I'm just gonna borrow that for one of my settings, hope you don't mind.
>>44128266
Sorry, should have done habitable.
1*(4+(24,642,757/50,000)+0) = 497
>>44127752
The way I see it, if you're going to have a large number of races you might as well go all the way. I prefer to generally keep it below 10 and put emphasis on different cultures within the species, but occasionally I'll just keep making up more as the players explore and have completely unique individuals that are the only member of their race.
>>44128297
U cant its my idea patent pending
:p
>>44128353
You can't stop me, I'm behind 7 proxies.
>>44127752
Human PC's only.
