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Examining some options here. And for reference, right now this page has \'\'\'37\'\'\' entries on it, though they are not created equal (not much to say about grippli, evidently). It\'s also at approximately 53% of page capacity, as calculated by my very scientific \
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Examining some options here. And for reference, right now this page has \\\'\\\'\\\'37\\\'\\\'\\\' entries on it, though they are not created equal (not much to say about grippli, evidently). It\\\'s also at approximately 53% of page capacity, as calculated by my very scientific \\\"copy-paste page source text into Word document and count the pages\\\" system of measurement.
Going with \\\"playable races for the current edition\\\" gives us the nine 5E \\\'\\\'PH\\\'\\\' core races (dragonborn, dwarf, elf, gnome, half-elf, half-orc, halfling, human, tiefling), then the aarakocra, aasimar, bugbear, centaur, changeling, deep gnome, deurgar, eladrin, fairy, firbolg, genasi, githyanki, githzerai, goblin, goliath, haregon, hobgoblin, kenku, kobold, lizardfolk, minotaur, orc, satyr, sea elf, shadar-kai, shifter, tabaxi, tortle, triton, and yuan-ti pureblood (with a big asterisk by it) from \\\'\\\'Monsters of the Multiverse\\\'\\\', which is supposedly going to be usable in the next edition. Past that is the locathah and grung, the kalashtar and warforged filling out the \\\'\\\'Eberron\\\'\\\' reps, the leonin of Theros, loxodon, simic hybrid, and vedalken of Ravnica, owlin of Strixhaven, and verdan of \\\'\\\'Acquisitions Incorporated\\\'\\\', and finally the dhampir, hexblood and reborn lineages from \\\'\\\'Van Richten\\\'s Guide to Ravenloft\\\'\\\'. Grand total if I can count: \\\'\\\'\\\'52\\\'\\\'\\\' with that yuan-ti pureblood asterisk. Big, but again, not all races are created equal, the harengoin and fairies have no real lore to them. But we must remember, this total is subject to change whenever new books come out.
Going with \\\"races from various editions[=\\\'=] \\\'\\\'Player[=\\\'s=] Handbook\\\'\\\'\\\" cuts that back considerably, since 4E was the only one to introduce additional player races in sequels to that core book, to my knowledge. In that case we get our core nine from 5E, a question of whether the drow deserve their own folder in this circumstance, then the eladrin from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 1\\\'\\\', deva, goliath and shifter from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 2\\\'\\\', and the githzerai (but \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' the githyanki), minotaur, shardmind and wilden from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 3\\\'\\\'. That yields a total of only \\\'\\\'\\\'17\\\'\\\'\\\' or \\\'\\\'\\\'18\\\'\\\'\\\' depending on the drow\\\'s status, and an odd \\\"gith\\\" entry on the main creature list where one subrace is present and the other has a link to this page. As well as a question of whether the 4E deva should be conflated with aasimar.
If we say \\\"playable races from the current \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' previous edition,\\\" that combines all the 55 races previously mentioned with those introduced by non-\\\'\\\'PH\\\'\\\' 4E supplements, to whit the bladeling from the 4E \\\'\\\'Manual of the Planes\\\'\\\', hamadryad, pixie and wilden from \\\'\\\'Heroes of the Feywild\\\'\\\', revenant, shade and vryloka from \\\'\\\'Heroes of Shadow\\\'\\\', and finally the mul and thri-kreen from the 4E \\\'\\\'Dark Sun\\\'\\\' book. Which brings us to a grand total of \\\'\\\'\\\'64\\\'\\\'\\\' races, or maybe \\\'\\\'\\\'63\\\'\\\'\\\' if devas are aasimar. If we decide 4E \\\'\\\'Monster Manual\\\'\\\' appendices make monsters playable, add the bullywug and doppelganger for an extra-grand total of \\\'\\\'\\\'65\\\'\\\'\\\' or \\\'\\\'\\\'66\\\'\\\'\\\', again depending on the deva situation.
Now, the yuan-ti pureblood asterisk -- they currently have only three tropes associated with them on the main creature index, \\\'\\\'but\\\'\\\' they\\\'re a subsection in a yuan-ti folder with a great deal more tropes common to the race as a whole, so porting their subentry to this page and leaving a link behind in their home folder doesn\\\'t quite work. Odd as it is to say, I\\\'d propose keeping them on the main index and putting a link to it on this page, if we do end up keeping more than the \\\'\\\'Player[=\\\'s=] Handbook\\\'\\\' races on this one.
So there, lists and numbers to ponder.
Going with \\\"playable races for the current edition\\\" gives us the nine 5E \\\'\\\'PH\\\'\\\' core races (dragonborn, dwarf, elf, gnome, half-elf, half-orc, halfling, human, tiefling), then the aarakocra, aasimar, bugbear, centaur, changeling, deep gnome, deurgar, eladrin, fairy, firbolg, genasi, githyanki, githzerai, goblin, goliath, haregon, hobgoblin, kenku, kobold, lizardfolk, minotaur, orc, satyr, sea elf, shadar-kai, shifter, tabaxi, tortle, triton, and yuan-ti pureblood (with a big asterisk by it) from \\\'\\\'Monsters of the Multiverse\\\'\\\', which is supposedly going to be usable in the next edition. Past that is the locathah and grung, the kalashtar and warforged filling out the \\\'\\\'Eberron\\\'\\\' reps, the leonin of Theros, loxodon, simic hybrid, and vedalken of Ravnica, owlin of Strixhaven, and verdan of \\\'\\\'Acquisitions Incorporated\\\'\\\', and finally the dhampir, hexblood and reborn lineages from \\\'\\\'Van Richten\\\'s Guide to Ravenloft\\\'\\\'. Grand total if I can count: \\\'\\\'\\\'52\\\'\\\'\\\' with that yuan-ti pureblood asterisk. Big, but again, not all races are created equal, the harengoin and fairies have no real lore to them. But we must remember, this total is subject to change whenever new books come out.
Going with \\\"races from various editions[=\\\'=] \\\'\\\'Player[=\\\'s=] Handbook\\\'\\\'\\\" cuts that back considerably, since 4E was the only one to introduce additional player races in sequels to that core book, to my knowledge. In that case we get our core nine from 5E, a question of whether the drow deserve their own folder in this circumstance, then the eladrin from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 1\\\'\\\', deva, goliath and shifter from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 2\\\'\\\', and the githzerai (but \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' the githyanki), minotaur, shardmind and wilden from the 4E \\\'\\\'PH 3\\\'\\\'. That yields a total of only \\\'\\\'\\\'17\\\'\\\'\\\' or \\\'\\\'\\\'18\\\'\\\'\\\' depending on the drow\\\'s status, and an odd \\\"gith\\\" entry on the main creature list where one subrace is present and the other has a link to this page. As well as a question of whether the 4E deva should be conflated with aasimar.
If we say \\\"playable races from the current \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' previous edition,\\\" that combines all the 55 races previously mentioned with those introduced by non-\\\'\\\'PH\\\'\\\' 4E supplements, to whit the bladeling from the 4E \\\'\\\'Manual of the Planes\\\'\\\', hamadryad, pixie and wilden from \\\'\\\'Heroes of the Feywild\\\'\\\', revenant, shade and vryloka from \\\'\\\'Heroes of Shadow\\\'\\\', and finally the mul and thri-kreen from the 4E \\\'\\\'Dark Sun\\\'\\\' book. Which brings us to a grand total of \\\'\\\'\\\'64\\\'\\\'\\\' races, or maybe \\\'\\\'\\\'63\\\'\\\'\\\' if devas are aasimar. If we decide 4E \\\'\\\'Monster Manual\\\'\\\' appendices make monsters playable, add the bullywug and doppelganger for an extra-grand total of \\\'\\\'\\\'65\\\'\\\'\\\' or \\\'\\\'\\\'66\\\'\\\'\\\', again depending on the deva situation.
Now, the yuan-ti pureblood asterisk -- they currently have only three tropes associated with them on the main creature index, \\\'\\\'but\\\'\\\' they\\\'re a subsection in a yuan-ti folder with a great deal more tropes common to the race as a whole, so porting their subentry to this page and leaving a link behind in their home folder doesn\\\'t quite work. Odd as it is to say, I\\\'d propose keeping them on the main index and putting a link to it on this page, if we do end up keeping more than the \\\'\\\'Player[=\\\'s=] Handbook\\\'\\\' races on this one.
So there, lists and numbers to ponder.
