>Fantasy game
>Each race has dozens of sub-races
Good idea? Bad idea?
Fantasy game
Zachary Parker
Nicholas Morales
It's fine provided the sub-races can interbreed and don't actually have much of a difference beyond culture and slight physical appearance traits.
What shits me is, Oh it's a fantasy game... I MUST HAVE ALL THE RACES! And then make a whole bundle of races with little care for how they fit together in the setting.
Cooper Thomas
>humans have 10000000000+ subraces
>they are literally identical save skin-tone
Immersive, or immersion-breaking?
Cooper Martin
You forget temperament.
Isaac Hall
Just give them different cultures.
Juan Howard
No, I meant exactly what I said, and asked the opinion on stated idea.
However, as I am not a frothing retard and can read, that means it breaks your immersion.
Camden Ross
I personally like it because it gives flexibility on what you can play and also have it be functional.
You can play X race sub type from a racial group you like, and still be effective, and don't have to play Y race which tends to be better at these things and you'd rather not because you don't like their fluff.
So yes, good idea.
David Russell
Why not.
You will just have a hard time imagining their background and what differs them from others overall.
Zachary Hall
The smartest Orc subrace is still going to be dumber than the dumbest Elf subrace.
Aiden Taylor
>All that shit
How the fuck can anyone tell what sub-race they are?
It's literally 'Your head looks slightly different from other white people, trust me bro'.
Besides, you fucking know SOMEONE's gonna start up a shitstorm when people start talking about mental race modifiers.
Add in minmaxing munchkineers and for the love of God, no.
Do cultural/background modifiers if you really want, there are a fuckton you can make up and easily distinguish from one another.