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The_Jester wrote:

****!!!!

I love my gnome in LG and would kill to play a gnome in LFR. But as a Canadian preparing for a honeymoon there is NO chance I can/could get to a con. And you know the card is going to be going for $25 on eBay.

I wouldn't be surprised if gnome pecomes an "open" race once it comes out in a later PHB. The benefit here is being able to play one immediately. If you enjoy playing gnomes that much and want to play one as a primary character, the 25 bucks or effort spent arranging a trade are probably well worth it when compared to the travel, hotels and con fees most of us pay.

tombollis wrote:

I hate the entire concept of creation cards. Any race that is allowed at all should be allowed to all. Reward and promo cards should be limited to once per adventure minor benefits. D&D should not become a collectable card game (though I have no objection to a separate CCG beased on D&D).

Tom Bollis

I like them as a way to add a few of a race to the campaign and still keep that race rare. I see your point but, I think that anyone who wants to really play a reward card race can do so without unreasonable amounts of effort or expense.

MatteBlack wrote:

I like them as a way to add a few of a race to the campaign and still keep that race rare. I see your point but, I think that anyone who wants to really play a reward card race can do so without unreasonable amounts of effort or expense.

A rare race is rare even if every PC at a table is a member. It is rare if there are few NPC members in the world and NPCs are rarely encountered. Proportions of PCs are irrelevant to rarity.

Either keep a race NPC only or open it to all as the player's free choice. All players should have the same character creation options without extra real world expense or luck.

Tom Bollis