| Races of Stone | |
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Cover of Races of Stone |
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| Author(s) | Jesse Decker, Michelle Lyons, and David Noonan[1] |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing games |
| Publisher | Wizards of the Coast |
| Publication date | August 2004 |
| Media type | Hardcover[2] |
| Pages | 192[2] |
| ISBN | 0-7869-3278-3 |
| OCLC Number | 56523851 |
| LC Classification | GV1469.62.D84 D836 2000 |
Races of Stone (sometimes abbreviated to RoS)[3] is an optional sourcebook for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.[4]
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It focuses on gnomes, dwarves, and a new race, called goliaths,[5] providing cultural information for these races as well as subraces.
Races of Stone was written by Jesse Decker, Michelle Lyons, and David Noonan, and published in August 2004.
A web enhancement for the book was published in 2004 by Wizards of the Coast.[6]
Races of Stone was later included, along with Races of Destiny and Races of the Wild in the Dungeons & Dragons Races Gift Set, released in 2005.[7]
The racial substitution levels in the book have been praised because "[the] mechanic lets you play more than just another dwarven fighter or gnome bard."[8]
The book has also been criticized for its focus on three different races, because "By splitting its attention three ways, odds are only a third of this book is for any given player. Sure, some players fall in love with a specific race, but it’s doubtful that anyone falls in love with the idea of all races that live in the mountains."[5]
MetaReview's MetaRating for the book is 6.8.[9]
Races of Stone was nominated for the 2005 Chesley Awards award for Best Gaming-Related Illustration for William O'Conner's artwork, "Training a Dire Badger",[10] although it lost to the artwork of the Magic: The Gathering card Blazing Archon.[11]
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