Originally Posted by Edvin Black
I don't think there has ever been a female dwarf, halfling or gnome with a romance anywhere in the history of all RPG games.
All romances options are always humans, elves, and half-elves.

That might have something to do with the fact they always are either sidelined to the point of having no character or simply put there for the comedy of having a short person around (which, by the way, stopped being funny before I was born, and that was quite some time ago).

My dislike for the smaller races stems from the fact I didn't see a single compelling character that was either a dwarf, gnome or halfling in any RPG. And after 30 years of consuming media where they all are a monotonous sea of jolly drunks or, worse, comic reliefs, I just can't see them any differently.

And jRPGs where they are those sweet, annoying childlike companions. Ew.

So yeah, it would take a lot for me to see past that in a video game setting. The character would have to be mind blowing to break those years of neglect.