Corwynn
Troubadour
Personally, I would be hesitant to include a race purely as background fluff. You don't necessarily have to write a story from the viewpoint of one of them, but they should have some impact on the story, if only a small impact. If your race is only ever tucked away in the background and only mentioned in passing, one may well wonder why you bothered to include them. I myself get bitten by a desire to include a new race in my setting now and then, but I always go back to my five core races because they are the ones I am interested in examining in depth in my stories.
There is one race in my setting that bears a passing resemblance to dwarves, being short and stocky, but the resemblance ends there. I didn't set out to create a race of "little people", and I've never really thought of them that way. I combined traits that I was interested in, without worrying too much if they fit a particular archetype.
There is one race in my setting that bears a passing resemblance to dwarves, being short and stocky, but the resemblance ends there. I didn't set out to create a race of "little people", and I've never really thought of them that way. I combined traits that I was interested in, without worrying too much if they fit a particular archetype.