Comments on: Human? Who the HELL wants to be Human?

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By: Darran

Darran — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:34:42 +0000

I must admit I only like playing human characters and only run games with a full group of human characters.

Playing Elfs, Dwarfs, Trolls, etc. just seems wrong to me.

But that could be due to playing CoC, Elric and mainly Glorantha.

By: Questing GM

Questing GM — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:48:15 +0000

Besides, if we look at it.

Even if we do play as other races, most of the time we are playing them as the way humans would play them.

So in the end, we are playing a ‘human dwarf’ or ‘human elf’ because we use our own values as humans to project how we think a dwaf or elf would act.

By: PatrickWR

PatrickWR — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:52:51 +0000

Here’s my take. In most RPGs, despite what we tell ourselves, we are essentially playing ourselves on some fundamental, id-versus-ego level. As such, we offer up our most frank, honest roleplaying moments when we’re playing a character that’s fairly near to our own selves.

I mean think about it: when the DM takes a moment and describes something stunning and/or magnificent in the game, you don’t automatically say “By Alrindel’s fair eyes!” if you’re playing an elf, or “Stroke my beard if that isn’t a wondrous sight” if you’re a dwarf. You say “Sweet! That’s awesome!” — and then you scramble to “get into character” and react the way you think your character would act.

That’s why humans are so appealing. They allow us to experience the game through familiar eyes. This in turn preserves the wonder and majesty of the game.

By: fightingirish13

fightingirish13 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:21:07 +0000

lol… hmmm that’s certainly an interesting spin.

By: Questing GM

Questing GM — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:36:41 +0000

The main motivation for playing humans in 3.x for my players was because of that extra one feat they get at 1st level. It was almost the perfect base race for the min/maxer.

Mechanics aside, some of my players prefer to play as humans precisely because they know how humans feel, act and behave. It’s the race they feel closest to and can relate better with. It’s in their blood!

And for the other reason is probably because they are racist.