Does anyone else never play humans?

Gnome

First Post

• Nov 30, 2005

• #1

I've recently realized that I have a pattern of not playing any human characters. It's not that they are underpowered or anything, but I think it's just the blandness that makes it hard for me. I like the stat adjustments, racial abilities, and roleplaying chalanges that other races present.

Does anyone else never or almost never play humans?

 

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farscapesg1

First Post

• Nov 30, 2005

• #2

Don't have that problem here. If anything, I always go the other direction. I just can't pass up the extra skill points and feat it seems

 

lastalas

First Post

• Nov 30, 2005

• #3

Actually, I tend to pick humans for the same reason you don't. I find most other races blander than a human. No matter how hard players try, I think 75% of all non-humans stick to their stereotypes. I find the extra feat and additional skill points allow me to better customize my character.

Different strokes for different folks, i guess...thats the beauty of roleplaying

 

Jdvn1

Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.

• Nov 30, 2005

• #4

I usually try to avoid playing humans because they seem overdone, but every since I realized that I play a proportionally small amount of humans, I decided to play more of them...

 

Zappo

Explorer

• Nov 30, 2005

• #5

When I can play, I play whatever. The reasoning that humans are bland is what leads to half-fiend minotaur PCs that the player gets tired of after three sessions. There are no bland races, only bland characters. Numbers and powers are cool - for two sessions, maybe.

 

Omand

Hero

• Nov 30, 2005

• #6

Hello,

Most of my characters seem to be humans these days. I just find I have afew more options that way (at least to my mind).

Cheers

 

Voadam

Legend

• Nov 30, 2005

• #7

I guess I go roughly fifty fifty human and non human. My last ones have been Human ranger wizard, Dwarf monk, Human Soulknife, Aranea warshaper rogue, Celestial Littoran natural Werelion,

 

Ambrus

Explorer

• Nov 30, 2005

• #8

I'm pretty much the same way myself, I hardly ever play humans unless the DM or the campaign allows no other choice. I naturally gravitate towards the oddball characters. Check out my sig if you want to see what I've currently got on my plate; not a single human in the bunch. I even find elves, half-elves and dwarves to be a little too vanilla for my tastes. I think Savage Species is a great book and has some fun ideas for future characters.

 

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Aust Diamondew

First Post

• Nov 30, 2005

• #9

I pick humans more often than not if I'm making a PC.

 

Doc_Klueless

Doors and Corners

• Nov 30, 2005

• #10

I'd say that 90% of the time I play a human character. I reeeeeally like the extra feat and skill points. Beyond that, I have a difficult time playing non-humans as anything other than a-human-in-a-funny-suit. Which is odd, because I have no trouble whatsoever DMing non-human races as other than human.

Go figure...