In your most recent game, were human variants allowed?

[rgoodbb]

Always available.

So yes.

 

[Valetudo]

Yep.

 

[Nevvur]

In my current main campaign, no feats and no variants. Interestingly, the PCs are also 100% human. However, this is more a product of their idea to belong to a human-centric religious organization than out of consideration for mechanical bonuses.

In all previous games, I've permitted human variants. About 30% of the PCs over the course of 4 campaigns (and assorted side adventures/projects) have been humans. 100% of those human PCs have been human variants. "Regular" human has never been selected at my table except by me for special NPCs built using PC character creation rules. I rarely give these NPCs feats because a complete class package is complicated enough for a single NPC.

 

[Finglas]

Yes, but the other three players made half-elves, and I made a drow bard. No connection to the you tube guy named Drow Bard though.

 

[Caliban]

In your most recent game, we're human variants allowed?

Yes, but only one person played one. The fact that I give every character an extra feat at first level (and human variants get "+2 to two ability scores" instead of "+1 to two ability scores and feat") may have something to do with it.

 

[The Old Crow]

In my most recent game, variant humans were allowed. Two of the four players picked variant human, and picked Athletic and Alert for their feats. I think they just picked the first feat that they saw that they liked, since this is the first time I allowed feats. I have been using an all odd array to make standard human not suck so much, but no one has ever picked a standard human to play.

 

[Inchoroi]

I do allow variant humans, although only one player made one for my current campaign; the rest are half-elves and elves. No one wanted to play a dwarf, even though they're really cool in my setting...

However, that being said, I also give bonus feats at 1, 5, 11, and 17th level (in addition to allowing variant human).

 

[GlassJaw]

I allow both.

Current campaign I'm playing in the DM also allows both. Two player chose variant human. One player chose Inspiring Leader and the other chose Polearm Master.

 

[Volund]

I haven't played in a game where variant human wasn't allowed. Or feats. Vhumans are a top choice for optimizers (or as I prefer, "engineers") but even with them allowed they aren't the predominate char race for a variety of reasons: flavor, racial features, darkvision. Outside of AL, we never have more than one Vhuman in the party.

 

[Monayuris]

I don’t use feats in my games so, no.

But my next game I’ thinking about allowing variant humans wherein the variant human feat would be the ONLY way a character can get a feat.