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I prefer a mix myself. Race/Species/etc are intrinsically different than humans physically which modifies stats accordingly, but...

And mythic. If you're created by the God of Elves, and he thinks that his folk should be able to talk together, he'll imprint elvish in...

Except when the bioessentialism has to do with their actual biology though, right? Wings, scales, breathing fire?

I think different biology will affect behaviour. I think super long lives species will have different attitudes than shorter live ones...

I guess I should have specified that I meant behaviorally, which was the context when Umbran made that point. (FWIW, I've been saying...

I really do not like replacing species with cultures that have mechanics tied to them. That easily gets way more offensive than the...

I'm confused. The quote was "if culture can explain/provide whatever explanations we need for groups of sentient beings to "be" a...

Well, if you want do that, then you do not need to have non-human sapients at all. I think the point of non-humans are that they are...

If it is all cultural, why not have everyone be human?

You know honestly I would like attribute variations better if they were simply larger and unsurmountable. A -2 penalty (which...

Yup. I largely agree, but because of my mode of play nowadays (largely online with half a dozen different games and with new players...

Since I've written material for convention use, I have a general rule on backstories for convention play: no more than three paragraphs...

Hm? The rule in question is the one printed in 5e24.

They're different enough IMO that they should have different names. At least, 1e/2e, 3e/3.5e, 4e, and 5e/5.5e are to my mind different...

To me the obvious answer to that is, "make better rules".