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A good idea. Maybe I will make the intro adventure more about the roleplaying aspect than the dice rolling, so to see which aspect they prefer more. Keeping the rolls simple. Great advice! I will take all I can get!

I agree. I am hoping that this will interest those who have never experience this type of gaming before. The trick is all my players are in love with Diablo 3, so I ay have to tailor this initial moments to get them hooked, then slowly introduce the rp aspects. I will keep y'all posted, if...

The reason for the 0 level characters what to let the players have some fun and choose the roles to play without having to pick a class yet; players chooses to use magic though the course of the one-shot adventure, then "grows up" to be a wizard or sorc for the campaign. The idea is just the...

Hi all- I have been out of D&D for a while, and am looking to get back into the swing by DMing a group of friends here soon, picking up with 5th Ed. Only one of the players has gamed before, but no one with 5th ed, so we will be learning the ruleset together. My idea was to have a level 0...

I was thinking of changing up the race assumptions too, but am currently unsure how. For example, taking humans out of the primary picture...or removing them altogether. Elves might be a bit more warlike - think Hellboy 2. Dwarves were either gonna be tribal...or wanderers and sailors. I...

In working on my own campaign setting, and I am trying to come up with some unique twists. In order to do so, I thought it might be fun to get a list of current assumptions/common occurrances that appear in most fantasy settings. Let me start with one. 1. Humans tend to be the majority of...

Hi all- My wife got me a copy of Metal Magic and Lore the other day, and while I am reading through it, I was wondering if anyone has playtested it, or uses it currently, and what their thoughts are on the system. So what do you all think of the system?

HI all- I had an idea for a 0 level intro adventure for a campaign, but it needs help. I'm going to be starting a campaign in a town i am creating as a start point for a new campaign world. I want the players to flesh their characters out, but without a deep campaign world detail, just...

Darn you Set! J/K Now I am wishing I had a gaming group currently so we could play a game like that. I don't. And I won't for a while. I ship off to BCT with the Army in a few days, so I get to thrive on the stories that you bring to the boards. Thanks for sharing on that. I think it...

That is quite an interesting way to look at things. I too loved the story of that movie - and almost any race could be thrown in for our blue friends there. (It could be scary if wild elves shot arrows that were bigger than humans are tall.)

I was discussing the topic with a friend IRL, who had been my DM for a while when I was younger. He talked about one of his DMs making a campaign where humans existed, but asked his players to not choose human. There was a little complaining, but the players agreed. As their campaign started...

Well, since my gaming group consists of my wife (who is new to gaming), my brother in law and his wife, I have the option of making what I want and like and then, if it comes out good, they can take it or not. If it gets real good, maybe I'll put it up on a website for others to use. Right...

I was talking with my wife last night, who is just learning how to get into character and actually roleplay, and she got upset about the nonhuman idea I had. She doesn't like or understand elves, dwarves, etc. So, I think you have something there. Well, I'll find something interesting to do...

I'll have to check out the races of consequence book. I am still pondering whether or not I should make it so that the human race is nonexistant in the world I want to create or not. Humans have such versatility that they kinda create the glue that pull elves from the forest and dwarves from...

The anti-human sentiment on the last page or two is kinda funny, seeing as we are all human (I hope). I was thinking about what I said earlier, about removing the stereotypical races from my campaign world. Well I got to thinking about every fantasy realm I have read about - from Forgotten...

From my new understanding, this means that humans could fill the roles that the nonhumans do in D&D without too much trouble. It's the roles that are played in the world that are important.

Thank you for adding your thoughts. What I am noticing is that this question is one of great debate or personal opinion amongst fantasy gamers and fans. While I like the idea of having mythic races be just that - and to have their appearance be something mythical and mysterious, I myself love...

I think my reading selection is partly why I posted this question. I have read many sci-fi and fantasy books over the years, many with the traditional races and some with different ones. I am fond of the classics, but began to think with this project if players (especially mine) would like to...

Hmm, that is an interesting idea. To have elves or dwarves be the evolved or unlocked form of humanity. That does tend to make culture simpler if the change is only a generation old, but I think that might also eliminate some of the magic that comes from having a good history for players to...

I've never thought of it in quite that light. That is actually quite a useful chart to compare to, even if it is completely self-made. Could you better define #2? Also, would your rating change if the elves and dwarves were changed into human naturalists and short humans?