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Right. They are humans in lion suits. Or car suits. But the point is that we don't need a human or half-human pov to understand them. Remember the Michael Bay Transformer movies? (If you don't I envy you). Bay put a half-dozen human characters in there as pov characters because the studio...

Simmer down. All I'm saying is that you may want some deeper exploration of what non-human life would be like, and someone else wants a pretty elf hat. Neither way is wrong.

The issue of course is that since we're all just guessing, everyone puts different amounts of effort and uses different metrics to measure it. Maybe I play my elf like a bored immortal seeking even the smallest sliver of new experience to interest him. Maybe I play the artist devoting centuries...

They've always been humans in hats. The fact the hats were more elaborate than a Royal Wedding guest's doesn't change that. Humans in hats is all we can do. In Star Trek, in D&D, in any speculative fiction. Some people just demand everyone where the same style of hat.

Ain't D&D's either. Which is why most species are "humans with prosthetics". Buts that the limitations of human perception. Just as we can't draw pictures of the fourth dimension, we can't tell stories about mindsets humans cannot comprehend. Some try harder, but in the end they're all humans in...

Well, that depends on WHAT religion you follow... If you worship the Sovereign Host or the Dark Six, you probably aren't getting to see your God in the flesh. There have been times that certain dragons have claimed to be the manifestation of a particular sovereign, but if they are or just a...

And yet there have been other Vulcans who weren't half-human and they were as relatable. Spock is beloved because he's the OG, not because he's half-human. Further, we don't need any humans to relate to a story. The Lion King has zero humans and we understand the story of it. Avatar uses...

Nah. If the DM wants to limit options to preserve the"integrity of his vision" he should be willing to suffer the slings and arrows of doing so. No hiding behind the rule book. Either proudly accept the scorn or don't do it.

I think the fact that DMs feel like the bad guy when they limit options says exactly what it should about limiting options...

My issue would be that any system of mix and match is going to create better choices than others, and much like how multiclassing allows players to chimera powerful options, I wouldn't want everyone to be a hybrid species because it's better/more flexible than regular species (and everyone...

They should have put every possible combination of the ten PHB species in the PHB. All 45 combinations. 55 different species statblocks isn't too much

For a long time, the latter was what I was exposed to. There are no half-dwarves, gnomelings, gelfs, or even elf hybrids beyond human/elf. When the fey'ri were introduced in late 2e or 3e, it almost immediately became assumed tieflings were human/fiend combos rather than the vagueness Planescape...

The thought crossed my mind, but I will admit the "half-human POV" character is an overdone trope because it assumes we can't connect or relate to a creature who is, at least partially, human. As much as I am a huge fan of the 8th Doctor, I'm so glad they ignored the half-human revelation from...

I almost think that the story of the muls is far better done with the warforged (a species unnaturally created for a specific purpose who cannot reproduce without magical assistance) because as a non-organic being they remove a lot of the ickier elements (death of the mother, forced breeding...

Not to me they aren't. It takes no effort to ban something. It takes vision to see where it fits. Sometimes it's unavoidable (like swapping kender for halflings requires removing halflings) but I'd rather WotC take the time to explain where tabaxi fit in Krynn rather than simply say "no tabaxi...

This reminds me of the time Gary Gygax was in Futurama. He appears to the other characters and says "I'm Gary Gygax and I'm..." :: rolls dice:: "... pleased to meet you!" We laugh at that because we know it's mocking the idea of reaction rolls. There is no reason at that moment for Gary to...

And that works for a game where there are dozens of supported classes and species for each setting to use and choose from. But WotC isn't good at making new classes and really bad at supporting them beyond the initial offering. So your end up with settings where species are restricted to maybe a...

This reminds me. I am happy level drain is gone. It's such a metagame ability that attacks your levels rather than your HP and it was really silly that you could fight a vampire and forget how to cast fireball or a speak goblin because you lost a level.

The problem would be making sure such a character is strong enough to pull his weight. I mean, the sidekick classes are about as dead simple as you can be, but they don't exactly punch at the weight limit of the 2014 champion. Then again, if you are willing to accept simple = weak, then you have...

There are plenty of tales you can tell about not-first generation half-elves coming from creole societies. The most obvious one being Khoravar in Eberron