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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spell" data-source="post: 3998027" data-attributes="member: 19718">i agree with you, but how would you have solved the problem, mechanically, in the context of AD&D?removing the racial level limits would have taken out even the (let's face it) rather illusory and surely long term advantage that humans had on other races. just leaving things as they were without doing much would have called for a party full of demihumans... which can be good fun, but not if it becomes routine.what i would do today, if i ever ran an AD&D game is:1. enforcing 1e racial level limits.2. put a penalty on XP earned by demihumans after that level.how would you like that? i'd start with a -10% penalty for the first 3 levels after the limit, and then a further -5% for every 5 level. i think that would also reflect that the demihumans have a slower "pace of life", given that their lifespan is longer.on a related note i would nazically enforce the fact that some races CAN NOT take a level in whatever class they choose. no dwarven paladins, please. to me, doing otherwise would kill a bit of the flavour.on the other hand, i don't see why i can add race specific classes... "the defenders of moradin" and what not.thoughts?</blockquote>