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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DungeonmasterCal" data-source="post: 2175337" data-attributes="member: 5388">...or dwarves or halflings or gnomes or orcs or...you get the idea.I may never ever get to run games in a setting like this, but I'm always thinking.  Always.  So I was wondering today about a setting where the traditional fantasy races didn't exist, only humans.  The "elder races" have all disappeared or died out (the reason doesn't matter at this stage).But to keep things interesting and to offer some variety, I was thinking about that maxim that nature abhors a vacuum.  So in the absence of the other races, humanity evolved into different branches.  My Latin is almost non existent, so please no one step up and whack my knuckles with a ruler.I imagine 4 distinct types of humans:Homo sapiens sapiens (us)...no changes to the rules.Homo sapiens arcanus--a race shaped by magicthat gets the extra feat at first level as per the rules, but it must be chosen from a list featuring feats like those in Complete Arcane that allow 1x use of 3 cantrips per day.Homo sapiens ??--a race shaped by psionics, similar to the elan found in the XPH, but without some of the bells and whistles.  Begins play with 2 psionic points but without the extra feat granted to "base humans".Homo sapiens ??--a race I based upon the fossils of an extinct hominid precursor from the real world, Homo heidelbergensis.  Some fossils indicate individuals reached nearly 7 feet tall and had over 50% more muscle mass than modern humans.  Possibly based on the half-orc pattern, but without the lowlight vision and beginning with a feat like Sturdy from Arcana Unearthed or some other feat that makes a character tougher than normal.Now just because each of these races seem to have evolved to fill a particular niche, that doesn't mean that all Homo arcanis are sorcerers and wizards, etc.  You'll find every class in every culture, but individuals might have "something extra".Anyway... I was just "typing outloud" and wondering how this idea would look written out.  Feel free to ignore or comment upon at will.</blockquote>

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