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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2176949" data-attributes="member: 3051">I guess the real question is, how different do you want the other "races" to be?  Nifft's idea is good, in that everyone's still more or less "human" but has distinct stats and abilities.   But, this involves starting as a normal human and taking Feats to go from there.  If your only real objection to the PHB-like systems is that you don't want truly separate races, then you can still do something closer to the old way: just make up half a dozen new Human subraces, each similar to the old PHB races, and call them the offshoots of humanity.For instance, you could have Arboreals, who have +DEX, -CON, Climb and Jump bonuses, some perception stuff... basically, Elves with a few tweaks.  A subterranean or mountain-dwelling subrace might be more like a Dwarf.  And so on.  It's sort of a cop-out, since you're not actually doing anything truly different, but if what you want are subraces that are inherently different (not just something you took a Feat to change), it's a possibility.IMC, we did something like this: there are six basic elemental planes, and the various intelligent races are just the offshoots of a common protohuman ancestor, adapted to conditions on each plane.  So, a Dwarf is what you get when a humanoid has had a few million years to adjust to life on the Plane of Earth, especially where magic is involved.  But, since they're all part of the same species, you can get half-breeds in any combination.</blockquote>

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