A game world without dwarves, elves, etc.?

[Angcuru]

Have any of you run a D&D campaign where dwarves, elves, halflings, gnomes, etc. do not exist? Just out of curiosity. It would seem like a good change of pace and surroundings, but would take away a lot of what makes D&D unique.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

...you mean Rokugan?

 

[Angcuru]

what about a rokugan without those other races?

I mean flat-out 100% human.

 

[gamecat]

My campaign is nearly so, but other races exist, all are homebrew. The pointy-eared things are still called elves, however.

 

[hong]

Britannia 3E has no elves, half-elves, dwarves, gnomes or halflings. It does have spirit folk and half-orcs, though.

 

[Dark Jezter]

The Hyborean Age (home of Conan the Barbarian) is a fantasy world where there are no dwarves, elves, etc. A Conan D20 setting is supposed to be in the works, although I don't know when it'll be out.

In the meantime, you can check out these links...

Conan the Barbarian for 3rd Edition D&D

The Hyborean Age D20 Setting

 

[Kilmore]

I started one where one of the PC's was the ONLY elf around, a couple of years back. They discovered goblins too.

 

[aurin777]

A Song of Ice and Fire is based around only humans. There are some monsterous beings in the works, a few giants, and 3 dragons (as far as I've read, anyway) - but no demihumans. I know a publishing company picked up this liscense, so expect a book of explaining a human only campaign on the way late this year.
~~Brandon

 

[kenjib]

My homebrew is like this, but I haven't run it yet. It's supposed to have a little more of a Robert Howard type feel. To compensate for the lack of race choices, I made culture packages. Depending on where you spent your formative years, you get two extra class skills (or a +1 bonus if either of your selections are already class skills for your starting class). Similar to d20 Modern.

For example, the Prala are a wandering race similar to gypsies but with a strong sailing/boating tradition. They have the following racial skill choices: Appraise, Bluff, Disguise, Innuendo, Profession (Sailor), Pick Pockets, Use Rope. The player must choose two from the list during character creation.

If the character grew up among the Prala, even if their blood is of a different people, they use these traits. It's not the genes, but the upbringing.

 

[s/LaSH]

Once again I feel compelled to say, Visit SpiderWeb Software and look at the shareware versions of their RPGs (Exile and the Avernum remakes thereof). Not a traditional D&D race in sight (except the goblins, I suppose). In the later games you can be slithzerakai (big tough lizardpeople from deep underground) or nephilim (agile cat people from the surface world who were the victims of Imperial genocide) as well as humans. The less said about the vahnatai, the better.

They're great. There's a palpable sensation of being rough, tough adventurers.