A game world without dwarves, elves, etc.?

[Ace]

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.

My world does have non humans alas but it was at player insistance I put them in.

My next world will be Humans and Spirits only. I just can't have a world without Fae in it but I can make them spirits and not races

JMO but no one wants to play anything in 3e but humans and "human blooded types" anymore anyway

I have played or run in 4 3e games and so far and we have 2 non humans, 1 Dwarf (raised by Humans!) and 1 Half Elf

Oh yeah and Selkie blooded human I think

 

[Agback]

G'day

I have played in a D&D campaign set in County Durham in AD 1090, and run one set on Cyprus and parts East in AD 1291-1292. There were no elves or dwarves in either of those. And the only non-humans in a campaign I set in the Rhône valley in AD 1122-1127 was a group of orcish Hospitallers.

Regards,


Agback

 

[Arnwyn]

Re: Re: Re: A game world without dwarves, elves, etc.?

Am I still avant-garde if I haven't used standard races since 1987?

Cool. I always wanted to be avant-garde. It sounds so... French.

Yes. You could also be described as "ahead of your time".

 

[Sixchan]

I never have, and I don't want to. To me, D&D without elves is like...like...a modem without a computer. Yeah.

Quite the opposite, I've always wanted to play in a campaign where there are no Humans. Or at least there are very few humans. Or where they're the dying race, due to some sort of sterilising disease. Or something. I dunno. But it sounds more fun to me than 100% human.

 

[Angcuru]

Elves RULE!

Dwarves are AWESOME!

Halflings are.....SHORT!

 

[barsoomcore]

Re: Re: Re: Re: A game world without dwarves, elves, etc.?

You could also be described as "ahead of your time".

Oh, I have been.

 

[coyote6]

Quite the opposite, I've always wanted to play in a campaign where there are no Humans.

Yeah, the "no elves/dwarves/etc." thing doesn't strike me as particularly avant-garde. The idea is at least fairly common, and there are plenty of fictional examples.

No humans, OTOH, that's not nearly as common, as far as I know.

Of course, it would likely be more like "humans in disguise"; I think most players don't really want to play something too alien, so "humans in funny makeup with some exaggerated quirks" is more fun for most. But that's okay with me.

 

[Merlion]

I have never actualy played a human for any length of time...the two characters I have played for a decent length of time were a Grey Elf Wizard/Air Elemental Savant and an Aasimar Bard(however I do have a character whom I think of as my "alter ego" who is human...since he is me but with actual magic), and when playing those characters I didnt see them as exaggerated human charaterstics with some physical differences. They both had truly somewhat different outlooks on things due to being different...the Elf due largely to having been raised in Elven culture(which is pretty different from real life and most DnD human cultures) and due to the life span thing...at first level he was already 5 times my actual age. The Aasimar grew up essentialy in human culture but since his family was well aware of their celestial heritage it did set him apart somewhat. If I wanted to play a human with a particularly promiment personality trait than thats what I would do. If I want to play a HUMAN with a free spirited chaotic bent who loves nature then thats what I would do. If I want to play a druid who wants to plant a plain with acorns and watch the oak trees grow to maturity I'll play and elf or a gnome.
My Elf was sterotypical in some ways...his love of and fascination with magic, his free spirited nature...but he showed none of the condecension that elves and especialy Grey Elves are often atributed with. And my Aasimar although firmly good aligned and fond of oposing evil, was no crusading paladin. Music, and dealing with people were his great loves.
I'm not knocking any play styles by the way...just stating my own....and my some time lack of..understanding of some peoples ideas...especialy as far as racial sterotypes...they can be a lot of fun to break

 

[Angcuru]

you sound like blackshirt's opposite. he plays characters who want to 'KILL 'EM AND TAKE THEIR STUFF!'

 

[Sniktch]

Talislanta... No Elves but plenty of freaky goodness. I never played the system but I did rip off their sourcebooks for three editions of D&D now. This game used to get advertised all the time in Dragon in the 80's.