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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 798627" data-attributes="member: 10397"><p>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.</p><p> 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.</p><p> 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 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 798627, member: 10397"] 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 :-) [/QUOTE]
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