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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 635462" data-attributes="member: 2205">Then I guess I don't understand your complaint.  Stuff like what Dragon Magazine has doesn't present dwarves as a truly alien race with different thought patterns, etc. -- if anything, it only strengthens the idea that these races are nothing more than almost parodies of a single human trait or personality.  Sure, you can really do a lot of propose a culture for at least a portion of your race that is very different from the culture you currently live in.  And, IMO, you should.  But a truly non-human culture?  I'm not sure it can be done.  And for that matter, I don't want to do it.  A famous writer (Mark Twain maybe?  Can't remember) once said that all good stories are human stories.  I agree 100%.  If you can't understand and relate to the characters, the story isn't going to be any good.  So even demi- and non-human characters have to be human enough in their motivations and personality to relate to the players and the GM in a way that makes sense to them.</blockquote>