D&D Race Survivor -- FINAL ROUND

[lukelightning]

For me it was a simple choice: "would I rather play in a campaign that only had dwarves, or only humans?" I chose to kick off dwarves.

 

[Wystan]

Please vote off Humans

 

[JimAde]

Short people got no reason, no reason to liiive... *monitor shatters in agony at the sound of Auld Grump singing a Paul Simon tune...*

The Auld Grump

Wasn't that Randy Newman?

Anyway, Dwarves gotta go. Since it has now been definitively established that Dwarven women have beards, I just can't stand to have them around anymore.

*toddles off to see his analyst*

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Wasn't that Randy Newman?

It was Randy Newman, although the irony of Paul Simon singing it would have been great.

 

[Wolf72]

Humans have stuck around waaay too long.

word yo! I've been trying to vote them off since 1/2lings!!! (I think ... I kinda forget who I've been voting against)

 

[orsal]

All the other races are characterized by their contrast to humans. In a world without humans, we'd probably end up playing everyone else just like humans, because we best understand their racial peculiarities by comparison to humans. So we might as well keep humans.

Maybe I'm just biased, because I am human myself.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Finally, the dwarves cannot hide behind aeons-old hatred aimed at other races. Everyone with one or more of the words "stone", "iron (or other metal)", "axe (or maybe hammer, if you find a progressive one)", or "beard" in their names: Please take your seat on yonder boats. And never mind that the seats look like kegs of smoke powder, that's just decoration. And for those who are the last surviving members of their clans: Reunion's ahead.

 

[Mr. Kaze]

I've said it before and I'll say it again--without humans, there's no one for the audience (which is, for the most part, human themselves) to relate to. Too many people make characters that are defined by their race. With only humans, you are forced to create deep characters, not some beer-swilling sociopath with an inexplicable Scottish accent.

Darn skippy. But I also disapprove of the plethora of bonuses that are given to stock dwarven fighters in 3.5e which does no good for other dwarven careers -- which reinforces the reasoning that I disapprove of them because it's too easy to make a shallow character with 'em.

 

[Mr. Kaze]

I really liked how gnomes were used in the Dark Sun setting.

How was that? Kindling?

::Kaze (never played Dark Sun, but can't allow this level of ambiguity to pass)

 

[JimAde]

How was that? Kindling?

::Kaze (never played Dark Sun, but can't allow this level of ambiguity to pass)

I haven't played it either, but apparently Dark Sun had no gnomes.