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Does Your Fantasy Race Really Matter In Game? (The Gnome Problem)
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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7635091" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>The importance of a character's race is dependent upon the player. Some players don't care about anything beyond the mechanics of their character. Others like myself consider the character to have a life of it's own beyond what is on the character sheet. Each character for us is unique, and the race of a character is an integral part of it.</p><p></p><p>As for setting design, you as the DM should not limit your vision based on what you feel a game should have because of the rules. I've played in a game where orcs replaced humanity as the dominant race, and drow won the kinslayer war (no humans or non-drow elves allowed). I've played in all-human campaigns, and ran one in 2E (there was 1 half-elf NPC in the entire campaign). One of the current games I play in has no orcs in it because they didn't fit the needs of the setting. If you don't want a class/race/background/whatever in your setting, simply remove it; it will help enhance the setting's flavor, not dilute it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7635091, member: 6775477"] The importance of a character's race is dependent upon the player. Some players don't care about anything beyond the mechanics of their character. Others like myself consider the character to have a life of it's own beyond what is on the character sheet. Each character for us is unique, and the race of a character is an integral part of it. As for setting design, you as the DM should not limit your vision based on what you feel a game should have because of the rules. I've played in a game where orcs replaced humanity as the dominant race, and drow won the kinslayer war (no humans or non-drow elves allowed). I've played in all-human campaigns, and ran one in 2E (there was 1 half-elf NPC in the entire campaign). One of the current games I play in has no orcs in it because they didn't fit the needs of the setting. If you don't want a class/race/background/whatever in your setting, simply remove it; it will help enhance the setting's flavor, not dilute it. [/QUOTE]
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