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Does Your Fantasy Race Really Matter In Game? (The Gnome Problem)
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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7635903" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Well, all I can say is that this has very much not been my experience. As soon as you get away from D&D, suddenly race of the character seems to matter - things like clan in Vampire and whatnot.</p><p></p><p>But, yeah, if you stripped out racial stats from the game, the only people who would play non-humans would be those actually interested in portraying a character as something other than just a human that sees in the dark. Again, this is my own pet peeve drum that I tend to go on about. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I'm just so sick of people playing non-humans that never actually reference the fact that the character IS NOT HUMAN for the entire career of the character. Drives me right up the wall.</p><p></p><p>If all you want is that stat bonus, I'll give you the stat bonus you want. Just play a human and we're all happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7635903, member: 22779"] Well, all I can say is that this has very much not been my experience. As soon as you get away from D&D, suddenly race of the character seems to matter - things like clan in Vampire and whatnot. But, yeah, if you stripped out racial stats from the game, the only people who would play non-humans would be those actually interested in portraying a character as something other than just a human that sees in the dark. Again, this is my own pet peeve drum that I tend to go on about. :D I'm just so sick of people playing non-humans that never actually reference the fact that the character IS NOT HUMAN for the entire career of the character. Drives me right up the wall. If all you want is that stat bonus, I'll give you the stat bonus you want. Just play a human and we're all happy. [/QUOTE]
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