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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9138203" data-attributes="member: 58172">It is probably wiser to avoid assigning a personality to a species description. Even to say that the Human species is "curious and ambitious" (compared to other animals), is less helpful when there are human individuals who dont seem especially so.The character sheet has a separate Personality section, including Alignment, Ideal, Flaw, Quirk, and Bonds to persons or assets. The player can assign any personality depending on the character concept. A faction or a background might suggest several ideas for a personality."Subspecies" for a humanlike species comes across as racist when mechanically enforcing racial segregation.If a "lineage" is a magical culture, there is less of a problem, since a character can have parents from different cultures, and even adopt a different culture.5e allows players to have any body type for their character. Reallife concerns about body image, ethnic diversity, and individual differences are more important than racist stereotyping, or endomorph/ectomorph stereotyping.Mechanical size − Large, Medium, Small − seems neutral. Large Human individuals (over 8 feet tall) are rare but known. The playtest acknowledges that some adult Human individuals are Small (under 4 feet tall).</blockquote>