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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5486656" data-attributes="member: 22779">DannyA, you can keep chucking up all the anecdotes you like, but, the game actually disagrees with you.  Normal humans in 1e actually had different stats than PC's.  Actually, scratch that.  Normal humans in 1e DIDN'T HAVE STATS AT ALL.  That's right, they didn't even HAVE a strength score, never mind not having a percentile one.  Con?  Nope.  Dex, nope.  Wis?  Nonexistent.  They did have an Int score - average int, which is 9.Heck, the demi-humans were considered far more powerful than humans for the simple fact that there were no zero level demi-humans.I'm kinda wondering though, how exactly that farmboy fresh off the turnip truck has enough money to buy armor and a weapon considering his take home pay is measured in silver pieces per month.  20 years might get him a longsword.  Chainmail?  Fergettaboutit.  Yet, that 1st level fighter has enough resources to easily buy that and more.You want a game where the PC's start as relative nothings?  There are such games out there.  Chivalry and Sorcery comes to mind and I'm sure there's others.But D&D?  D&D PC's have been head and shoulders above the rabble at level 1 since OD&D.</blockquote>