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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5308265" data-attributes="member: 40398">I once ran an Exalted [as in the Creation setting] using 4e rules. My players were disappointed that they wouldn't be able to use demihuman racial powers, so I let them play humans with demi racial powers. [We simply ascribed racial powers as one more benefit of exaltation.] I don't know if that strictly counts as a human-only campaign, but my players were happy with it! I'm one of those gamers who treats demihumans as humans with pointy ears or stocky builds. When I play demis that's how I rp them, and as a DM I assume my players will do the same. It might be shallow, or unrealistic or whatever, but that's D&D! In fact, I've never seen anyone rp demis as anything other than essentially human, I've never read a D&D book which convincingly described them as truly different, and I've never read a D&D novel that portrayed them as different in any meaningful way. (For example, the DL Elven Nations novels are all about how different and snow-flakey the elves are. But in the end their portrayal boils down to "really graceful people who live a really long time.")I've found the opposite to be true, IME. People like demihumans. In fact, I'm the only player I know who prefers humans -- although I tend to play more demis in 4e because of they're more exciting rules-wise.</blockquote>