Humans: Essential Race or Sacred Cow?

[tenkar]

These Sacred Cow threads are like roadkill... you really don't want to look, but you can't pass by without checking out the mess

 

[Halivar]

Cows: Essential Animal or Sacred Cow?

Essential animal. Now, throw on a celestial template or divine rank and the answer might be different.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't eat 'em.

 

[Bacris]

Humans. Can't live with 'em, can't eat 'em.

Sure you can. You just get in trouble for it.

 

[werk]

Well if you don't have humans then you don't have all the 'skinny humans with pointy ears' and 'short and stocky humans' and the 'beastial stinky humans' and don't forget the ' little humans that steal stuff'

If you are going to do away with humans do away with the whole humanoid schtick too. I've played some great campaigns where the primary races are saurials, insectoids, demons, all sorts of non-human things...I think it is good for bad roleplayers, but it's also a steep, possibly abstract, learning curve for people new to the game.

 

[Mercule]

Sure you can. You just get in trouble for it.

That's what hufu is for.

See? Proof that humans are totally unnecessary.

 

[GreatLemur]

Well if you don't have humans then you don't have all the 'skinny humans with pointy ears' and 'short and stocky humans' and the 'beastial stinky humans' and don't forget the ' little humans that steal stuff'

If you are going to do away with humans do away with the whole humanoid schtick too. I've played some great campaigns where the primary races are saurials, insectoids, demons, all sorts of non-human things...I think it is good for bad roleplayers, but it's also a steep, possibly abstract, learning curve for people new to the game.

Sounds like a damned fun thing for an experienced group to try some time, though. I'd seriously love to run a game without humans or near-humans. I'd probably center it around lizardfolk, 'cause they're kind of cool.

 

[Destil]

Cows: Essential Animal or Sacred Cow?

Celestial Bovines: Essential Summon Monster option or sacred cow?

...oh, wait...

 

[Nepenthe]

That's what dragons are for.

Not in Dragonlance

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I thought humans were just the half-breed result of mixing Elves and Dwarves.