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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8309702" data-attributes="member: 6687260">I always have the temptation to go humans only for a campaign, though I haven't actually done it so far.These are the main reasons:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The fictional inspiration for non-humans is very dated for me.  Fantasy novels don't have elves and dwarves in them very often any more, and when they do they don't usually fit the category of player characters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I often want to run a game in a non-european setting and the Tolkien races fit badly (and Tieflings and Dragonborn are not nessarily any better).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's a fair amount of work to rework the D&D races so they fit a new setting, still have a recognisable core, and have something interesting about them.  This is a lot of work for an option.  In my silk road game I came up with cool fluff about how Tieflings became a nomadic race of Persian influenced traders after the fall of their empire.  That work was basically wasted effort because no one chose to play a Tiefling.</li> </ul></blockquote>