D&D 5E Humans!?

[Sunseeker]

I think it's an unfair statistic to have it be how many times a person has played a human v. how many times a person has played anything else.
To date I've:
Played a
4e Deva
4e Human
4e Gitzerai
4e Dragonborn
4e Tiefling
3e Human
3e Drow
3e Tiefling
5e Human
5e Elf
5e Dragonborn
5e port of parthfinder Rakshasa-born Tiefling

So I've played a human in every edition I've played. But I like variety and I like creating interesting concepts and sometimes a non-human race works best for that.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I don't think I've played a human in D&D* since 1E. Of course, most of that time I've been DM'ing. But I prefer non-humans because they are further removed from the real world.

And everybody should play a dwarf at least once, preferably in an all-dwarf game. Good times.




*Including Pathfinder, C&C, other retro clones, etc.

 

[green_destiny]

I pick my Race based on my preferred Class and since most Class would benefit from the Feats, I play Human for the Feats. If a DM would not allow the variant Human Class abilities then I wouldn't play Human.

Played an Aasimar too before.

 

[Nellisir]

I think it's an unfair statistic to have it be how many times a person has played a human v. how many times a person has played anything else.
To date I've:...
So I've played a human in every edition I've played. But I like variety and I like creating interesting concepts and sometimes a non-human race works best for that.

Hrm. Lets see how far back I can remember.

2e thri-kreen ... fighter?
2e svirfneblin cleric/illusionist (hands down the most broken and amazing character I've ever played).
2e aasimar ... paladin? I remember making him a big red-haired dude with a barbaric appearance, but I think he was actually a paladin. Didn't get used much.

3e human fighter
3e human abjurer
3e human cleric (began as an NPC in a game I dropped in on occasionally; eventually I just took over the character)
3e tiefling beguiler (this is actually my current character in our alternate game; I DM the primary 5e game. Irene Adler crossed with the daughter of a Russian mob boss, with the idea that she should "do good" but very little understanding of what that actually means.)

S&W human cleric
S&W human fighter

I think there were a few other super-short lived characters as well, but I mostly DM.

 

[SirAntoine]

I think most players like to play human characters. The typical party from what I've seen has a slight majority of humans, and the others of different races. Elves are second most common.

 

[Herr der Qual]

I don't think I've played a human in D&D* since 1E. Of course, most of that time I've been DM'ing. But I prefer non-humans because they are further removed from the real world.

And everybody should play a dwarf at least once, preferably in an all-dwarf game. Good times.




*Including Pathfinder, C&C, other retro clones, etc.

Yeah! That's my thing too! Also, Dwarves forever!

 

[PnPgamer]

Some people like to do optimatization to their character, and humans are the only race that is always one of the options for race for that character. They are versatile as heck.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Well the Super Bowl reminded me that apparently Katy Perry had a go at D&D, and enjoyed playing a female Drow outcast. Yep, that's right...she Drizzt a girl and she liked it.

 

[neobolts]

I play a good mix of humans and nonhumans. When I play a human, it is usually from the "want to be or be with" mindset...strong, charismatic men and quick-witted, comely ladies. I play nonhumans as well, including dragonborn, genasi, and half-orc in recent years.

This does bring to mind an old 3.x campaign we ran where we started with a few levels and were required to have at least 3 monster levels. I played a deep gnome illusionist. And the rest of the party was a pixie bard, sahaugin paladin, earth mephit cleric, yuki onna sorcerer, half-celestial fighter, and a custom thing known as "Crog" (both his race and class apparently). It was a very lighthearted campaign and a lot of fun. If you are running 3e at some point and want a twist, I'd recommend a manditory monster levels party.

 

[Herr der Qual]

I tend to prefer humans as it's easiest to develop emotional complexity with them. I find it very difficult to think in an alien mode consistently, and in particular its almost impossible to do that and imagine the range of modes of behavior than an alien species might have. There is a strong tendency to characterize entire alien races by single individuals and never be able to imagine any nuance to them. Still, I don't mind going alien when I think I have a strong idea for a character.

Ok, so we are playing a homebrew world in the game I'm playing in, I'm running a Dwarf Ranger 2/Barbarian 1 (recently started campaign). There was a brutal war in the world between the monstrous humanoids and the humans, elves and dwarves. The dwarves were the last to join the conflict so a lot of people distrust/dislike the (I have a very difficult time buying anything at a reasonable price, let alone at all). The dwarves did a lot of damage to the invading armies in the mountains, but eventually had to fall back and collapsed the entrances to their strongholds and cities. here is a summary of my character's background: My father was a soldier who stayed outside the city with a unit of volunteers, he survived an onslaught while the miners brought down the entrance to the city, the rest of the volunteer unit set out to find other dwarven survivors stuck on the surface, yada yada, I'm born, yada yada, find a secret entrance to one of the dwarven strongholds to find out it's over run with duergar, my parents are killed I flee into the woods as a boy, a compasionate fey helped me learn the way of the ranger, now that I'm a man, I have set out to find allies to help me find out what happened in my homeland the duergar managed to defile a dwarven city, and see if it was the only one to meet that fate, I do not yet trust my party but I protect them fiercly for I have seen the darkness swallow all that I love, including the land, they have scarred it where ever they go. I will have my revenge or die trying.

So, he's distrusting of everyone, he's a loudmouth who will tell you exactly what he thinks because he grew up outside of civilization and has no concept of politeness, he rather enjoys being a prankster but he still has his dwarven seriousness and he will never forget the faces of the duergar that killed his kin.