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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6522408" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya!  I haven't read all 8 pages...but from the above, it looks like folks are on about what I was going to post. Roughly.  I've been at this playing of RPGs for some 35-odd years now. In that time, I'm finding it really hard to remember a time when someone actually played a non-human as a non-human. It's not really their fault because, at least with D&D, elves, dwarves and all the rest were basically "humans in funny suits" (as many have pointed out in this thread I'm sure). Its almost impossible to find a player that won't get outright upset if I (as DM) try and 'force' them to act/play in a certain way. Players will instantly play the "You're the DM, I'm the Player...you can't tell me how to play my character!" card. Yes, it is true, I can't tell you how to play your character...but I can (and have on many occasion) just outright told players "Only human".When I play Powers & Perils ( <a href="http://www.powersandperils.org" target="_blank">http://www.powersandperils.org</a> ; old Avalon Hill RPG that didn't get much love; amazing game, IMNSHO, and one of my top 3 games of all time)...where was I? Oh yeah, when I play P&P I specifically don't let players play Elf, Dwarf or Faerry until they basically prove they "get it" from the perspective of how those non-human races are. I did let one player have a go at playing a Dwarf. So far...not to-o bad, but still falls back into the old "gruff, dirty, drunk, but loyal and with a heart of gold" stereotype. Dwarves in P&P are similar to that...but they are mostly the first part, without the heart of gold part...and loyalty only counts towards other dwarves; everyone else can go drown in the ocean as far as they are concerned).Right now, when we get back to our 5e game, we are using my homebrew world of Paeleen ( <a href="https://paeleen.obsidianportal.com/" target="_blank">https://paeleen.obsidianportal.com/</a> ), the Paladin Wyr needs some tips on how to be more "wyr-like", but the two Cu'Lain brothers are actually being played pretty well, I'm happy to say. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have more on the "roleplaying stuff" of the races in my world book that isn't online (too many pages), but overall I'm fairly impressed by the "racial roleplaying" everyone is putting out.Oh, as for me? Human is my favorite race. I just really like the variety I can use when RP'ing them (usually as NPC's as I usually DM...bu even when I play...it's human all the way!)^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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