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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Daniel" data-source="post: 5800946" data-attributes="member: 694">Well, all it really takes is a sidebar, explaining how in basic D&amp;D all elves were fighter/mages and all dwarves and halflings were fighters only; and with the advent of AD&amp;D, each race had a small list of classes it could belong to, some of which were downright iconic and became &quot;favored&quot; classes in 3rd edition.&nbsp; That way, the DM has the *option* to enforce &quot;race as class&quot;, or less stringent lists of allowed classes per race, or just note as a bit of flavor that some races gravitate towards some classes.And, of course, it's changed over time.&nbsp; The elf fighter/mage and dwarf fighter have stayed pretty much the same through the ages.&nbsp; Halflings quickly went from being badass little fighters to favoring the thief class.&nbsp; Gnomes waffled from illusionist to bard after the 3.5 changeover.&nbsp; And, of course, half-orcs originally favored the assassin (which makes perfect sense, given that half-orcs in Tolkien were little more than thuggish spies, able to pass for human when they had to) but quickly became more barbaric and, well, half-ogreish later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Daniel, post: 5800946, member: 694"] Well, all it really takes is a sidebar, explaining how in basic D&D all elves were fighter/mages and all dwarves and halflings were fighters only; and with the advent of AD&D, each race had a small list of classes it could belong to, some of which were downright iconic and became "favored" classes in 3rd edition. That way, the DM has the *option* to enforce "race as class", or less stringent lists of allowed classes per race, or just note as a bit of flavor that some races gravitate towards some classes. And, of course, it's changed over time. The elf fighter/mage and dwarf fighter have stayed pretty much the same through the ages. Halflings quickly went from being badass little fighters to favoring the thief class. Gnomes waffled from illusionist to bard after the 3.5 changeover. And, of course, half-orcs originally favored the assassin (which makes perfect sense, given that half-orcs in Tolkien were little more than thuggish spies, able to pass for human when they had to) but quickly became more barbaric and, well, half-ogreish later on. [/QUOTE]

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