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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WheresMyD20" data-source="post: 5785006" data-attributes="member: 60772">You're obviously missing the point.  Or maybe your comment is just a lame attempt to be witty.D&D is a game about archetypes.  There are a lot of human archetypes in fantasy and they make up the vast majority of characters.  When non-humans show up as characters, they're usually the supporting cast.  Just as not all human character archetypes are available, not all non-human archetypes are available either.  More emphasis is given to human classes since the assumption is that they make up the bulk of the game world.Race-class versions of D&D like BECMI are designed to encourage the bulk of characters to be human.  The non-human characters are special cases.  Some groups like playing with this assumption since it more closely models the bulk of fantasy literature and makes non-humans more special than separate race & class systems do.</blockquote>