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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 3042607" data-attributes="member: 467">But the whole point is that I *want* to have fun playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; because, you know, it's fun.Last thing first: why do you think every AD&amp;D campaign world was dominated by humans despite the obvious superiority of demi-humans (except halflings and gnomes -- useless buggers)?&nbsp; What breaks suspension of disbelief more is that in 3e, every race can achieve a theoretically unlimited number of levels in a theoretically unlimited number of classes.&nbsp; Why don't the long lived races completely dominate the world.&nbsp; Why don't Epic Level elves control every inch of land and sea?On to the first point -- I agree with you.&nbsp; however, that's why I like the way RCD&amp;D did.&nbsp; An elf was an archetype (a specific one froma&nbsp; specific piece of litertaure, in this case) and it wasn't that every lef on the planet was like the PC elf, it was that PC elves -- the ones that go meandering around adventuring with dwarves and humans -- were like that.&nbsp; I like the idea of a couple different archetypes for every race -- the Dwarf Fighter and the Dwarf Warpriest(cleric) for example.&nbsp; But why should a dwarf be able to be a wizard, other than to make things fair and even and let the player that wants to be a dwarf wizard play that?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 3042607, member: 467"] But the whole point is that I *want* to have fun playing D&D. because, you know, it's fun. Last thing first: why do you think every AD&D campaign world was dominated by humans despite the obvious superiority of demi-humans (except halflings and gnomes -- useless buggers)? What breaks suspension of disbelief more is that in 3e, every race can achieve a theoretically unlimited number of levels in a theoretically unlimited number of classes. Why don't the long lived races completely dominate the world. Why don't Epic Level elves control every inch of land and sea? On to the first point -- I agree with you. however, that's why I like the way RCD&D did. An elf was an archetype (a specific one froma specific piece of litertaure, in this case) and it wasn't that every lef on the planet was like the PC elf, it was that PC elves -- the ones that go meandering around adventuring with dwarves and humans -- were like that. I like the idea of a couple different archetypes for every race -- the Dwarf Fighter and the Dwarf Warpriest(cleric) for example. But why should a dwarf be able to be a wizard, other than to make things fair and even and let the player that wants to be a dwarf wizard play that? [/QUOTE]

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