PHB - Human only?

[Quartz]

Would you go for a 4E PHB that was human only? Leave the other races to the Monster Manual. After all, they're going to be in the MM anyway, so why duplicate? You'd just put in a brief bit saying that other playable races are detailed in the MM and save a few pages that could be used for something else.

 

[Gothic_Demon]

Better the other way

How's about we don't put these guys in the Monster Manual, note at the beginning that humanoid races from the PHB can be baddies too, give a set of humanoid 'mook' rules in the DMG and use the space in the MM for more nasty monstery goodness?

 

[Li Shenron]

Absolutely not.

 

[hong]

This is like asking if you'd go for a PHB without wizards.











Well, _I_ would....

 

[Horacio]

Not at all

 

[Kae'Yoss]

It seems that most of us think that you should continue to take the shiny pills the doctors keep giving to you!

Anyway, it seems clear that a character race entry and a monster entry will be completely different. It won't be duplicte information.

And one other important part: Players aren't supposed to touch the Monster Manual.

 

[Darkness]

Interesting...







...that the names of the 2 posters who voted for 'Interesting' don't show up even though this is a public poll.

 

[Nifft]

Meh.

I can think of ways to make this work, but they boil down to subverting the question as asked. At best, it'd be a waste of the racial talent thing.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Odimax]

Interesting...







...that the names of the 2 posters who voted for 'Interesting' don't show up even though this is a public poll.

I think the poll lets guests vote, because I voted, but I wasn't logged in, and my name doesn't show up under "Don't think so".

Anyway, I think D&D should at least have humans, dwarves, and elves as playable races. Probably halflings, too.

 

[Gloombunny]

I generally prefer human-only settings, so I guess having D&D default to that would make it easier for me to find a game in the kind of setting I like, so I guess I should be in favor of it... but I just can't bring myself to vote yes. The thought of a D&D Players' Handbook without elves and dwarves is just too weird to contemplate.