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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9650425" data-attributes="member: 3400">Now, I know a lot of critics of this argument are going to say that AD&D's balance is over the life of the characters from 1 to <whatever> high levels. But then playing a balanced game hinges on the game always playing well into those higher levels - and we all know that rarely happens. Groups break up, groups shift from one campaign to another, and those characters/parties depending on long term balance are pressured to end by a variety of non-game-based factors. That means most games are playing in levels where the demi-humans are overpowered compared to humans and human PCs are devalued because they rarely reach the levels where they gain the payoff of being human. And that further brings us around to why...3e was the first time humans were given positive reasons for being chosen as the PC race (as opposed to the negative reasons of demi-human limitations and extra XP costs). I know I felt that was a much better cognitive space to be in. And, better yet, those benefits applied no matter what level the PC, no need to endure levels of being inferior to shine later on.</blockquote>