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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rjdafoe" data-source="post: 5031657" data-attributes="member: 54591">That's where we differ I guess. I don't want or need a book explaining to me why this is different. It is different because as a PC (who incidentally are usually the only PCs in the world at the time) are already different from the other members of their race. It is a one off and can be explained in the character background if neccessary. There are no handfull of other PCs -  Rag the Kobold fighter is an adventurer because, as an infant he was exposed to a source of bright magical light. As a small child, it was obvious to the other kobolds that he was a detriment being blind in the dark. He was cast out of their clan, and hence is now an adventurer (PC). He considers himself an individual who is not dragged down by the normal limititions of his race. There are lots of possibilities - an oportunities for those that care to explain it.  It only has to be explained as an individual, not as race - if needed. There is usually an explanation of why he is an adventurer anyways, otherwise Rag the kobold would be happily doing kobold-y things in the dark with the other kobolds. It is just fluff to me at this point. If a PC (a PC is RARE anyways in the default assumption) wants to be a xyz monster race, they are going to have to come up with their own reasons why they want to play that and why it should exist in the GMs world - if they care to explain it.</blockquote>