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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8692700" data-attributes="member: 87792">The thing is that the tone of D&D humans is that they are in D&D universes a big deal. A very significant plurality of D&D adventurers are humans to the point that both "classic" human and variant human are more popular than any other PC race. And what was, as of the most recent stats, the second most popular adventuring race behind humans? Half-elves - in other words half-humans. Humans utterly dominate the ranks of adventurers. Human kingdoms are also a significant plurality of kingdoms in most settings and humans are normally a plurality of inhabitants. And going back to the half-elves point, humans are the sexy race of D&D, ready willing and able to breed with almost anyone.Because of the way humans are set up humans are as a species in D&D are about as boosted as in naughty word Yeah Humanity stories. They are the Obvious Protagonist faction. And anyone of any species in almost any D&D setting who discounts someone because they are human or who thinks that humans will be a pushover is deserving of a Darwin Award.So of your points<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">D&D humans are fantastical and emphasise how fantastical humans can be. They're the dominant species in most D&D settings and despite all the fantastical around them they are normally both the action stars and the porn stars for all races. So if you want to actively de-emphasise the fantastical you (ironically) need to be other than human. Human is not fit for purpose.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A low level PC is not a big deal. And a high level PC being a human is unsurprising to anyone. If you are going to meet a great and powerful wizard and they turn out to be a human that will surprise no one. A halfling? Will be a surprise.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Any race can be a peasant - but PCs although they might have been peasants are adventurers. PC humans will almost all be treated as adventurers. The halfling will look like e.g. Ed Sheeran in a collection of other pop stars</li> </ol>D&D is a game about power fantasies and because of it D&D humans are a power fantasy race that are obviously seen as one. Being the race that looks the part of the archetypal hero makes it a poor choice for emphasising that they are unlikely heroes.</blockquote>

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