The return of the Male Human Fighter!

[Aloïsius]

I want copyrighted thing, copyrighted thing and copyrighted thing!

D'Artagnan is public domain. And even if him, Arthur, Herakles and Gilgamesh were not public domain (say Homer comes back to sue the world to death), you can always use real historic persons, like Bayard (who was able to defend a bridge alone against 200 enemy...).

 

[Noir le Lotus]

Why were there so many pieces of art with Regnar dyng??

Because originally, the designers wanted Regnar to be black, but someone higher up said he had to be Caucasian. So, in revenge, they had him dying in all of his art.

IIRC, Monte Cook said once that they wanted to get rid of the human male fighter cliché and they choose a dwarf as fighter iconic.

But the marketing department disliked it and they insisted on having a male human.

Devs had no choice but to obey, so they took their revenge and killed Regnar in every possible way in later books.

And it's d'Artagnan, sacrebleu !!!

 

[Aeolius]

I hope 5e has more humans.

You can have your humans, so long as others can play awakened animals, emancipated undead, merfolk, and fey. I once played a human cleric for over 4 years, taking him to level 19 (1e). Then I realized "What am I doing?? I AM a human! Why would I want to pretend to be one, also?"

EDIT: In my current undersea game I allow human PCs... for as long as they can hold their breath. Then they are required to take one of two prestige classes - Anchor or Bait.

 

[Salamandyr]

And any of these could be dragonborn, dwarven, elf or [new D&D race].

Even Morgan Ironwolf.

Blah. We had that in 4e. More humans!

 

[WheresMyD20]

(Morgan Ironwolf on the other hand, I can totally support).

This. Morgan Ironwolf as the iconic fighter.

...and Aleena as the iconic cleric.

 

[ArmoredSaint]

Less Morgan Ironwolf.

More Gutboy Barrelhouse.

 

[Lord Zack]

You can have your humans, so long as others can play awakened animals, emancipated undead, merfolk, and fey. I once played a human cleric for over 4 years, taking him to level 19 (1e). Then I realized "What am I doing?? I AM a human! Why would I want to pretend to be one, also?"

Because you're not a badass adventuring human.

 

[Salamandyr]

Less Morgan Ironwolf.

More Gutboy Barrelhouse.

And Beek Gwenders of Croodle.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I protest this racist denunciation of short races. D&D seems to be moving to be a "Humans Only" club.

Barak Khazad! Khazad ai menu!