Yeah, sure. You pick a race and pick a class. The classes have level limits. The combination or race/class doesn't need to be informative there.OSR play doesn't work without either level limits or something else in their place.
Whether you consider it a bug or a feature of the rules, there were two general precepts within the OSR play:
Mostly by taking it away.A. Games were supposed to be humanocentric (provide humans with some slight advantage over demihumans).
B. Racial abilities kicked in at first level and stayed with you.
If you combine those two aspects of the game, you end up with a gameplay riddle; how do you balance all the stuff that deminhumans get?
