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<blockquote data-quote="Belphanior" data-source="post: 5824894" data-attributes="member: 12401">That is not my experience. Most fantasy novels are human-only, at least insofar as PC-material is concerned. (D&amp;D novels are the most notable exception but that's obviously a chicken-or-egg thing.)But D&amp;D is not &quot;most fantasy novels&quot;. It's beholders, gelatinous cubes, and dragons that are color-coded for our convenience. It's Norse, Greek, and Egyptian myth all blended together along with German, Arabic, and Celtic folklore. And let's not forget all the Biblical references in the cleric's spell list. Or the Lovecraftian elements of Aboleths and Illithid.On top of that it's a &quot;medieval Europe&quot; that is neither medieval nor European, where polytheism is objective truth, Frankenstein's monster and the Jewish Golem walk side by side in the lab of a Vancian wizard, and Modrons patrol the dimensions.But the PCs aren't allowed to be cat-people or reptiles or anything. Because that would make it weird.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm&nbsp; &nbsp; :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belphanior, post: 5824894, member: 12401"] That is not my experience. Most fantasy novels are human-only, at least insofar as PC-material is concerned. (D&D novels are the most notable exception but that's obviously a chicken-or-egg thing.) But D&D is not "most fantasy novels". It's beholders, gelatinous cubes, and dragons that are color-coded for our convenience. It's Norse, Greek, and Egyptian myth all blended together along with German, Arabic, and Celtic folklore. And let's not forget all the Biblical references in the cleric's spell list. Or the Lovecraftian elements of Aboleths and Illithid. On top of that it's a "medieval Europe" that is neither medieval nor European, where polytheism is objective truth, Frankenstein's monster and the Jewish Golem walk side by side in the lab of a Vancian wizard, and Modrons patrol the dimensions. But the PCs aren't allowed to be cat-people or reptiles or anything. Because that would make it [i]weird[/i]. :erm: [/QUOTE]

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