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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8864329" data-attributes="member: 58172">Human-only makes the core rules practicably setting-neutral.Different players want different species. Different Settings feature different species. Setting-neutral core rules makes diverse preference easier.For example, many old-schoolers want 1e Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, and <s>Half</s> Orc.Many new schoolers want Elf, Dragonborn, and Tiefling.Meanwhile Aardling and Goliath are on the way. Maybe Genasi and ten other species too.Gnomes are important to many groups who have one player who loves them.Magic The Gathering settings often have a completely different selection of Nonhuman species.DM homebrewers do whatever they please.The core rules need to get out of the way of all of these possible Setting preferences.The purpose of moving the Setting species into the FR Guide, is for players who want a different Setting, such as an Eberron Guide with its own versions of Nonhuman species. The Human-only Players Handbook will work seemlessly with any Setting that the DM prefers.The rest of my post listed several ways to get the Nonhuman species options for free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8864329, member: 58172"] Human-only makes the core rules practicably setting-neutral. Different players want different species. Different Settings feature different species. Setting-neutral core rules makes diverse preference easier. For example, many old-schoolers want 1e Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, and [S]Half[/S] Orc. Many new schoolers want Elf, Dragonborn, and Tiefling. Meanwhile Aardling and Goliath are on the way. Maybe Genasi and ten other species too. Gnomes are important to many groups who have one player who loves them. Magic The Gathering settings often have a completely different selection of Nonhuman species. DM homebrewers do whatever they please. The core rules need to get out of the way of all of these possible Setting preferences. The purpose of moving the Setting species into the FR Guide, is for players who want a different Setting, such as an Eberron Guide with its own versions of Nonhuman species. The Human-only Players Handbook will work seemlessly with any Setting that the DM prefers. The rest of my post listed several ways to get the Nonhuman species options for free. [/QUOTE]

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