>>"You didn't play a Fighter, or a Mage, or a Cleric, or anything like
>>that. You played an Elf. Your class is Elf. The Dwarf's class
>>is Dwarf. You didn't gain levels in Fighter or Mage. You gained
>>levels in Elf. Humans have a race AND a class. You just have a class."
>>
>>Conceptualizing it that way made it make a lot more sense.
>
>Well... does it, though? I mean, if you want your dwarf or elf
>or whatever character to hit all the stereotypes, great, but enforcing
>them that way in the game mechanics? Enh.

Oh, my apologies.

I meant makes sense in the vein of "Why is my Elf so weird compared to everyone else?" "Think of Elf as being your class, not your race." "Oh! Okay, now things make sense."

Not in the vein of "doing it that way and enforcing it via game mechanics is actually a good idea."

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