A non-Human Campaign

Julian Grimm · Post by **Julian Grimm** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:58 am

I'm not planning this but how would a non-human campaign look. I'm thinking a time perios before humans or a world where humans never came to be. Would demi-humans get the third prime slot since there is no competition or would you still only give them two?
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jamesmishler · Post by **jamesmishler** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:52 am

Depends. If the power levels of the campaign are boosted up, yeah sure! For example, if you do a Silmarillion style campaign (pre-human), with balrogs running around and Sauron merely being the level of a doorkeeper, then the players can use all the help they can get! Otherwise, if nothing else is changed, eh, it works with just the two primes...
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cleaverthepit · Post by **cleaverthepit** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:27 pm

I occasionally run an all dwarf campaign. I have not changed any of the rules. The campaign is set beneath the Kambrian mountains in Inzae and the dwarves are battling the hordes of goblins coming up from the depths.

It seems to run fine without tinkering.

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Nifelhein · Post by **Nifelhein** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:43 pm

I would not bother chaning this, in fact the prime system works well enough for demi humans as is. But then I doubt all my players would enjoy not being a human, even once.
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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:54 pm

I agree with jamesmishler, I'd leave it at just two primes, unless you wanted to up the power of the PCs.
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Witterquick · Post by **Witterquick** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:30 am

Right. My understanding of the third prime (which is mirrored in some form in almost every RPG except Star Ace*), is to make up for advantages like low-light vision and beyond-human range stats.

*In Star Ace, humanity was the violent, physically powerful warrior-like race that were frequently hired as mercenaries, guards, and soldiers by the other races. Think humans as Klingons.
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Jyrdan Fairblade · Post by **Jyrdan Fairblade** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:35 pm

Now that is something I've always wanted to run, to explore the themes of dwarven society and culture. And to trounce goblinoids, naturally!

My feeling would be to keep the demihumans at the standard and not give them an extra prime.

cleaverthepit wrote:
I occasionally run an all dwarf campaign.