To answer that, you have to first answer the question, "Why are humans dominant?"
Because they're the race that's easiest for players to identify with. A society with humans dominant will be organized in ways that make sense to human players.
Now as for why they're dominant in the fiction? There are a lot of reasonable explanations, but every one I've ever heard feels like the dominant race was chosen first and the reason second.
The most plausible explanation to me is that most races are either content with the area they found themselves in or too aggressive to build up their forces sufficiently. Humans would be the exception that's greedy enough to want what others have and patient enough to not attack until they have the ability to take it. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't generally line up with the behavior of the races in the established settings.
To answer that, you have to first answer the question, "Why are humans dominant?"
Because they're the race that's easiest for players to identify with. A society with humans dominant will be organized in ways that make sense to human players.
Now as for why they're dominant in the fiction? There are a lot of reasonable explanations, but every one I've ever heard feels like the dominant race was chosen first and the reason second.
The most plausible explanation to me is that most races are either content with the area they found themselves in or too aggressive to build up their forces sufficiently. Humans would be the exception that's greedy enough to want what others have and patient enough to not attack until they have the ability to take it. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't generally line up with the behavior of the races in the established settings.
To answer that, you have to first answer the question, "Why are humans dominant?"
Because they're the race that's easiest for players to identify with. A society with humans dominant will be organized in ways that make sense to human players.
Now as for why they're dominant in the fiction? There are a lot of reasonable explanations, but every one I've ever heard feels like the dominant race was chosen first and the reason second.
The most plausible explanation to me is that most races are either content with the area they found themselves in or too aggressive to build up their forces sufficiently. Humans would be the exception that's greedy enough to want what others have and patient enough to not attack until they have the ability to take it. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't generally line up with the behavior of the races in the established settings.
What about if the players aren’t human?
Even if the players weren't human, the above would remain true so long as they were from a human dominated society. Now if there is a society that had DnD and wasn't dominated by humans, they would likely be most comfortable with a society similar to their own.
In the event that passing by customary D&D rationale, whichever race is generally eager to simply continue ahead with it. Assuming control over the world takes a specific tendency: needing to overcome as well as to create and investigate and consider, with vanquishing apparently being the most un-significant segment of all. Also, close to that, a high generation rate helps too so no races where rates of birth scarcely surpass demise rates and you don't happen to age until essentially your first century. I'd take a gander at little persons or possibly ogres first, in the event that we keep the other races' qualities generally as they are.
To answer that, you have to first answer the question, "Why are humans dominant?"
Because they're the race that's easiest for players to identify with. A society with humans dominant will be organized in ways that make sense to human players.
Now as for why they're dominant in the fiction? There are a lot of reasonable explanations, but every one I've ever heard feels like the dominant race was chosen first and the reason second.
The most plausible explanation to me is that most races are either content with the area they found themselves in or too aggressive to build up their forces sufficiently. Humans would be the exception that's greedy enough to want what others have and patient enough to not attack until they have the ability to take it. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't generally line up with the behavior of the races in the established settings.
What about if the players aren’t human?
Even if the players weren't human, the above would remain true so long as they were from a human dominated society. Now if there is a society that had DnD and wasn't dominated by humans, they would likely be most comfortable with a society similar to their own.
Such as if elves were the dominant race on earth and they still had DnD, it would probably be elven dominant, with small sections of human, halfling, and dwarven settlements outside of the center city. Under the post topic, my answer would be elves! They live the longest and with humans gone, there wouldn’t be as much competition as halflings are content in their homes and dwarves make mining settlements, probably where elves wouldn’t be. The alternative in my case would be goblinoids or orcs. Orcs would make sense since they are known for being a vastly expansive community, and very adaptive to their environment. I say goblinoids instead of goblins because goblins would have a hard time getting a foothold in the goblinoid society, being one of the lowest ranking members. In a goblinoid society, I think bugbears would be mainly dominant.
Seriously, I saw some galleys of the DnD Afternext Event planned to bring in 6e, and it's all just the mundane races dwindling against the L-M-S hordes for two years of AL content till the Play a Loxodon, Minotaur, Satyr, or Lesser Beings Handbook gets published.
Because they're the race that's easiest for players to identify with. A society with humans dominant will be organized in ways that make sense to human players.
Now as for why they're dominant in the fiction? There are a lot of reasonable explanations, but every one I've ever heard feels like the dominant race was chosen first and the reason second.
The most plausible explanation to me is that most races are either content with the area they found themselves in or too aggressive to build up their forces sufficiently. Humans would be the exception that's greedy enough to want what others have and patient enough to not attack until they have the ability to take it. The problem with this explanation is that it doesn't generally line up with the behavior of the races in the established settings.
The gnomes. Those damn, tricksty gnomes. Being all gnome-y. No doubt they'll be the ones to rule all!
What about if the players aren’t human?
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Even if the players weren't human, the above would remain true so long as they were from a human dominated society. Now if there is a society that had DnD and wasn't dominated by humans, they would likely be most comfortable with a society similar to their own.
In the event that passing by customary D&D rationale, whichever race is generally eager to simply continue ahead with it. Assuming control over the world takes a specific tendency: needing to overcome as well as to create and investigate and consider, with vanquishing apparently being the most un-significant segment of all. Also, close to that, a high generation rate helps too so no races where rates of birth scarcely surpass demise rates and you don't happen to age until essentially your first century. I'd take a gander at little persons or possibly ogres first, in the event that we keep the other races' qualities generally as they are.
Such as if elves were the dominant race on earth and they still had DnD, it would probably be elven dominant, with small sections of human, halfling, and dwarven settlements outside of the center city.
Under the post topic, my answer would be elves! They live the longest and with humans gone, there wouldn’t be as much competition as halflings are content in their homes and dwarves make mining settlements, probably where elves wouldn’t be. The alternative in my case would be goblinoids or orcs. Orcs would make sense since they are known for being a vastly expansive community, and very adaptive to their environment. I say goblinoids instead of goblins because goblins would have a hard time getting a foothold in the goblinoid society, being one of the lowest ranking members. In a goblinoid society, I think bugbears would be mainly dominant.
I don't do signatures, thanks <3
Centaurs. Without humans there wouldn't be big towns and stair cases. The Centaurs would rule any world without stairs.
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