"It would be irresponsible of me not to point out
on behalf of geeks and bergeeks everywhere that
elves and orcs are character RACES, not character
classes. Character class determines what skills you can
learn, what weapons you can use, whether you can learn
spells, how many hit points you gain per
level...character race makes its biggest difference at character
generation, but by and large only means a point added or
subtracted to a statistic (unless the Dungeon Master gets
into sociology, which is cool)."
Sorry, but
it's been a boring day, so I feel some strange need to
correct Mr. Schleussel here.
D&D, as was
specifically mentioned, makes a specific differentiation
between human character classes and non-human races -
there are only "dwarves" in D&D, not dwarven fighters
or clerics.
As such, a dwarf in D&D is both a
race and a class. AD&D does differentiate between the
two - one must choose both a character race and
class.
Hayden
Who would like to emphasize that it's been eight
years since he played, even though he _is_ an ubergeek.