They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. Humans who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. Human lands welcome large numbers of nonhumans compared to the proportion of humans who live in nonhuman lands.
Humans dream of immortality, but (except for those few who seek undeath or divine ascension to escape death’s clutches) they achieve it by ensuring that they will be remembered when they are gone.Īlthough some humans can be xenophobic, in general their societies are inclusive. While dwarf clans and halfling elders pass on the ancient traditions to each new generation, human temples, governments, libraries, and codes of law fix their traditions in the bedrock of history. Where a single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics. They live fully in the present-making them well suited to the adventuring life-but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single human’s memory. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. They have widely varying tastes, morals, and customs in the many different lands where they have settled. Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century. A lot of humans have a dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Human skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight) males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races.
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