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Colleagues,
High human races have been a standard fantasy trope for a long time, with Atlanteans, Numenoreans (and arguably) Melniboneans and Valyrians being examples. Usually these strains of humanity are presented as coming from ancient, advanced cultures, often with great acumen at magic and perhaps access to forbidden or forgotten technologies. I've also noticed that they're usually healthier, smarter and generally more beautiful than run of the mill or common humanity.

I'm curious if you've ever played with such a concept in your Pathfinder game, and how you worked it all out mechanically. Did you just use the rules for Elves?

First and foremost, I'd like to say hello to all of the other Pathfinder players here. I just recently got my core book and have not been able to put it down. To say that it's gotten my creative juices flowing as a GM would be an understatement. I finally feel like "the world's most popular role-playing game" is mine again - no longer unduly convoluted, nor over-simplfied, and most of all, not a tabletop version of a MMORPG. This is fantasy gaming done right.

Moving on to the topic of this thread, I'd like to know what you think about adapting various fantasy novels to Pathfinder. Are you interested in playing in other people's milieus? How would you feel about tampering with canon, particularly in the case of longstanding series? What novels would you adapt, were you able to do so? How would you represent the characters in the game?