Supposedly race mattered quite a lot in the original D&D because it meant only humans, dwarves, halflings, and dwarves had souls
The rest only had spirits, which includes elves of all types. It was originally done to prevent a crafty GM from ruining a campaign by having evil aligned clerics spam “raise dead” on every single dead kobold, orc, and every other enemy. Only people with souls could be resurrected
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