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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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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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I played a bit of 2nd ADnD and the DnD red box. Didn't realise this. It is pretty cool! Also perhaps goes some way to explains why in early Warhammer 40K the space elves had spirit stones?