Against Elf and Dwarf

Trolls from Glorantha, one of the few demihumans I do genuinely like. One of my more polemic opinions on TRPGs is my general distaste for what those familiar with D&D call "demihumans" - the elf, the dwarf, the hobbit (undignifiedly referred to as "halfling"), and so on. My issue with them is, in part, aesthetics; I do not like how they look and behave, and the post could end here to be honest with you. Some folks enjoy having a full category of PC that speaks in a bad Scottish accent, drinks a lot, has hair-trigger temper, is a stonemason or some other sort of guilded craftsman, and looks like they might enjoy heavy metal if it existed in Grim Fantasy Land where he comes from, and that is fine. However, another part of my dislike is that these things are additive, not assumed, and I just don't see what is to be gained by adding them to my game, especially considering humans are quite weird enough, and people have a lot of thoughts on that. From where I'm sitting, I see two types of…