Humans as a legendary race?

HFY is always so dumb and cringe-inducing.

Case in point.

They were the disciples of our Lord and Saviour, Lion Christ

I would like to see some First Contact stuff between humans and the fantasy races. I think that could be quite enjoyable to read and write.

Imagine you are part of a race that prides itself on one aspect of life, that you are unrivaled in pursuit and execution of this one arena with your close allies being the masters of another aspect, one utterly unknowable to you and vice-versa and a third again who leads the way in another distinct field.

Now imagine First Contact with the race of Man, as able to be as barbarian as the Orcs to the North and with the ability to be as compassionate as the most loving halfling, wrapped in plate and steel every bit as good as Dwarven with a mace large enough scarcely a dwarf could wield it right, and a kinship with magic so deep it would make the elves fearful of where it will lead?

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Then don't read it, it is really very easy to do.

In my setting humans are the equivalent of the fair folk. Seldom seen, possessing strange power, and occasionally disrupting the balance of the nonhuman kingdoms. Supposedly they were created when the god of madness fractured himself into thousands of pieces, each one gaining sentience as a human.

Just finished Shining Force 2 and realized the only playable human in the whole game is the protagonist

Considering the remake in the GBA It kind of makes sense since humans genetically developed the other fantasy races to fight and work. It makes perfect sense that they are more suited to fight by your side

Also May is best girl

What about a setting where humans have immunity to something that is lethal to other races?

IIRC humans are actually pretty durable among animals. Ancient humans could just stalk prey until they eventually got tired and died, which is actually kind of terrifying if you imagine being on the receiving end of it. Also humans have a fairly long lifespan compared to most animals, so it has always seemed odd that humans usually have the shortest lifespan in fantasy. Basically, we don't use brute force or outspeed other animals, we outlast other animals. Would be cool to see implemented into a fantasy setting.

Undertale. Kind of.

Damn i must be a genius

If you haven't, Shining in the Darkness is my favorite Genesis game period, as is the original game of the series.
It's a dungeon crawler, and its 100% different, but its still fantastic. I recommend graph papering maps.