The Evil GM – AD&D 1e – Why Race and Class restrictions in the game..
E. Gary Gygax wrote, (Dragon #29, Sept. 1979, p12): “The character races in the AD&D system were selected with care. They give variety of approach, but any player selecting a non-human (part- or demi-human) character does not have any real advantage. True, some of those racial types give short-term advantages to the players who choose