holmes's D&D excerpt

"At the Dungeon Master's discretion a character can be anything his or her player wants him to be. Characters must always start out inexperienced and relatively weak and build on their experiences. Thus, an expedition might include, in addition to the four basic classes and races (human, elven, dwarven, halfling-ish), a centaur, a lawful werebear, and a Japanese Samurai fighting man."

- "Additional Character Classes," pg 7, in Dr. Holmes's D&D

I clearly never read this as a child, or I would have a stack of werebear and centaur character sheets.