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| unknown warrior |
Posted - 16 Aug 2007 : 19:51:01
want to see which u most popular.
Mod Edit: I've just altered the scroll title a little... They've been bothering me. |
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| Kyrene |
Posted - 29 Apr 2008 : 08:38:27
Plain old human, thanks.  There's enough ethnic difference in the Realms for me to always play humans. After that I like playing half-drow, but they're not an option in the poll. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 17:24:55
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
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Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
Elves and dwarves can have offspring, but it only occurred at the heights of racial cooperation. The offspring aren't a distinct crossbreed race, but taller dwarves, as FR11 Dwarves Deep also discusses.
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 14:16:25
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Originally posted by Ergdusch
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Originally posted by Silverwulf
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
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Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
It is possible, though. Quite rare, but possible.
There is a "dwelf" mentioned in part 5 of Mintiper's Chapbook (specifically, footnote 7). Isinghar "Feyrune" Ironstar, a dwelf runecarver and archmage of Ammarindar, helped raise Myth Glaurach's mythal.
There was another dwelf who was one of the earliest settlers in Cormanthyr. Labrad is discussed on page 81 of the tome of the same name, which is available for free from the Wizards downloads page. It says "Labrad was among the first settlers here soon after the city of Cormanthor was founded, an orphan of Old Elven Court. His parents were Drannor Whitethistle, his elf father, and Konora Onyxhelm, his dwarf mother from Sarphil, both killed in the Darkwoods on their trek to answer the Summoning of the Rule Tower and the People."
Those are the only two canon dwelves I know of. But Steven Schend also discussed them on one occasion:
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Dwelves....okay, I'll stop myself early before I start doing haiku about stone shelves and dungeon delves....
As stated above (and like half-elves), they favor and adopt the lifestyle/culture under which they are raised. Same goes for which gods they revere.
Both elves and dwarves have serious cognitive dissonance when it comes to dwelves, as (unlike half-elves or half-orcs, IMO) there's no set form or expectation for how they'll look. It's anyone's guess if you'll end up with a dwarf's body size and shape with elven features and ears or an elf's body but stocky vs. svelte and rather hairier than the norm. Dwarven parents may mourn their child's inability to grow a decent beard, thanks to their elven half, while elves may grumble that the child is more interested in the dirt rather than the tree from which it springs. Most likely, they're only comfortable among some societies that embrace acceptance and unity (like Myth Drannor or Miyeritar or elsewhere).
That said, I was surprised by that Myth Glaurach note. Methinks I'll have to talk to Eric and find out what else he's had the Blackstaff up to while I've not been watching....if only for my own curiousity, of course.
Steven
(and some day I'll tell y'all about the Pentad, an alliance of the churches of five gods of four races...but not today, as only three dwelves worshiped among them, and none of them reached high priest stage or any ranking of note)
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| Ergdusch |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 13:55:46
As a DM I like all races equally, so I chose other.
As a player, I'd say it depends on the setting/campaign.
However, I think Halflings and Gnomes are very intersting (but not for their noses, no). Neither of those races is loisted by the way. So I put out the demand for editing the Poll by not only adding the gnomes but also the halfling.
For interesting character play all halfbreeds (planetouched, Halfelf, halforc) would be my favorite choise.
Elves have been around a little too often IMO and dwarves are tough to play if you don't want to play the 'typical' dwarfen type. So I would not choose to play one just to avoid falling into the usual stigma.
Humans, IMO, are the best choice game-startigy-wise with the additional skillpoint and extra feat. |
| Ergdusch |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 13:33:52
quote:
Originally posted by Silverwulf
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
According to Sian's quote from another thread this would not be possible:
quote:
Originally posted by Sian
halfbreads (like halfelves) that mate with one of the races their parents (or grandparents if both parents is halfbread) would get that race as childen ... only expection to the rule is dwarves which no matter how little amount of dwarf blood you have will be dwarf (slightly higher or lower or thiner depending on the other race) ... this is written in Dwarves Deep ... also that some dwarves (specially females) mate with gnomes due to a 'general' lack of males due to wars and the like
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| Runis Silverhammer |
Posted - 28 Apr 2008 : 12:25:19
I play a dwarf of course! What else is worth going! bah we can drink any of you other races under the table...and that counts for a lot with dwarf-folk! *Chuckles* |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 03:54:29
quote:
Originally posted by Silverwulf
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it?
I don't think the race has ever been statted out, but there has been the odd "dwelf" or two in the Realms. |
| Silverwulf |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 01:50:49
Is it possible to play a half elf/half dwarf that would be interesting. Wouldn't it? |
| Rory |
Posted - 12 Apr 2008 : 20:01:34
I prefer a coin flip when choosing a race. |
| GoCeraf |
Posted - 11 Apr 2008 : 16:39:47
I'm pretty fond of Mongrelfolk. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 11 Apr 2008 : 16:11:52
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Originally posted by yargarth
undead lack something
Like maybe a soul?
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so half-elves all the way... they get to party and live it up in the realms.
so what you're saying is that it's bad to be a crybaby, bad to be "snooty", but the best character is a half-crybaby, half-snooty guy that can "Party and live it up in the Realms" |
| Aravine |
Posted - 11 Jan 2008 : 17:04:53
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Originally posted by yargarth
Drow are jerks
either that or have a million fanboys ready to grant godhood |
| yargarth |
Posted - 11 Jan 2008 : 06:10:52
Humans are cry babies
Elfs are snooty
Drow are jerks
Dwarfs are loud
orcs are orcs
half orcs are ....
undead lack something
so half-elves all the way... they get to party and live it up in the realms.
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| Malkor the Mad |
Posted - 10 Jan 2008 : 19:37:45
Shades are my fav for reading about.
Humans for playing. Gotta love the human wiz that searches for magic so he wont die. |
| tenacious1 |
Posted - 10 Jan 2008 : 03:39:50
For the most part I'm anti-elf. *shrugs* call me a rebel, but too many people love to play them and it irks me.
I like Dwarves and Halflings followed by Humans then gnomes.
I'm also more of an old school purest so Tieflings and some of the new races don't do it for me. *shrugs* |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 10 Jan 2008 : 00:51:24
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Originally posted by Aravine
no, but as a general rule for me it is. Nothing can be intriquing all the time
Understood. Different people have different tastes.
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I'm not talking about bizarre. bizarre is one thing. what I'm talking about is unique. to defy the world around you. it doesn't just have to do with your race. the culture live in can define a "intriquing" character. the human race isn't biased one way or the other. "the best and worst can be found among them." in that sense, you can't be outside of the norm of that race.
I disagree, because a person can still stand out from the norm. It happens all the time in real life.
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In the end, what makes a character "interesting" depends really on who is playing the character. If you have a dynamic enough player, he can make the most simple character "intriquing"
I definitely agree there. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 09 Jan 2008 : 17:28:50
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by Aravine
again, IMO humans were fun for a time, but as I expanded my racial repitior, I realized that there a lot more interesting, and frankly more fun races to play. It is easy to play a human. they can be anything you want them to be. but is it not more intriqing to play something that is unusual?
It's not more intriguing all of the time.
no, but as a general rule for me it is. Nothing can be intriquing all the time
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You can do that with any race, including humans. A "bizarre" character can lack character depth if the most interesting thing about them has to do with their race.
I'm not talking about bizarre. bizarre is one thing. what I'm talking about is unique. to defy the world around you. it doesn't just have to do with your race. the culture live in can define a "intriquing" character. the human race isn't biased one way or the other. "the best and worst can be found among them." in that sense, you can't be outside of the norm of that race. In the end, what makes a character "interesting" depends really on who is playing the character. If you have a dynamic enough player, he can make the most simple character "intriquing" So really, you could make a very interesting Human Character, but IMO it is a lot more fun to play something "different" |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 23:38:50
quote:
Originally posted by Aravine
again, IMO humans were fun for a time, but as I expanded my racial repitior, I realized that there a lot more interesting, and frankly more fun races to play. It is easy to play a human. they can be anything you want them to be. but is it not more intriqing to play something that is unusual?
It's not more intriguing all of the time.
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...like a drow paladin, for example. or a Dwarven ranger. it is easy to fit into the majority. it gives a character greater depth, IMO, to play something that is not part of the majority.
You can do that with any race, including humans. A "bizarre" character can lack character depth if the most interesting thing about them has to do with their race. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 17:46:50
again, IMO humans were fun for a time, but as I expanded my racial repitior, I realized that there a lot more interesting, and frankly more fun races to play. It is easy to play a human. they can be anything you want them to be. but is it not more intriqing to play something that is unusual? like a drow paladin, for example. or a Dwarven ranger. it is easy to fit into the majority. it gives a character greater depth, IMO, to play something that is not part of the majority. it is also more fun to RP different races, to try to adapt your character to the races inclination, for instance if I made a CG Drow,oh ranger, I would play that he sometimes wrestles with the innate evil inside of him. morality would not be black and white. the reason I do not like playing humans is I find there is very little challenge in RPing them, after all, they adapt very easily and you could easily justify having your own personality in him (or her) |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 17:18:03
I don't think humans are boring. Sure, I'm a human in real life, but I still don't get to live in Faerun, or be a wizard, priest, thief, or any other type of fantasy adventurer. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 16:50:00
well, humans definately are more versitile, but IMO they are a little boring. After all, I "play" one all the time. |
| Zarithar |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 16:20:35
I like humans followed by half-orcs and orcs. |
| I Am Not A Bear |
Posted - 04 Jan 2008 : 14:39:35
Half-elves and elves for sure. Distant third? The stubby dwarves. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 02 Jan 2008 : 17:59:35
Is undead really a race? there are kind of two types of undead.(broadly) Intelligent and unintelligent. now unless I'm mistaken, intelligent undead is a template rather than a race. like vampires and vampire spawns have the racial attributes that they had in life(don't they?) therefore they would be categorized under their race with a subdiscripter of undead. |
| Aravine |
Posted - 02 Jan 2008 : 15:44:47
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Originally posted by slay_4_pay
quote:
Originally posted by Jorkens
Human would be the boring answer obviously. Now, I have a suspicion that there is some mix of Gnome and Firbolg in there somewhere, but I have not found the answer to how that happened yet.
Very Carefully. 
(the classics never die) 
except when you kill them by making movies out of them. (Beowulf) |
| slay_4_pay |
Posted - 29 Dec 2007 : 09:51:28
quote:
Originally posted by Jorkens
Human would be the boring answer obviously. Now, I have a suspicion that there is some mix of Gnome and Firbolg in there somewhere, but I have not found the answer to how that happened yet.
Very Carefully.
(the classics never die) |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 24 Dec 2007 : 13:57:03
I'm quite fond of half-elves myself. |
| Shilo99 |
Posted - 24 Dec 2007 : 13:41:30
My vote is for elves.
The history, the (fallen) majesty, the millenial sadness.
The established lore (FR & other D&D & literary sources) allows you to ground them, and round them out.
And they have lots of enemies...everyone hates an elf!
Half-elves are great too (my favourite before they were nerfed/'greyed out' in 3e/3.5e & made perhaps the weakest race & somewhat marginalised in 3e source books...retribution for their favoured status in earlier editions?). They are great as FR actually has whole cultures of (or dominated by) half-elves. They have reached critical mass where they can support sustainable populations of half-elves (having children with other half-elves) in Aglarond, Deepingdale, Dambrath etc. So much better than the 'racial/social outcast'/'child of two worlds, belonging to none' sterotype. |
| Elestar |
Posted - 23 Dec 2007 : 21:47:44
Elf.
Allthough goodness is spiced with some chaos, longevity and the Art forms the elven way for the greater balance of things on Toril. (And I think this is similar in other stellar/planar/cosmical systems...)
It is sad that the Tel'Quessir is fading - but the great Finale stands before us, and who knows what future brings :) |
| GRYPHON |
Posted - 02 Dec 2007 : 19:05:46
Elves and Fey'ri... |
