Owen K.C. Stephens
Adventurer
Super Genius Games releases The Genius Guide to Races of Hoof and Horn
Fantasy should be fantastic (and by "fantastic" we mean the dictionary definition-conceived by unrestrained fancy; beyond the realm of the ordinary). That might seem like an obvious thing to say, but fantasy fiction has become so common in popular entertainment that in many ways it has lost its sense of fancy. Elves and dwarves and orcs ... we've seen them all before. They're as familiar to the modern audience as private eyes, foreign spies, and femme fatales were fifty years ago. What was once fantastical now represents the status quo, and we have to look further abroad if we truly want to find something beyond the realm of the ordinary.
As a small offer in that regard, The Genius Guide to Races of Hoof and Horn presents a trio of new fantasy races-the asterion, the lapith, and the pipers-suitable for use as player characters or NPCs. These races share a common trait of sporting hooves and/or horns, a small connection but one not found in any of the standard races. They also all hale from remote, some might even say exotic, locales, making it sensible that encountering them would be a rarity in almost any world (and making it easier to incorporate them into existing campaign).
[PFRPG] The Genius Guide to Races of Hoof and Horn - OtherWorld Creations | EN World PDF Store
Fantasy should be fantastic (and by "fantastic" we mean the dictionary definition-conceived by unrestrained fancy; beyond the realm of the ordinary). That might seem like an obvious thing to say, but fantasy fiction has become so common in popular entertainment that in many ways it has lost its sense of fancy. Elves and dwarves and orcs ... we've seen them all before. They're as familiar to the modern audience as private eyes, foreign spies, and femme fatales were fifty years ago. What was once fantastical now represents the status quo, and we have to look further abroad if we truly want to find something beyond the realm of the ordinary.
As a small offer in that regard, The Genius Guide to Races of Hoof and Horn presents a trio of new fantasy races-the asterion, the lapith, and the pipers-suitable for use as player characters or NPCs. These races share a common trait of sporting hooves and/or horns, a small connection but one not found in any of the standard races. They also all hale from remote, some might even say exotic, locales, making it sensible that encountering them would be a rarity in almost any world (and making it easier to incorporate them into existing campaign).
[PFRPG] The Genius Guide to Races of Hoof and Horn - OtherWorld Creations | EN World PDF Store
