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<blockquote data-quote="QuietBrowser" data-source="post: 6931790" data-attributes="member: 6855057"><p>Thank you very much for your interest in this setting! It really does light up my day when I see somebody saying that this setting has awesome ideas in it. And I appreciatey our trying to comfort me about the lack of responses.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Hermaphroditic Kobolds:</strong> I'm not entirely sure what you mean about "using" the lizard-breasts. The lore-angle I was going for is that it plays into how kobolds are, or traditionally view themselves as anyway, cursed with a "mockery" of a form, a bleding of "elegant dragons" with "inferior humanoids". They should be dragons, but instead, they're this pale imitation that looks more like a humanoid aping a dragon. I figure it can't hurt anyone too badly, so I'll go ahead and post their current racial gazetteer, let you see how I ended up working it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Ratfolk:</strong> I'm glad you like the idea. And I'm homebrewing them; if you check out my "QB's Homebrew Races" thread, you can find the ratfolk stats I've currently got going on for this.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Guns:</strong> Hmm, I hadn't considered that angle.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Bunnypeople:</strong> I'm aware that the idea of chaotic evil bunnypeople is something folks would laugh at. Initially. When you run into the megalomaniacal bunnyfolk warlord wearing a cloak of screaming human faces and who sends wave after wave of grim-featured, emotionless underlings to die on your swords, even as his horrifically bloated sorceress consort spawns replacements that throw themselves into the fray with nothing but their hands and teeth... who's laughing then? There is comedy in the concept, but do it right, and it's black as pitch, perfect for the spiritual heir to the Shin'hare.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Playable Races:</strong> The basic principle I work for with my races is "Never Always Chaotic Evil, But Usually Chaotic Evil". There are inherently antagonistic races, but they're not monocultures that you never see any difference in. That's why kobolds have gone from "mad scientists whose desperation to turn themselves into dragons creates mutant monsters" to "aggressive, somewhat xenophobic reptilians who are trying to get away from the remnant tribes who still want to turn them all back into dragons". If my "blackbunnyfolk" idea does get done, you would still have defectors, renegades and those who just said "screw this!" because it's not that they're evil, it's that they're ruled by evil tyrants, and that screws things up for everyone.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Druids:</strong> A very interesting suggestion, thank you so much for sharing it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>On Your Question:</strong> I actually don't have plans on running this. I've never DMed, I don't have anyone I can play with, and I don't really think I'd be much good at it. I'm building this world because it's an image in my head that I need to exorcise, and it's good personal training. As for the query you ask... I don't have an answer for you, I'm afraid. As I said, I'm no DM, so I don't have the skills to properly answer you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietBrowser, post: 6931790, member: 6855057"] Thank you very much for your interest in this setting! It really does light up my day when I see somebody saying that this setting has awesome ideas in it. And I appreciatey our trying to comfort me about the lack of responses. [B]On Hermaphroditic Kobolds:[/B] I'm not entirely sure what you mean about "using" the lizard-breasts. The lore-angle I was going for is that it plays into how kobolds are, or traditionally view themselves as anyway, cursed with a "mockery" of a form, a bleding of "elegant dragons" with "inferior humanoids". They should be dragons, but instead, they're this pale imitation that looks more like a humanoid aping a dragon. I figure it can't hurt anyone too badly, so I'll go ahead and post their current racial gazetteer, let you see how I ended up working it. [B]On Ratfolk:[/B] I'm glad you like the idea. And I'm homebrewing them; if you check out my "QB's Homebrew Races" thread, you can find the ratfolk stats I've currently got going on for this. [B]On Guns:[/B] Hmm, I hadn't considered that angle. [B]On Bunnypeople:[/B] I'm aware that the idea of chaotic evil bunnypeople is something folks would laugh at. Initially. When you run into the megalomaniacal bunnyfolk warlord wearing a cloak of screaming human faces and who sends wave after wave of grim-featured, emotionless underlings to die on your swords, even as his horrifically bloated sorceress consort spawns replacements that throw themselves into the fray with nothing but their hands and teeth... who's laughing then? There is comedy in the concept, but do it right, and it's black as pitch, perfect for the spiritual heir to the Shin'hare. [B]On Playable Races:[/B] The basic principle I work for with my races is "Never Always Chaotic Evil, But Usually Chaotic Evil". There are inherently antagonistic races, but they're not monocultures that you never see any difference in. That's why kobolds have gone from "mad scientists whose desperation to turn themselves into dragons creates mutant monsters" to "aggressive, somewhat xenophobic reptilians who are trying to get away from the remnant tribes who still want to turn them all back into dragons". If my "blackbunnyfolk" idea does get done, you would still have defectors, renegades and those who just said "screw this!" because it's not that they're evil, it's that they're ruled by evil tyrants, and that screws things up for everyone. [B]On Druids:[/B] A very interesting suggestion, thank you so much for sharing it. [B]On Your Question:[/B] I actually don't have plans on running this. I've never DMed, I don't have anyone I can play with, and I don't really think I'd be much good at it. I'm building this world because it's an image in my head that I need to exorcise, and it's good personal training. As for the query you ask... I don't have an answer for you, I'm afraid. As I said, I'm no DM, so I don't have the skills to properly answer you. [/QUOTE]
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