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Alien races: The Bizzarre form VS the vaguely humanoid form
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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonbait" data-source="post: 4515416" data-attributes="member: 29182"><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I think that it all depends on what the players empathize with. Some players feel no bond to a character that lacks very human physical features - the personality and culture are secondary. Some players look for the truly bizarre and want to stand out simply on their appearance alone - the nature of their appearance and background are secondary. Some latch on to other things. The alien may or may not look human or near-human, but there is something in the culture and/or personality that they find endearing. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In general, I've found that Sci-Fi has even more leeway than fantasy when it comes to strange looking aliens (compare the core D&D races with the core Star Wars or Traveller species). Most of the time, people want to play something that is functional in a human society and world. Typically a humanoid. The truly alien aliens are seen as NPCs only, in their mind.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Personally, I like a good mix of humanoid and near-human types as “Player Species”. Star Wars is a good example (humans, humans with some prosthetics, and rubber suits), but the galaxy would probably have a lot more strange and truly alien life forms (Star Wars meets Call of Cthulhu).</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonbait, post: 4515416, member: 29182"] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]I think that it all depends on what the players empathize with. Some players feel no bond to a character that lacks very human physical features - the personality and culture are secondary. Some players look for the truly bizarre and want to stand out simply on their appearance alone - the nature of their appearance and background are secondary. Some latch on to other things. The alien may or may not look human or near-human, but there is something in the culture and/or personality that they find endearing. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]In general, I've found that Sci-Fi has even more leeway than fantasy when it comes to strange looking aliens (compare the core D&D races with the core Star Wars or Traveller species). Most of the time, people want to play something that is functional in a human society and world. Typically a humanoid. The truly alien aliens are seen as NPCs only, in their mind.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Personally, I like a good mix of humanoid and near-human types as “Player Species”. Star Wars is a good example (humans, humans with some prosthetics, and rubber suits), but the galaxy would probably have a lot more strange and truly alien life forms (Star Wars meets Call of Cthulhu).[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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