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<blockquote data-quote="Wulffolk" data-source="post: 7295951" data-attributes="member: 6871450"><p>Most monstrous races do not traditionally have cities or large towns of their own anyways, so why would they want to go to a human dominated one in the first place? Why would they not expect to be killed on sight if their race is known for warring and raiding against humans? Isn't the fun of playing a monstrous race actually being monstrous, raiding and warring against humans and elves and others? Why would anybody want to create a monstrous race character just to play it exactly like a normal character? Aren't you missing out on being a monster if you are just another civilized person in a strange body?</p><p></p><p>If you want to play a monster then embrace the role! Be that monster! Threaten, kill, raid, take what you want, just don't expect to barter for it with people that are your enemies. How many Elves/Humans/Dwarves/etc just walk into an Orc camp and expect to be allowed to drink ale and haggle for their magic items? How many Halflings wander into a Kobold warren expecting to make friends? In the context of standard fantasy settings that idea is absurd.</p><p></p><p>If everybody wants to play a menagerie of special snowflakes that are openly accepted with warm embraces and whispers of awe amongst the enemies of their race then I can only guess that the reasons amount to little more than "look at what a cool and edgy snowflake I am, and all the kewl powerz I have".</p><p></p><p>That might be great fun for some groups, but players should not feel entitled to play that way if their DM doesn't have fun running that style of game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wulffolk, post: 7295951, member: 6871450"] Most monstrous races do not traditionally have cities or large towns of their own anyways, so why would they want to go to a human dominated one in the first place? Why would they not expect to be killed on sight if their race is known for warring and raiding against humans? Isn't the fun of playing a monstrous race actually being monstrous, raiding and warring against humans and elves and others? Why would anybody want to create a monstrous race character just to play it exactly like a normal character? Aren't you missing out on being a monster if you are just another civilized person in a strange body? If you want to play a monster then embrace the role! Be that monster! Threaten, kill, raid, take what you want, just don't expect to barter for it with people that are your enemies. How many Elves/Humans/Dwarves/etc just walk into an Orc camp and expect to be allowed to drink ale and haggle for their magic items? How many Halflings wander into a Kobold warren expecting to make friends? In the context of standard fantasy settings that idea is absurd. If everybody wants to play a menagerie of special snowflakes that are openly accepted with warm embraces and whispers of awe amongst the enemies of their race then I can only guess that the reasons amount to little more than "look at what a cool and edgy snowflake I am, and all the kewl powerz I have". That might be great fun for some groups, but players should not feel entitled to play that way if their DM doesn't have fun running that style of game. [/QUOTE]
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