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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 2475445" data-attributes="member: 553"><p>A lot of random comments:</p><p></p><p>While I'm sure various ancient cultures that have encountered dinosaur bones came up with some pretty interesting explainations for them, isn't it more likely that creatures such as the griffon or pegasus were simply "tall tales" - made up for a more interesting story (though that doesn't mean the storytellers didn't believe in their creations.) A protoceretops skull, to me, would seem more likely to spawn tales of giant birds - like the roc - than part bird/part lion images. </p><p></p><p>The Fantasy Trip - being a frequent reader of Steve Jackson's site (author of TFT), I think it more likely that Piltdown man was chosen as a "fantasy" ancestor for orcs, since it is a fantasy world the orcs populated. I really don't see this hoax getting by the writer, as he is a very pro-science and fact kinda geek <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p></p><p>IMC, many of the usual "antagonist" races are actually descended <em>from</em> some of the PC races. In mythical times, one of the world's moons crashed into it, punching a hole all the way to the infernal regions. The "fall-out" killed most creatures in the area, but many slowly mutated into new races, the taint of the infernal making them predisposed to an evil outlook. Humans became giants, elves became orcs and halflings mutated into the goblinoid races. This is also the genisis of many abberrations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Brennen, post: 2475445, member: 553"] A lot of random comments: While I'm sure various ancient cultures that have encountered dinosaur bones came up with some pretty interesting explainations for them, isn't it more likely that creatures such as the griffon or pegasus were simply "tall tales" - made up for a more interesting story (though that doesn't mean the storytellers didn't believe in their creations.) A protoceretops skull, to me, would seem more likely to spawn tales of giant birds - like the roc - than part bird/part lion images. The Fantasy Trip - being a frequent reader of Steve Jackson's site (author of TFT), I think it more likely that Piltdown man was chosen as a "fantasy" ancestor for orcs, since it is a fantasy world the orcs populated. I really don't see this hoax getting by the writer, as he is a very pro-science and fact kinda geek :cool: IMC, many of the usual "antagonist" races are actually descended [i]from[/i] some of the PC races. In mythical times, one of the world's moons crashed into it, punching a hole all the way to the infernal regions. The "fall-out" killed most creatures in the area, but many slowly mutated into new races, the taint of the infernal making them predisposed to an evil outlook. Humans became giants, elves became orcs and halflings mutated into the goblinoid races. This is also the genisis of many abberrations. [/QUOTE]
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