An ancient civilization making a comeback... which race?

[Tonguez]

Ogres (& Merrow) - the plague caused the deginerate form we see today but once they were glorious (cue Ogre-Magi) maybe even add in other giants

Dromites would be cool too

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

Dromites would be good but what about trolls.think of it maybe there healing is something that came about because of there downfall.or maybe they always healed just makes what brought them down even more deadly. maybe they have citys that self repair and even after all that time over grown and half buried there citys still wait for there masters.sure they may be in bad shap but still u can tell it was once something wondorus. subways or something of they kind could be the underdark. miles and miles of tunnels. sub stations and mineing tunnles beneith mountians and under seas.long forgottion troll forts and labs crawling with there forgotten creations. just a though

 

[Tonguez]

Dromites would be good but what about trolls.think of it maybe there healing is something that came about because of there downfall.

One theory of the Hulk is that his body is made up entirely of a colony of cancerous cells which multiply when he is injured causing him to instantly heals (and become bigger and stronger) - the same idea could explain the Trolls ability to regenerate arising from the 'plague'
The Proto-Trolls might have actually caught their plague from their genetically engineered cities! - so yes some of the the cities are wonderous, self repairing and 'alive' but others are putrid death traps where the very walls seep a miasma of sickness and decay)

 

[howandwhy99]

Make your world unique and use something other than a known D&D creatures. What kind of biosphere grew on this planet? Perhaps they aren't any kind of known kingdom? I guess you might want to know if they are humanoid or not (or close enough). Most races PCs want to be are humanoid. Plus, those are easier to play.

As D&D a monster, try Grell.

 

[Wik]

Killoren (Races of the Wild, pp. 102-106)

Drat, you beat me too it. Killoren are a PERFECT race to use for this.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

One theory of the Hulk is that his body is made up entirely of a colony of cancerous cells which multiply when he is injured causing him to instantly heals (and become bigger and stronger) - the same idea could explain the Trolls ability to regenerate arising from the 'plague'
The Proto-Trolls might have actually caught their plague from their genetically engineered cities! - so yes some of the the cities are wonderous, self repairing and 'alive' but others are putrid death traps where the very walls seep a miasma of sickness and decay)

i love that yeah hummm maybe there would be some corrupt constucts there as well. there could be corrupt creations out there who seek the bring more things to there level of perfection hummm is a thought...borg of dnd lol or maybe something akin to infected zombie things humm all could work with diff citys that corruped in diff ways i guess

 

[Tonguez]

Make your world unique and use something other than a known D&D creatures. What kind of biosphere grew on this planet? Perhaps they aren't any kind of known kingdom? I guess you might want to know if they are humanoid or not (or close enough). Most races PCs want to be are humanoid. Plus, those are easier to play.

As D&D a monster, try Grell.

Abberation World where the native ecology is giant fungus and protozoan slimes, in which be-tentacled horrors exist as the degenirate offspring of a once thriving (yet alien) civilisation of bio-engineered cities and organic constructs

The Proto-Trolls were the first humanoids to 'infect' this strange world, forcing the Grell into hiding, but by their very entry bringing about the plague which mutated to become their curse

Now more humanoids are arriving, will they also become victims to the Troll curse and do they have the power to hold back the return of the native Grell...

MWAHAHAHA

 

[Griffith Dragonlake]

Dolphins.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

Dolphins.

So long and thanks for all the fish.

oh gods that made me laugh

 

[sinecure]

Abberation World where the native ecology is giant fungus and protozoan slimes, in which be-tentacled horrors exist as the degenirate offspring of a once thriving (yet alien) civilisation of bio-engineered cities and organic constructs

The Proto-Trolls were the first humanoids to 'infect' this strange world, forcing the Grell into hiding, but by their very entry bringing about the plague which mutated to become their curse

Now more humanoids are arriving, will they also become victims to the Troll curse and do they have the power to hold back the return of the native Grell...

MWAHAHAHA

I think the Grell eat the trolls' heads and occupy them for their regenerative powers. They stick their tentacles down in the squishy troll bodies to move them around and stuff. If the body gets hacked up, they fly away and are personally undamaged. It's a symbiotic relationship between a headless troll and a tentacled floating brain. And symbiotic races kick ass.