Weiley31
Legend
I know we all love to make up our settings what not but here me out: have you ever had a moment where a detail, that you liked from another TTRPG, made its way into one of your games or one-shots? Whether its an item, lore detail, explanation for how certain species/races came to be, etc, etc? And if it so, did it lead to like a new take of said aspect in your games?
Some Examples, that I jacked from Pathfinder for my 5E games, would be:
-The picture of a particular Female Goblin from Pathfinder. Now it's just an image, but I loved how Gremlins it looked and the fact that said goblin was wearing lipstick. (which added on to the whole Gremlins look as well.) So now in my sessions, Goblins are super big on lipstick. Like no matter the gender, Goblins will just have a thing for wearing it. Need to barter with a Goblin Merchant and want advantage? Offer some very expensive looking lipstick. Dealing with a Goblin that leads its own gang? Said leader is gonna be the one wearing lipstick. (Heck the 2nd in command probably got gifted some lipstick from the boss, from the personal collection no doubt, for doing a good job on that last heist). Get into an argument about what is considered high culture with a Goblin dilatant(wait those exist?) Yup: get ready to hear about that goblin's favorite shade of color. Regardless, this fascination as to why is only known to them.
-Changelings: Pathfinder labels them as the female daughters of Hags while the male sons are the Hagspawn. Hags create more Hags by giving birth to Changelings, who are then left/dropped off to a normal family that they watch closely. the Hagspawn are usually abandoned. Now the Hag mother hopes that the Changeling, when she starts growing up, will be hated by people and potentially their adoptive parents. Then the Hag mother plays the Long Game to the point where they wait until the Changeling is about to hit Puberty. It is at this point, that hopefully for the Hag, the Changeling daughter has been hated by everybody enough that when the Hag mom comes back, she offers her Changeling daughter to come with her and undergo a rite to turn into a new Hag. If everything goes to plan, then the Changeling becomes a new Hag. If the Changeling declines/refuses/avoids being killed by Mom, then its back to the drawing board. But hey, at least there is another Changeling in the world and not another Hag. So far, I like that as the explanation of how Changelings exist in the Forgotten Realms. Dopplegangers are their own seperate thing.
-Kobolds: I'm not gonna lie, I like how Kobolds look in Pathfinder 2nd Edition. The salamander look feels refreshing after seeing how Kobolds have usually looked before. Plus their horns look pretty cool and would seem like a nice touch on a Dragonwought/Winged Kobold. So I'm letting Kobolds have both kinds of looks just because of that.
Some Examples, that I jacked from Pathfinder for my 5E games, would be:
-The picture of a particular Female Goblin from Pathfinder. Now it's just an image, but I loved how Gremlins it looked and the fact that said goblin was wearing lipstick. (which added on to the whole Gremlins look as well.) So now in my sessions, Goblins are super big on lipstick. Like no matter the gender, Goblins will just have a thing for wearing it. Need to barter with a Goblin Merchant and want advantage? Offer some very expensive looking lipstick. Dealing with a Goblin that leads its own gang? Said leader is gonna be the one wearing lipstick. (Heck the 2nd in command probably got gifted some lipstick from the boss, from the personal collection no doubt, for doing a good job on that last heist). Get into an argument about what is considered high culture with a Goblin dilatant(wait those exist?) Yup: get ready to hear about that goblin's favorite shade of color. Regardless, this fascination as to why is only known to them.
-Changelings: Pathfinder labels them as the female daughters of Hags while the male sons are the Hagspawn. Hags create more Hags by giving birth to Changelings, who are then left/dropped off to a normal family that they watch closely. the Hagspawn are usually abandoned. Now the Hag mother hopes that the Changeling, when she starts growing up, will be hated by people and potentially their adoptive parents. Then the Hag mother plays the Long Game to the point where they wait until the Changeling is about to hit Puberty. It is at this point, that hopefully for the Hag, the Changeling daughter has been hated by everybody enough that when the Hag mom comes back, she offers her Changeling daughter to come with her and undergo a rite to turn into a new Hag. If everything goes to plan, then the Changeling becomes a new Hag. If the Changeling declines/refuses/avoids being killed by Mom, then its back to the drawing board. But hey, at least there is another Changeling in the world and not another Hag. So far, I like that as the explanation of how Changelings exist in the Forgotten Realms. Dopplegangers are their own seperate thing.
-Kobolds: I'm not gonna lie, I like how Kobolds look in Pathfinder 2nd Edition. The salamander look feels refreshing after seeing how Kobolds have usually looked before. Plus their horns look pretty cool and would seem like a nice touch on a Dragonwought/Winged Kobold. So I'm letting Kobolds have both kinds of looks just because of that.
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