CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Precisely!
D&D 5E Companion thread to 5E Survivor: Species
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Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Do tropes matter though? Tiefling, Aasimar, Genasi and fey Elf’s are all the same trope of planar hybrid, that itself is a subset of the “magic” trope represented by different cantrips and since Aasimar can be fallen and Teiflings good they don’t even get mileage from the he’ll spawn trope.
I do like Tropes (which is why Gnomes are awesome
) but many races are just a swap of feat and cantrip.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust...
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CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Disturbing, folks.... very disturbing.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Here's our Final Four, in order of highest to lowest score:
Durin (13 points)
Elrond (12 points)
Pippin (10 points)
Legolas (8 points)
Durin (13 points)
Elrond (12 points)
Pippin (10 points)
Legolas (8 points)
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Wouldn't something like this be more appropriate (sort of)?
Gimli 13
Legolas 8
Aragorn 12
Frodo 10
Alas, poor Boromir...
Gimli 13
Legolas 8
Aragorn 12
Frodo 10
Alas, poor Boromir...
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Well, Durin's Folk were the dwarves of the Iron Hills...i.e., Hill Dwarves. Gimli is the son of Gloin, who (I think?) were the dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, and therefore Mountain Dwarves.Wouldn't something like this be more appropriate (sort of)?
Gimli 13
Legolas 8
Aragorn 12
Frodo 10
Alas, poor Boromir...
But now that I think about it, I remember something about those two clans being related... better check the wiki...
... just kidding.
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DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Yeah, I figured Gimli would be more a mountain dwarf, and I really don't know if Aragorn would be a half-elf or something else really...
Scribe
Legend
You clearly took out the most. Its impressive really.
overgeeked
B/X Known World
For me the game was taking out species. After the first few days I didn’t bother to vote unless it took someone out.
AnotherGuy
Hero
Well Frodo has quite the support. I'm imagining all the gnome supporters are +1 voting halfling out of spiteWouldn't something like this be more appropriate (sort of)?
Gimli 13
Legolas 8
Aragorn 12
Frodo 10
Alas, poor Boromir...
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EzekielRaiden
Legend
What I believe Scribe meant was that offering a toolkit that inherently has no flavor--where you must port in all of the flavor yourself--feels cold and sterile, aggressively mechanical.
It would be like throwing a spreadsheet at someone and telling them it's exactly equivalent to being in a spaceship, they just need to imagine harder.
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Not spite, just helping out the little guys.Well Frodo has quite the support. I'm imagining all the gnome supporters are +1 voting halfling out of spite
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
No I’d rather our Dwarfish brethren win than those shaggy footed impostersNot spite, just helping out the little guys.
DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Whatever...I like both the races and play Dwarves probably more than any other race. But since I am the High Aldwin, had to make my last vote for the Halfling.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
But thats a great part of RPGs design - getting a list of parts that we can then add to a hull to make a cooler spaceship
Flavor is an act of imagination, so asking a player to get creative with backgrounds and feats and create their own race is more fun Imho.
yrmv
EzekielRaiden
Legend
Sure. But there is a difference, I should think, between something that is already designed, described, and illustrated, and something that is exclusively "pick an option from list 1, a feat, an option from list 3, and your size." Would you not agree?But thats a great part of RPGs design - getting a list of parts that we can then add to a hull to make a cooler spaceship
Flavor is an act of imagination, so asking a player to get creative with backgrounds and feats and create their own race is more fun Imho.
yrmv
The latter has nothing whatsoever until you pour something into the vessel. The former is already half-full.
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AnotherGuy
Hero
Good grief, its looking like Willow Ufgood for the win.
I hope you all know that your votes were for Peks, Hobbits, Halflings, Hin and "Kender". Yes you read that right, if Tiamat is Takhisis, Halfling are Kender. It is known.
I hope you all know that your votes were for Peks, Hobbits, Halflings, Hin and "Kender". Yes you read that right, if Tiamat is Takhisis, Halfling are Kender. It is known.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
The flavor is already in the Monster Manual, or Volo's, or in your favorite mythology book, or your favorite novel... whatever inspired you to play that particular character in the first place. It's as difficult as you want it to be, really.
Or you can create it yourself from whole cloth and pure imagination, as you describe. Which would be the most challenging part for me, because it requires me to first decide why I need a different species in the first place. But I've seen it done... my players love doing it that way.
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