COMPLETELY unnattached to life.

[alsih2o]

Or even plants, especially when "dying" just means falling into the soil to spread your seed. Their heads could bust open like ripe fruit and seeds go flying everywhere.

SO stolen!!!

That is amazing-cool-brilliant.

Some great ideas throughout this. Trollish bits might work...some of the books I do not have, others make sense.

 

[Crothian]

There were a group of people in the 11th century or so. THey would take people to a garden of bliss (women food, wine all for their endilgence). They would say to them that this is what awaits you in the afterlife so they would not be afraid to die. THen they sent them on suicide missions or some such. It was religious based, and I could see something like that working here.

 

[Evilhalfling]

There were a group of people in the 11th century or so. THey would take people to a garden of bliss (women food, wine all for their endilgence). They would say to them that this is what awaits you in the afterlife so they would not be afraid to die. THen they sent them on suicide missions or some such. It was religious based, and I could see something like that working here.

Amazingly great scam - mentioned by Marco Polo - but he incoperated several older legends into his journal.

 

[threshel]

Any humanoids that are weak individually, but have good group tactics. Kobolds and goblins fit, just remove their stereotypical cowardice. Why do they pile on? Because they've seen it work. Why the crazy stunts and seemingly suicidal behavior? Because their society promotes the whole over the parts. Why are they fearless?
Because they're fatalists. No fanatacism, no insane religious berserkery. Just the calm, certain knowledge that their fate is pre-ordained, and they can't do anything to stop it. Make it cultural, not just religious. What did the guy say in 13th Warrior? "The All-Father wove the skein of your life long ago...Fear profits a man nothing."


J

 

[Super Girl]

Yuuzhan Vong from Star Wars would work, their philosophy and religion at any rate. Their whole social structure is redicated on the fact that the only universal truth is pain, we are born in pain, we live through pain and suffering, and we die in pain. Pain is a gift of the Gods and only heretics would shy away from pain. After death the worthy are taken to the Slayer God and stand by his side. To show their devotion to the gods, the vong practice ritual self-mutilation and scarification, with scars showing a kind of rank structure. The most scarred are the most devoted and exalted and lead the war effort. They take pleasure in pain and almost totall subsume the self for the greater good of the Vong and the gods.

They feel that the gods have told them that the galaxy (or in your case the world) belongs to them and they are intent on defeating the infidel and sacrificing those who survive the fighting to their gods.

Match the philosphy and social structure up with any species like orcs or goblins and there you have your fearless foes.

 

[Enkhidu]

...Or even plants, especially when "dying" just means falling into the soil to spread your seed. Their heads could bust open like ripe fruit and seeds go flying everywhere.

Someone has vegepygmies on the brain!

 

[Aust Diamondew]

There were a group of people in the 11th century or so. THey would take people to a garden of bliss (women food, wine all for their endilgence). They would say to them that this is what awaits you in the afterlife so they would not be afraid to die. THen they sent them on suicide missions or some such. It was religious based, and I could see something like that working here.

You mean the muslim Hassashins (I think my spelling is wrong, meaning hashish user and also where we get the word assassin). They also got high too (as you may guess by their name.)

Through out history there have been groups of soldiers who have fought to the last man, though it is rare. I think the Harolds housecarls at the battle of Hastings fought nearly to the last man, as did the Spartans and other Greeks at Thermopylae.

The state of Spartan tried to make their troops unafraid of death but they were also highly organized and wouldn't just recklessly charge the foe but come at him in well disciplined ranks.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Someone has vegepygmies on the brain!

Nah, he's just hooked on the Vee-Ates.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Forest trolls from MMIII might work; IIRC, they're Medium Giants (WTF?).

I like draconic kobolds and sahuagin.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Some great ideas throughout this. Trollish bits might work...some of the books I do not have, others make sense.

Hmmmm.

Maybe toss on the fiendish template to the Troll to take care of that pesky fire/acid vulnerability?