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Do We Really Need Half-Elves and Half-Orcs?
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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7530970" data-attributes="member: 6785785"><p>How so? I know what makes a setting. You listed several thinga that are, in my opinion, much more important to a setting than the available PC races. </p><p></p><p>So what race would disrupt what kind of tone? I’m unfamiliar with Elder Scrolls and the absence of dwemer/dwarves.</p><p></p><p>I fully get how laser guns and power armor would disrupt a D&D type setting (Barrier Peaks aside). But races seem far less disruptive. I mean, take elements from sci-fi and put them into fantasy, and you’ve changed the tone, if not the entire genre. But take a race from a sci-fi story and drop it into fantasy....let’s say Wookies or Klingons....they pretty much fit right in. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree about session 0. And your last comment about a clown show seems to be hinting at what I’m trying to understand. At least I think. What do you mean by clown show?</p><p></p><p>In te games my group tends to play, there are few restrictions. We don’t mind differing alignments or an odd collection of classes and races among the characters. I can’t think of any games that lost the tone they were going for....not for player choices of game options anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 7530970, member: 6785785"] How so? I know what makes a setting. You listed several thinga that are, in my opinion, much more important to a setting than the available PC races. So what race would disrupt what kind of tone? I’m unfamiliar with Elder Scrolls and the absence of dwemer/dwarves. I fully get how laser guns and power armor would disrupt a D&D type setting (Barrier Peaks aside). But races seem far less disruptive. I mean, take elements from sci-fi and put them into fantasy, and you’ve changed the tone, if not the entire genre. But take a race from a sci-fi story and drop it into fantasy....let’s say Wookies or Klingons....they pretty much fit right in. I agree about session 0. And your last comment about a clown show seems to be hinting at what I’m trying to understand. At least I think. What do you mean by clown show? In te games my group tends to play, there are few restrictions. We don’t mind differing alignments or an odd collection of classes and races among the characters. I can’t think of any games that lost the tone they were going for....not for player choices of game options anyway. [/QUOTE]
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