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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4726379" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>In my post-apocalyptic fantasy homebrew campaign that I've been designing for...oh...2 years now <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile (:" data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" />erm<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, I have oddities aplenty. Here are a few:</p><p></p><p><strong>Inheritors</strong>- (my Warforged/Dwarves) are essentially a fantasy version of Cybermen or Daleks- they are repositories for the brains and psyches of psionically gifted dwarves. They got the name because they are the only dwarves who survived...</p><p></p><p>Most look like standard warforged, but a variant called "Ancestrals" have bodies with a classic dwarven body-shape.</p><p></p><p><strong>Asteraiinen, Svartolaiinen, Sylvaiinen</strong>- (my Elves) these true Fey are among the few to survive the events that reshaped their world. The Asteraiinen manipulate light- esp. starlight- and certain extraterrestrial metals. The Svartolaiinen dwell in the dark underground, similar in some ways to the Drow or Shadar-Ki, but related to neither- they manipulate Shadow. The Sylvaiinen are fey whose very essence is merged with plants- they photosynthesize and have woody bark...and are wise in the ways of nature.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gnophits</strong>- a melding of gnomish traits with elemental and para-elemental features, they are the result of a truly stupendous prank played by the Gnomish gods upon evil elemental lords who were seeking to send a horde of minor elementals to colonize the wounded world.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ffenris</strong>- these giant-sized bipedal wolfmen are among the worlds most feared barbarian hordes. (Think a D20 version of the Wolfen with some changes, partly inspired by <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/138099-wolfen-d-d.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/138099-wolfen-d-d.html</a>)</p><p></p><p><strong>Tyrocshigong</strong>- a.k.a. "Resonators," "Scream Demons," "Sound Chasers" and many other things, these strange (Aberrations? Outsiders?) beings are nearly sightless but instead experience the world through sonar...they can even use sound as a weapon. (Based on the Sheshayans of <em>Alternity/D20 Future.</em>)</p><p></p><p><strong>Zyzyzzera</strong>- a small sized, flying, dragonfly-like insectile race, similar to Thri-Kreen in mentality, but without special weapons. They're lightning fast, and prefer to attack from the sky with their javelins, spears, and the like.</p><p></p><p><strong>???</strong>- as-yet unnamed, unstated races based <em>on Dragonstar's</em> Quasta and Tarn Idouin.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kijomedans</strong>- not a race but a collection of races...this is the collective term for the Awakened & Anthropomorphic creatures created originally by the Druid Kijomeda and his followers, the Green Council (See post #41 here:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102706-campaigns-nutshell-adventures-sentence-3.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102706-campaigns-nutshell-adventures-sentence-3.html</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4726379, member: 19675"] In my post-apocalyptic fantasy homebrew campaign that I've been designing for...oh...2 years now (:erm:), I have oddities aplenty. Here are a few: [B]Inheritors[/B]- (my Warforged/Dwarves) are essentially a fantasy version of Cybermen or Daleks- they are repositories for the brains and psyches of psionically gifted dwarves. They got the name because they are the only dwarves who survived... Most look like standard warforged, but a variant called "Ancestrals" have bodies with a classic dwarven body-shape. [B]Asteraiinen, Svartolaiinen, Sylvaiinen[/B]- (my Elves) these true Fey are among the few to survive the events that reshaped their world. The Asteraiinen manipulate light- esp. starlight- and certain extraterrestrial metals. The Svartolaiinen dwell in the dark underground, similar in some ways to the Drow or Shadar-Ki, but related to neither- they manipulate Shadow. The Sylvaiinen are fey whose very essence is merged with plants- they photosynthesize and have woody bark...and are wise in the ways of nature. [b]Gnophits[/b]- a melding of gnomish traits with elemental and para-elemental features, they are the result of a truly stupendous prank played by the Gnomish gods upon evil elemental lords who were seeking to send a horde of minor elementals to colonize the wounded world. [B]Ffenris[/B]- these giant-sized bipedal wolfmen are among the worlds most feared barbarian hordes. (Think a D20 version of the Wolfen with some changes, partly inspired by [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/138099-wolfen-d-d.html[/url]) [B]Tyrocshigong[/B]- a.k.a. "Resonators," "Scream Demons," "Sound Chasers" and many other things, these strange (Aberrations? Outsiders?) beings are nearly sightless but instead experience the world through sonar...they can even use sound as a weapon. (Based on the Sheshayans of [I]Alternity/D20 Future.[/I]) [B]Zyzyzzera[/B]- a small sized, flying, dragonfly-like insectile race, similar to Thri-Kreen in mentality, but without special weapons. They're lightning fast, and prefer to attack from the sky with their javelins, spears, and the like. [B]???[/B]- as-yet unnamed, unstated races based [I]on Dragonstar's[/I] Quasta and Tarn Idouin. [B]Kijomedans[/B]- not a race but a collection of races...this is the collective term for the Awakened & Anthropomorphic creatures created originally by the Druid Kijomeda and his followers, the Green Council (See post #41 here:[url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102706-campaigns-nutshell-adventures-sentence-3.html[/url]) [/QUOTE]
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