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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonhelm" data-source="post: 2490146" data-attributes="member: 3867">One thing I want to stress about the Age of Mortals trilogy too is that these modules are designed to be set up to where the heroes have a definitive impact on the world.As for the so-called "humorous races" (kender, gully dwarves, and gnomes), I'll admit that they've had a bit too much focus on their stereotypes.  That being said, though, there is a certain amount of movement to expand on peoples' perceptions, and to have a variety of ideas on how to play those races.  For example, there's both true kender and afflicted kender (which might work better for those that love halflings).  There's a neat prestige class called a kender nightstalker which is a kender mystic who speaks with the dead.  You can see an example of the form of Nightshade Pricklypear in Amber and Ashes, by Margaret Weis.  Spectre of Sorrows has a look at a group of gnomes who have taken on more rustic qualities.With a little imagination, a DM can work with these races to achieve any number of results.  Do the gully dwarves seem too silly?  Create a cult of them dedicated to Morgion who wander the countryside spreading disease.  Create themes for gnomish Life Quests, and come up with themes for kender that make them more than a "Tas Clone".  And if you think a kender can't fit in a dark themed game, think again!  An old DM of mine had a kender in his Cataclysm era game.  The kender taunted soldiers in the service of Istar once upon a time, and they cut his tongue out for it.  When our characters met him, he was a tragic figure who had lost his innocence.So I think there's more to those humorous races than the stereotypes.  It requires a little work from DM's, but no more so than with any race in any world.</blockquote>

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