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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9690680" data-attributes="member: 18182">First, this isn't a &quot;monster party&quot;. Drow, tieflings, orcs, and kenku haven't been &quot;monsters&quot; for a while now. They are people. That's a shift some folks aren't happy with, but . . . oh well.IMO, this party in &quot;Heir of Strahd&quot; and also the party in &quot;The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin&quot;, the party composition is intended to be diverse to, 1) mirror how many play the game today, and 2) appeal to a broader audience. Both of which are fine, again IMO.The race or species of each character in this novel doesn't really come into play much. The story would play out the same if all of the characters were human. We do get into Chivaron's history a bit fleeing the dark society of Menzoberranzan, much as Drizzt did before. The kenku character dreams of flight, as do many of the flightless kenku people. The orc does process feelings of being discriminated against, in part because he is an orc studying to be a wizard. But these are all minor elements of the story, but do add flavor to each character.Fielle, the human, stands out because she is the innocent and the party begins to coalesce around keeping her safe from Strahd and they all tend to underestimate her as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9690680, member: 18182"] First, this isn't a "monster party". Drow, tieflings, orcs, and kenku haven't been "monsters" for a while now. They are people. That's a shift some folks aren't happy with, but . . . oh well. IMO, this party in "Heir of Strahd" and also the party in "The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin", the party composition is intended to be diverse to, 1) mirror how many play the game today, and 2) appeal to a broader audience. Both of which are fine, again IMO. The race or species of each character in this novel doesn't really come into play much. The story would play out the same if all of the characters were human. We do get into Chivaron's history a bit fleeing the dark society of Menzoberranzan, much as Drizzt did before. The kenku character dreams of flight, as do many of the flightless kenku people. The orc does process feelings of being discriminated against, in part because he is an orc studying to be a wizard. But these are all minor elements of the story, but do add flavor to each character. Fielle, the human, stands out because she is the innocent and the party begins to coalesce around keeping her safe from Strahd and they all tend to underestimate her as well. [/QUOTE]

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