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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 4421602" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>Yeah, I'm aware of Belgarath's description of their society. Basically, they were a bunch of dumb jocks vastly outnumbered by women. The token Marag in the series, Taiba, doesn't really add much because she was a slave.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know. Poledra characterizes them as "Tolnedrans without the polish". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Did not go with Ranger because of the spellcasting. I don't really see the spellcasting Ranger as fitting in the setting, and stuff like Woodland Stride and Hide in Plain Sight doesn't fit the Algars much either. As for Wild Empathy, that was going to be one of the class abilities of the Sha-Dar PrC. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hah, think of Ce'Nedra counting the spending money. <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 plead brain fart. I MUST have thought of this how'd I overlook it? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Amusing, but useless for D&D games unless you want to crack out the BoEF. <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=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not familiar with the 3.5 classes. What does Factotum do?</p><p></p><p>I picked Any because Sendars don't have the cultural blind spots of other races and because they have the "be the best at what you do ethic".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I suppose that could work. Maybe a choose one at creation thing like the Rivans.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You know, that sounds ok for Mallorean. I probably should have gone Fighter (all the Malloreans except for the Grolims descended from the Angarak military commanders in the War of the Gods) anyway, but I felt like I was repeating myself. That whole regimented mentality kind of points to a lawful neutral oriented society.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not all the Melcenes study at the university. Remember that some of those kingdoms on the east coast of Mallorea like Darshiva and Gandahar are Melcene as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree on Morindim. Also on Karands a bit too, they're kind of demon-worshipping rednecks, but more viable than the Morindim. Still, a DM would still need rules for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 4421602, member: 8863"] Yeah, I'm aware of Belgarath's description of their society. Basically, they were a bunch of dumb jocks vastly outnumbered by women. The token Marag in the series, Taiba, doesn't really add much because she was a slave. I know. Poledra characterizes them as "Tolnedrans without the polish". Did not go with Ranger because of the spellcasting. I don't really see the spellcasting Ranger as fitting in the setting, and stuff like Woodland Stride and Hide in Plain Sight doesn't fit the Algars much either. As for Wild Empathy, that was going to be one of the class abilities of the Sha-Dar PrC. Hah, think of Ce'Nedra counting the spending money. :) I plead brain fart. I MUST have thought of this how'd I overlook it? Amusing, but useless for D&D games unless you want to crack out the BoEF. :) Not familiar with the 3.5 classes. What does Factotum do? I picked Any because Sendars don't have the cultural blind spots of other races and because they have the "be the best at what you do ethic". I suppose that could work. Maybe a choose one at creation thing like the Rivans. You know, that sounds ok for Mallorean. I probably should have gone Fighter (all the Malloreans except for the Grolims descended from the Angarak military commanders in the War of the Gods) anyway, but I felt like I was repeating myself. That whole regimented mentality kind of points to a lawful neutral oriented society. Not all the Melcenes study at the university. Remember that some of those kingdoms on the east coast of Mallorea like Darshiva and Gandahar are Melcene as well. I agree on Morindim. Also on Karands a bit too, they're kind of demon-worshipping rednecks, but more viable than the Morindim. Still, a DM would still need rules for them. [/QUOTE]
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