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Message: <blockquote data-quote="harmyn" data-source="post: 2712547" data-attributes="member: 13511">I think you can get a lot of mileage out of the standard races if you just have a little fun with them. In various worlds I have had mighty and highly structured, if brutal hobgoblin empires that had earned enough fear and respect to be left alone by their human neighbors. I've used elves as travellers from the Realm of Faerie who have come to a world that has been harmed and they seek to replace the human farmland with vast forests creating a fair bit of hostility between the two cultures. One thing I did, and while I am certain its not original but I found quite enjoyable was to make the only major known "evil races" to be cursed versions of the normal ones. A great chasm had been found and the first orcs were formed from dead humans tossed into it. When an Orc Chieftain and Orc shaman work a special ritual they can create a Breeding Pit. Living humans who are dropped in come out as Barbarian classed orcs and recently dead humans come out as warrior classed orcs. Halflings become goblins (they are always thrown in dead because orcs consider halfling eyes and hearts a delicacy), and elves were special. Legends say that only 1 elf was ever thrown in and it came out as the first Troll. Every time a troll is cut down if not all significant pieces are burned the remnants will grow into new trolls. Those are a few things I have done.So I have to say that you can enjoy and find interesting things to do with the standard races if you only try.</blockquote>

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