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<blockquote data-quote="phindar" data-source="post: 3476045" data-attributes="member: 37198">I have to agree.&nbsp; My GM recently ran a game where we were fighting Aranea who's humanoid form were drow.&nbsp; And when we first encountered hybrid forms the exchange went something like:GM: You see creatures that are melded forms of spiders and drow.Player 1: Drider?GM: No, not like that.&nbsp; Humanoid, but with arachnid features.Player 2: Ettercap?GM: No...Player 3: Chitine?And on from there.&nbsp; It was actually pretty funny, but I guess you had to be there.&nbsp; (I don't even really know what Chitine are, but I have a few of the minis from the DDM line and I know they are a spidery-looking people.)&nbsp; Bullywugs and Grippli are another example.&nbsp; The problem (insofar as it is one) compounds when you start using other game material, since its very popular to design similar monsters and change the name.&nbsp; Inchon are the AE frogmen.When I was going to run a game based on the idea that the fantasy world had evolved from genetic experiments done by aliens, I was planning on using this overlap to my advantage.&nbsp; Gnolls, wolven, Anubi, sibbecai and coyle (and any other anthropormorphic canine you could name) were simply different &quot;breeds&quot; of whatever base race you wanted to call it.&nbsp; Canis Sapien perhaps.&nbsp; Catmen, litorians, terrig, Basti, et al.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phindar, post: 3476045, member: 37198"] I have to agree. My GM recently ran a game where we were fighting Aranea who's humanoid form were drow. And when we first encountered hybrid forms the exchange went something like: [i]GM: You see creatures that are melded forms of spiders and drow. Player 1: Drider? GM: No, not like that. Humanoid, but with arachnid features. Player 2: Ettercap? GM: No... Player 3: Chitine?[/i] And on from there. It was actually pretty funny, but I guess you had to be there. (I don't even really know what Chitine are, but I have a few of the minis from the DDM line and I know they are a spidery-looking people.) Bullywugs and Grippli are another example. The problem (insofar as it is one) compounds when you start using other game material, since its very popular to design similar monsters and change the name. Inchon are the AE frogmen. When I was going to run a game based on the idea that the fantasy world had evolved from genetic experiments done by aliens, I was planning on using this overlap to my advantage. Gnolls, wolven, Anubi, sibbecai and coyle (and any other anthropormorphic canine you could name) were simply different "breeds" of whatever base race you wanted to call it. [i]Canis Sapien[/i] perhaps. Catmen, litorians, terrig, Basti, et al. [/QUOTE]

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