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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 1623500" data-attributes="member: 6182">An easy way to make your world original in relation to typical fantasy, give races multiple cultures WITHOUT sub-races.I have a race called ulari, for instance, that have a charismatic nature, venom that reduces saves/rolls versus bluff, diplomacy, and charm, frail but flexible bodies (-2 Str, +2 Dex, -2 Con, +2 Cha), and a very faint reptilian nature (To be crude and imprecise, they look like tall elves with swept-back ears, a set of fangs, slit pupils, and teeny tiny scales on their skin that have as much variety in pattern as the snakes').  They also have a reproductive rate that produces one female for every 4.5 males, and a notable infertility with anything less magical than a dragon (dwarves breed easier with elves than ulari with humans).  This leads to a whole variety of possible cultures, with various styles of polygamy, monogamy, slavery, rivalries, and so on.  They also have a notable view on clothing, such as showing lots of skin in a cold region being a sign of pride in your own wealth (as in, proof that you can afford to heat your house all winter), narrow dresses are considered exotic and wild, because they suggest the serpentine ancestors.  Hair length suggests age (If you want to seem mature in an ulari culture, get hair extensions).  Use of venom in foreplay can be considered either fun or rude, depending on the culture... in some cultures the males treat females like livestock, in others females treat males the same.. in some only powerful males get to breed... in others the female gets to pick.. sometimes a female chooses only one mate, sometimes they can choose every time they reproduce.. sometimes they keep a husband, sometimes they only stay with a male while producing children.. and then you have racial relations due to ulari charisma... which can lead to accusations of date rape (due to venom), or using ulari as diplomats, rulers, or generals, since few are as good at rallying support... sometimes ulari are traded off as slaves, due to their exotic looks, and the number of males...And that's not even including variations based on environment, use of magic, surrounding cultures (they tend to cuddle with warm furry things, like dwarves...), dietary habits (they're carnivores by physiology, and can barely digest plant material - can often lead to accusations of eating humans and pets), technology level... their lack of their own deities, and habit of adopting those of other cultures...---It's a bit more interesting than, "Elves have bows and arrows and hug trees, dwarves have axes and hammers and hug rocks, halflings have slings and quiet footsteps and hug food..."</blockquote>

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