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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 269263" data-attributes="member: 4144"><p>Hey, all you homebrewers. I was just curious as to what new races you include in your world and what roles they play - or for your home variants on standard races.</p><p></p><p><strong>Standard DnD Races</strong></p><p><strong>Human:</strong> The most widespread race of Dendain (my campaign world).</p><p><strong>Dwarf:</strong> Split into two camps. The dwarves of Teraksheim struggle for their very survival against a horde of shambling undead; those of Skagsheim are a brutal military dictatorship that's harnessed the power of steam and gunpowder.</p><p><strong>Elf:</strong> Of all the elves, only the grugach variety is usually available to PCs. The rest exiled themselves to the Plane of Faerie.</p><p><strong>Genasi (all):</strong> Found mostly in shamanic areas of the world ("Africa", "Mongolia", parts of "Scandinavia").</p><p><strong>Half-Elf:</strong> Rare crossbreeds between grugach and humanity. Found mainly in "Scandinavia".</p><p><strong>Half-Orc:</strong> "Swine That Walk Like Men". Inhabitants of the nation known as Triath.</p><p><strong>Lizardman:</strong> As <em>vypanse</em>, they inhabit "India".</p><p><strong>Tiefling:</strong> Many of the human, elven, and orcish inhabitants of the Dark Hegemony (the "big baddie" in my world) are tieflings.</p><p><strong>Vanara (OA):</strong> In "India".</p><p></p><p><strong>New Races</strong></p><p><strong>Dwerrow:</strong> A lightly built variant on the dwarf motif, rumored by many to be crossbreeds between dwarves and a long-extinct race called "halflings". </p><p><strong>Trine (name tentative):</strong> Think thri-kreen, with druid as a preferred class. (Yeah, I mercilessly lifted M:tG's Nantuko) BTW, can anyone think of a better name? Trine just isn't cutting it.</p><p><strong>Ulfin:</strong> Basically, PC gnolls. The gnolls IMC all have the dire template (see below) added.</p><p><strong>Woodwose:</strong> Best described as "dire men". Basically, humans with the Creature Catalog's dire template applied that live in the forests.</p><p></p><p>Also, the drow of my world are only a fraction of the dark elven race. I've combined most of the intelligent races of the Underdark under the heading of dark elf, so the drow are "brothers" to duergar, illithids, what have you. Each clan has many "sub-clans" or septs.</p><p></p><p>Aboleth..................................Clan Mirrormurk</p><p>Bainligor..................................Clan Bloodwhisper</p><p>Beholder.................................Clan Fellglance</p><p>Derro.....................................Clan Earthbore, Rockmind sept</p><p>Drow.....................................Clan Venomsong</p><p>Duergar.................................Clan Earthbore</p><p>Grimlock................................Clan Bonesharpener</p><p>Mind Flayer.............................Clan Mindlash</p><p></p><p>What are yours?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew D. Gable, post: 269263, member: 4144"] Hey, all you homebrewers. I was just curious as to what new races you include in your world and what roles they play - or for your home variants on standard races. [b]Standard DnD Races[/b] [b]Human:[/b] The most widespread race of Dendain (my campaign world). [b]Dwarf:[/b] Split into two camps. The dwarves of Teraksheim struggle for their very survival against a horde of shambling undead; those of Skagsheim are a brutal military dictatorship that's harnessed the power of steam and gunpowder. [b]Elf:[/b] Of all the elves, only the grugach variety is usually available to PCs. The rest exiled themselves to the Plane of Faerie. [b]Genasi (all):[/b] Found mostly in shamanic areas of the world ("Africa", "Mongolia", parts of "Scandinavia"). [b]Half-Elf:[/b] Rare crossbreeds between grugach and humanity. Found mainly in "Scandinavia". [b]Half-Orc:[/b] "Swine That Walk Like Men". Inhabitants of the nation known as Triath. [b]Lizardman:[/b] As [i]vypanse[/i], they inhabit "India". [b]Tiefling:[/b] Many of the human, elven, and orcish inhabitants of the Dark Hegemony (the "big baddie" in my world) are tieflings. [b]Vanara (OA):[/b] In "India". [b]New Races[/b] [b]Dwerrow:[/b] A lightly built variant on the dwarf motif, rumored by many to be crossbreeds between dwarves and a long-extinct race called "halflings". [b]Trine (name tentative):[/b] Think thri-kreen, with druid as a preferred class. (Yeah, I mercilessly lifted M:tG's Nantuko) BTW, can anyone think of a better name? Trine just isn't cutting it. [b]Ulfin:[/b] Basically, PC gnolls. The gnolls IMC all have the dire template (see below) added. [b]Woodwose:[/b] Best described as "dire men". Basically, humans with the Creature Catalog's dire template applied that live in the forests. Also, the drow of my world are only a fraction of the dark elven race. I've combined most of the intelligent races of the Underdark under the heading of dark elf, so the drow are "brothers" to duergar, illithids, what have you. Each clan has many "sub-clans" or septs. Aboleth..................................Clan Mirrormurk Bainligor..................................Clan Bloodwhisper Beholder.................................Clan Fellglance Derro.....................................Clan Earthbore, Rockmind sept Drow.....................................Clan Venomsong Duergar.................................Clan Earthbore Grimlock................................Clan Bonesharpener Mind Flayer.............................Clan Mindlash What are yours? [/QUOTE]
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