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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knight-of-Roses" data-source="post: 270591" data-attributes="member: 2577">Reasonable RacesMy current campaign ("the Isles of Reason") is an Ancient Greece styled campaign.  The main campaign area (the Greek Isles) does not use any of the standard non-human races.  Instead there are:    Aviani, race of winged humanoid considered by some (including themselves) to be blessed by the Gods.    The Aviani are small and slender, though their small frames belies their strength.  The average height for a male Aviani is 5'4" (162 cm), while females average only 5'3" (160 cm).  Their wings have a full span equal to twice their height.    Aviani tend towards fair hair and eyes the color of the sky.  Their wings are almost universally white or pale grey of color, though occasional Aviani have colored feathers at their wing tips.  Black hair is considered unlucky among the Aviani, they are said to be ?courting a storm?.    Centaur, the powerful half men half horses dominate the plains around their home city of Magnopolis.  Only recently organized into the Kingdom of Centaurs from a group of feuding tribes, they are still looked upon as being barely civilized by their neighbors.   They are strong of body and of will, indeed many are too headstrong and willful.  Centaur are often too fond of wine, tending towards violence when drunk.    Those centaurs that survive the rough and tumble of early life and service in the army of the Centaur King are usually become more restrained and often grow wise.    Merfolk, the children of Poseidon and Amphitrite.  When the rage of Poseidon broke the island of Calas and sunk the city of Talrosa, Amphitrite took mercy on the children of the city and gifted them with the ability to live under the waves.  So they still live in the city of Talrosa, now submerged beneath the sea.    The Merfolk come in many forms, those with fish tails, dolphin tails or two scaled legs that end in flippers.  But all have the ability to take fully human form and live on land for a short time (days, weeks at most).    In their native state, the Merfolk have a distinct blue or greenish tint to their skin.  In their fully human form, this tint remains but it is hard to notice.  Although they have the same average height as humans (when in human form) Merfolk are both stronger and denser than a human of equal height and build.    A few Merfolk have cross-slitted eyes, but all Merfolk tend towards eyes that share the color of the sea.  Most Merfolk have hair that is the same color as humans, but with the same tint as their skin, but a few have hair that is blue or green.    Satyr, the race of satyrs are closely connected with nature (too closely some would say).  They are frequently slaves to their passions, especially for drink and carnal pleasures.  But they are as hardy as the goats which their lower body resembles.    Most of the satyrs live in the Centaur Regium but a fair number are in exile at any one time, traveling until they can return to their homeland or find a new one.  The satyr race is primarily male (only one in fifty is female, called a tyrsa) but they can mate with most humanoids with the offspring usually (nine times out of ten) being a satyr.Outside the Isles, there are elves among the Celts and in Persia and the Middle East there are Genasi.</blockquote>

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