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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 4551462" data-attributes="member: 4">The concept for Vangkor, my half-orc wizard (for a Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil), came, oddly enough, after watching a documentary about black astronauts.&nbsp; The interviewees seemed to agree that they had to go above and beyond their white colleagues in knowledge and ability in order to just be on an even playing field within their careers.&nbsp; So when I was putting together a &quot;guild wizard&quot; type character (you know, a dusty academic type who never thought he would be an adventurer), I envisioned this 29-year-old half-orc with aristocratic type clothing (frilly shirt, gold monocle) who already looked middle-aged (and indeed, was one year from hitting middle age!) to his human colleagues.&nbsp; I imagined a guy who had to work harder, and smarter, than everyone else in his academy just to stay afloat.&nbsp; I imagined a guy who saw his own mortality staring him in the face, knowing that he could well die of old age much earlier than his human counterparts, and that he might die not knowing some of the greatest secrets of magic.&nbsp; And I imagined the satisfaction he would get when at first his mission appeared to be routine grunt work but instead embroiled him in the greatest event in his professional life -- and indeed, the history of his world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 4551462, member: 4"] The concept for Vangkor, my half-orc wizard (for a Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil), came, oddly enough, after watching a documentary about black astronauts. The interviewees seemed to agree that they had to go above and beyond their white colleagues in knowledge and ability in order to just be on an even playing field within their careers. So when I was putting together a "guild wizard" type character (you know, a dusty academic type who never thought he would be an adventurer), I envisioned this 29-year-old half-orc with aristocratic type clothing (frilly shirt, gold monocle) who already looked middle-aged (and indeed, was one year from hitting middle age!) to his human colleagues. I imagined a guy who had to work harder, and smarter, than everyone else in his academy just to stay afloat. I imagined a guy who saw his own mortality staring him in the face, knowing that he could well die of old age much earlier than his human counterparts, and that he might die not knowing some of the greatest secrets of magic. And I imagined the satisfaction he would get when at first his mission appeared to be routine grunt work but instead embroiled him in the greatest event in his professional life -- and indeed, the history of his world. [/QUOTE]

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