Is everyone in Eberron white?

[Pseudonym]

I don't think Eberron would have human "races" as we know them. Humans on Earth had millions of years to evolve into different "races", and had the whole planet, with its wide variety of environments, in which to do it.

On Eberron, humans arose on one continent, Sarlona, and left 3000 years ago to find the world already populated. So, I don't think that the humans of Eberron would have analogs to Asians, white folks etc., because they evolved in a completely different environment, lacking the diversity that produced they various humans of Earth. The human "race" originating on Sarlona is likely unrelated in appearance to any particular one of Earth's human "races".

 

[frankthedm]

"Them's good warforge'd"

But seriously, the skintone the 3E designers gave Mialee killed any desire for me to want to see multiculturalism in D&D books. There blond Elf in white silk they ahd in the ads of recent was far better than the Iconic.

 

[Dogbrain]

I don't think Eberron would have human "races" as we know them. Humans on Earth had millions of years to evolve into different "races"

More like mere tens of thousands of years, given the monomigration hypothesis. Heck, the Indo-European language family can't be more than 10,000 years old. It's hardly an eyeblink.

 

[Dogbrain]

"Them's good warforge'd"

Ooh, lookie! A bunch of white round-eyes in skin paint!

 

[Mac Callum]

I like the guy on the right ... because I always wondered what the artist Once and Presently Known as Prince would look like if he had red curly hair and was EVIL.

This is a really silly conversation ... although based on the pictures of the elves on p. 14 it would seem that Half-Elves are likely to be darker than full-blooded humans!

Not that it matters, because as any good (well, dedicated anyway) monk servant of the Mockery could tell you, everyone looks the same once you've skinned them alive and made a shirt out of their hide.

 

[The Sigil]

The text is silent, yes.

The art suggests most humans depicted have typically North European facial features.
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And maybe we shouldn't be making judgments on others' *supposed* prejudices either way.

I apologize if it seemed like I was making a judgement on your prejudices, I just wanted to point out that if the text was silent, speculation then really can't reflect well the writer's tone.

--The Sigil

 

[vox]

race & game setting

I haven't ready Eberron yet but I was interested in this too. I disagree with the whole "race in a fantasy game is irrelevant" argument. It can be irrelevant but in Greyhawk race and racial migration is quite significant and a potentially important story element. So, I don't think you necessarily have to discuss race but it can be a great addition to a campaign. I think it would be a little distracting if it wasn't discussed but YMMV.

 

[Rauol_Duke]

Argonnessen?

If I remember correctly, (which I may not) I believe Keith Baker said that folks of darker skin colorations were more common to the continent of Argonnessen.

 

[Dogbrain]

although based on the pictures of the elves on p. 14 it would seem that Half-Elves are likely to be darker than full-blooded humans!

I once ran a campaign where the genes for melanin and "elfanin" (the elf pigment) were mixed-dominant, and the mixture ended up bluish, just for grins.

 

[Nightingale 7]

If I remember correctly, (which I may not) I believe Keith Baker said that folks of darker skin colorations were more common to the continent of Argonnessen

But what does that mean exactly?Are there naturally black people there,or are they of the "crispy" black variety ?

You know...Fire breathing dragons and all?
Ok,I'll shut up now.