I've reversed my stance on dragonborn and tieflings

[Lurks-no-More]

I think this point is somewhat odd given that the appearance of things like Tieflings and Dragonborn in those stories is always as monsters and never as heroes. In other words, them as a PC race is actually in diametric opposition to those stories.

The sword-and-sorcery stories almost never feature any non-humans as anything else but antagonists, either, and the same goes for the wizards; an elf or asorcerer in the party is also in diametric opposition to the S&S tropes.

But D&D isn't pure S&S; it's really a genre of its own, mixing elements from numerous sources. Having it emphasize its S&S roots a bit more, after years of over-Tolkienization (and I'm saying this as a great fan of his works), but adapting those elements to the idea of a multi-racial adventuring party including arcanists, is perfectly fine IMO.

 

[Klaus]

Dragonborn seem to be awesome.

So much so, in fact, that my first 2008 picture is of one:

 

[Wormwood]

<dupe>

 

[Wormwood]

We exist among you... in secret.

Secret, schmecret.

I play lots of other RPGs, WoD among them. In fact, I'd say that exposure to many different game systems has helped me approach 4e with an open mind.

 

[Hussar]

I less than three Pozas.

Dude, that's some sweet stuff.

 

[Kaffis]

Klaus, that's fantastic inkwork.

 

[kennew142]

Claudio's art never disappoints. I would rather use one of his illustrations as a player's aid than those of just about any artist.

 

[Lurks-no-More]

Klaus, that's fantastic inkwork.

Seconded; it is an awesome pic. The pitted look of the armor alone is great.

 

[Klaus]

Thanks! I developed it while working on Pozas Art Pack 2: Hobgoblins (see the hobgoblin warlord in the lower-right corner).

 

[pemerton]

Hi, welcome to the United States of America. We are the homeland of TSR and Wizards of the Coasts, publishers of Dungeons and Dragons, a game rooted in the mythology of our predominantly Western European heritage.

Just seconding what The Ubbergeek said - last time I checked the US had a pretty substantial population that is not northern/western European, or not even European at all, in heritage. No one would present Amerindian, West African, Carribean, Polish-Ukrainian, Hispanic or East Asian-derived material as "generic". Why should a certain subset of European mythology get to pass itself off as such?