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<blockquote data-quote="Driddle" data-source="post: 2268618" data-attributes="member: 3447">Upon perusing &quot;Races of Destiny,&quot; I finally noticed one of the supplemental race options, the Mongrelfolk. Just gotta say, &quot;What the heck were they thinking?!&quot;Let's set aside first the questionable choice of referring to these people as &quot;mongrels,&quot; which, depending on your source material (and personal experience, so sayeth a person of mixed heritage), is a bad thing. We'll let that go. No problem.Instead, let's take a closer look at the weird description and concept of the group. The intro paragraphs suggest mongrelfolk enjoy their outsider status, and that other people can't trust them because they can't be sure what race mongrels belong to. And for game mechanics, they're saddled with a -4 Charisma and -2 Intelligence penalty for some reason I just can't fathom. But then you've got chunks of text that suggest instead that mongrelfolk enjoy the other races and get along nicely with just about everyone because they're so open-minded and flexible. I can only express puzzlement again. Stumped for words, I am.And let's not (OK, let's) take a closer look at mongrelfolk physical attributes -- a mix of other races, right? Pointy ears, but not too pointy; longish nose, but not too longish; strong jaw, but not too strong ... eyes like this race, mouth like that race ...And somehow that's supposed to make them ugly (-4 Char!) or prompt others to assume the worst about their racial origins?!Please. Try to explain this one to me. I could use a good laugh.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Driddle, post: 2268618, member: 3447"] Upon perusing "Races of Destiny," I finally noticed one of the supplemental race options, the Mongrelfolk. Just gotta say, "What the heck were they thinking?!" Let's set aside first the questionable choice of referring to these people as "mongrels," which, depending on your source material (and personal experience, so sayeth a person of mixed heritage), is a bad thing. We'll let that go. No problem. Instead, let's take a closer look at the weird description and concept of the group. The intro paragraphs suggest mongrelfolk enjoy their outsider status, and that other people can't trust them because they can't be sure what race mongrels belong to. And for game mechanics, they're saddled with a -4 Charisma and -2 Intelligence penalty for some reason I just can't fathom. But then you've got chunks of text that suggest instead that mongrelfolk enjoy the other races and get along nicely with just about everyone because they're so open-minded and flexible. I can only express puzzlement again. Stumped for words, I am. And let's not (OK, let's) take a closer look at mongrelfolk physical attributes -- a mix of other races, right? Pointy ears, but not too pointy; longish nose, but not too longish; strong jaw, but not too strong ... eyes like this race, mouth like that race ... And somehow that's supposed to make them ugly (-4 Char!) or prompt others to assume the worst about their racial origins?! Please. Try to explain this one to me. I could use a good laugh. [/QUOTE]

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