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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5706946" data-attributes="member: 92511">IN thinking on this subject...and debating it with certain stalwart individuals...here are a few &quot;options&quot; I could see being used in-play for characters in Orea.The Dragonborn: 1) an individual &quot;cursed&quot; (or &quot;blessed&quot;) by a powerful ancient dragon (in the case of &quot;blessed&quot;, this dragon would be the characters patron, the PC bound to the dragon's will/service).2) In keeping with (what I understand to be) their &quot;traditional' (i.e. published) origins, an individual or small hidden community &quot;created&quot; by the elder dragons as a champion of draconic interests. The reasons for a Dragonborn to be out in the greater &quot;realms of Men&quot; would have to be rather serious/well established.The Eladrin [gods I hate them]: an individual elf who was somehow &quot;bound&quot; or &quot;cursed&quot; by the Land of Faerie or, specifically, a king/queen of the Sidhe (faye demi-god type beings). Such a character would, naturally, be bound to the interests of their &quot;benefactor&quot;...who would obviously have their (the sidhe power) own agenda for allowing such a being. &quot;Grey elves&quot; are, more or less, the ShiStaliiri, their own elvin race which, though immortal, exist in the mortal realms. An &quot;Eladrin&quot; would be something completely different.The Tieflings: I could see such a character being generated, again as an individual not a &quot;race&quot;, by a coupling of a human and demon (succubus, incubus, shaped-chamged demon of some other kind, what have you). Their appearance would immediately send out a panic and call for any/all clerics to perform an exorcism!&nbsp; The Drow: Orea is not Faerun. There is no &quot;Drizzt&quot; or army of &quot;do-gooder&quot; clones breaking free, escaping their families, wanting to explore the surface realms. The only thing Drow (ShiDaeiri, &quot;Blood of Darkness&quot;) would be interested in doing to the surface realms would be subjugating/dominating. They are, as per their original creation, wholly corrupt and evil. Could they be capable of &quot;good&quot;, ok yeah, sure. But they are spawned from the blood of the elder god of evil (at the same time the ShiStalliri were spawned from the blood of the elder god of good). The very concept to &quot;doing good/helping other races&quot; would require some extremely powerful force effecting them and would need (for a game of mine) a very substantial/compelling reason for being. &quot;Cuz drow are cool/I wanna play a drow&quot; is not such a reason to throw off the entire internal consistency of the setting.&nbsp; As for the Wilden, Warforged, Goliaths, et al. Similar individual reasons for being are conceivable. A vegetative creature from an alternate plane/reality sucked into the Orean plane by mistake/accident...a single steel-crafted golem who, by extraordinary magical/divine means, achieved sentience...etc. it could, conceivably, be done...this is a game of imagination, after all.As stated, however, the presence/appearance of any of the above would almost certainly be met with skepticism, fear, prejudice. An intriguing option/challenge of some role-playing, to be sure...but not one I would care to make &quot;the norm&quot; in an Orean set game I run.--SD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5706946, member: 92511"] IN thinking on this subject...and debating it with certain stalwart individuals... here are a few "options" I could see being used in-play for characters in Orea. The Dragonborn: 1) an individual "cursed" (or "blessed") by a powerful ancient dragon (in the case of "blessed", this dragon would be the characters patron, the PC bound to the dragon's will/service). 2) In keeping with (what I understand to be) their "traditional' (i.e. published) origins, an individual or small hidden community "created" by the elder dragons as a champion of draconic interests. The reasons for a Dragonborn to be out in the greater "realms of Men" would have to be rather serious/well established. The Eladrin [gods I hate them]: an individual elf who was somehow "bound" or "cursed" by the Land of Faerie or, specifically, a king/queen of the Sidhe (faye demi-god type beings). Such a character would, naturally, be bound to the interests of their "benefactor"...who would obviously have their (the sidhe power) own agenda for allowing such a being. "Grey elves" are, more or less, the ShiStaliiri, their own elvin race which, though immortal, exist in the mortal realms. An "Eladrin" would be something completely different. The Tieflings: I could see such a character being generated, again as[B] an individual [/B][I][B] not a "race"[/B][/I], by a coupling of a human and demon (succubus, incubus, shaped-chamged demon of some other kind, what have you). Their appearance would immediately send out a panic and call for any/all clerics to perform an exorcism! The Drow: Orea is not Faerun. There is no "Drizzt" or army of "do-gooder" clones breaking free, escaping their families, wanting to explore the surface realms. The only thing Drow (ShiDaeiri, "Blood of Darkness") would be interested in doing to the surface realms would be subjugating/dominating. They are, as per their original creation, wholly corrupt and evil. [I]Could[/I] they be capable of "good", ok yeah, sure. But they are spawned from the blood of the elder god of evil (at the same time the ShiStalliri were spawned from the blood of the elder god of good). The very concept to "doing good/helping other races" would require some extremely powerful force effecting them and would need (for a game of mine) a very substantial/compelling reason for being. "Cuz drow are cool/I wanna play a drow" is not such a reason to throw off the entire internal consistency of the setting. As for the Wilden, Warforged, Goliaths, et al. Similar individual reasons for being are conceivable. A vegetative creature from an alternate plane/reality sucked into the Orean plane by mistake/accident...a single steel-crafted golem who, by [I]extraordinary[/I] magical/divine means, achieved sentience...etc. it could, conceivably, be done...this is a game of imagination, after all. As stated, however, the presence/appearance of any of the above would almost certainly be met with skepticism, fear, prejudice. An intriguing option/challenge of some role-playing, to be sure...but not one I would care to make "the norm" in an Orean set game I run. --SD [/QUOTE]

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