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<blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 8541708" data-attributes="member: 7017304">A bit of an aside: when wordbuilding, I try to include some sort of generic origin for beastfolk. Maybe it's a thing demon lords can do because it's easier than making a whole new race, maybe the magic of one continent makes beastfolk just happen, maybe there's a whole set of nature gods who just think beastfolk are neat.This covers a lot of ground pretty quickly - not only does it give you a bunch of new races without need to plan for them individually, it also gives a reason for other people to not have a kill-on-sight attitude towards new races. You might never have seen an elephant-person before, but you've heard of cattle-folk and lion-folk and bird-folk and lizard-folk... so an elephant is interesting not shocking. Well, until you're actually standing next to them and realizing how big they actually are. Dragonborn usually get a separate origin when I worldbuild, but that's because I like them. They could totally fit into a generic beastfolk origin if you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmartkdr2, post: 8541708, member: 7017304"] A bit of an aside: when wordbuilding, I try to include some sort of generic origin for beastfolk. Maybe it's a thing demon lords can do because it's easier than making a whole new race, maybe the magic of one continent makes beastfolk just happen, maybe there's a whole set of nature gods who just think beastfolk are neat. This covers a [I]lot[/I] of ground pretty quickly - not only does it give you a bunch of new races without need to plan for them individually, it also gives a reason for other people to not have a kill-on-sight attitude towards new races. You might never have seen an elephant-person before, but you've heard of cattle-folk and lion-folk and bird-folk and lizard-folk... so an elephant is [I]interesting[/I] not [I]shocking.[/I] Well, until you're actually standing next to them and realizing how big they actually are. Dragonborn usually get a separate origin when I worldbuild, but that's because I like them. They could totally fit into a generic beastfolk origin if you want. [/QUOTE]

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