Charwoman Gene
Adventurer
If your humanity is distasteful to you, you could try abandoning llaguage and technology and living naked in the wild. Hope you have fun. Otherwise, don't talk like you're not human.
Question on fantasy races
- Thread starter jsears2002
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If your humanity is distasteful to you, you could try abandoning llaguage and technology and living naked in the wild. Hope you have fun. Otherwise, don't talk like you're not human.
Charwoman Gene
Adventurer
Well the Lewis books I read indicate that humans are really the awesomest thing in the universe, and are there to rule over all other species.
Desdichado
Hero
Heh. Yeah, OK. Just as soon as some other sentient species shows up that I can compare humanity to, I'll make sure and keep that little nugget of wisdom in mind.
There's an implied sexual association with furries in general - especially to people who have ventured into the dark recesses of the internet. You can sometimes get away with a "furry" race if you describe them exclusively as brutal/savage. Using any associations of beauty or grace with them is a no-no.
As for the rest of the topic...
I am a big fan of the idea of rolling races without obviously inhuman mechanical effects into the human race. Don't even separate them out by geographical location or anything... they are all just humans, but with slightly different mechanics.
Other races should only exist if they have a sufficiently alien morality that they wouldn't fit as humans.
This should allow your players variety without having to support 35 different cultures. If one of your players wants to play as a separate race and has a good idea for a background for that race, you should try to accommodate them.
I just think it's silly to end up with minotaur fighters just for the stat bonuses. Just be a strong human with a penchant for charging!
Silvercat Moonpaw
Adventurer
You find the same stuff about anything if you venture into the dark recesses of the internet. I don't see why furries should have to be singled out. (But I'm not accusing you of advocating against them, I feel you are just answering my question.)
Flavor-wise or just mechanically?
More specifically, I don't think that flavor should be forced by a player's mechanical preferences. If I want to play as a human fighter, but I feel that a dwarf has superior mechanical benefits for my build, I'd rather just reskin my dwarf as a human. There are a few instances in which I'm not sure it's feasible to do so - 4e Dragonborn for one. You'd have to have a pretty compelling reason to have a firebreathing human.
Starfox
Hero
Agree. There is a saying that if there is a special interest, in anything at all, there is an internet community that has it as a fetish. Internet is, after all, where special interest groups can find each other. I guess furries just were one of the first communities to organize.
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This is why I also tend to avoid races of giant feet.
Tewligan
First Post
Compare themselves to what others?
Otherkin maybe?
