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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 1718468" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>I did a quick scan of this thread and tried to consolidate these...</p><p></p><p>Dwarf:</p><p> * Diggers</p><p> * Stump</p><p> * Quasim</p><p> * Hairball</p><p> * Muckers</p><p> * Barrels</p><p> * Beardless</p><p> * Comparision to anything inactive and/or pointless</p><p> * Sunlover</p><p> * Toolbreaker</p><p> * Mudgrubber</p><p> * Barrel</p><p> * Beardy</p><p> * Santa</p><p> * Rock-boy</p><p> * Minor</p><p> * Goldies</p><p> * Cellar-dweller</p><p> * Grit-sucker</p><p> * Dirt-eater</p><p> * Shorties</p><p> * Bearded goblin</p><p> * hairy stinker</p><p> * Bath-hater</p><p> * Meat shield</p><p> * Clumsy</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Elf:</p><p> * Pointers</p><p> * Dandelion eaters (Daisy eater, or other plant, etc)</p><p> * For males, effeminate versions of name; for females, other female names</p><p> * Fop</p><p> * Pointy-Ears</p><p> * Pointy-ear wuss</p><p> * Dandies</p><p> * Treehugger</p><p> * Grasseater</p><p> * Leaflicker</p><p> * Berryboy</p><p> * For elves that breed with humans, Sullier</p><p> * Oathbraker</p><p> * Wood baby</p><p> * Fairy</p><p> * Peg (Pointy Eared Git)</p><p> * Dancer</p><p> * Prancer</p><p> * Vegetable</p><p> * Sissy</p><p> * Fairy Princess</p><p> * from underdweller, surface dweller</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Half-Elf:</p><p> * Half breed</p><p> * Mule</p><p> * half-man</p><p> * Fairyboy</p><p> * Wood baby</p><p> * Booze-baby</p><p> * Screwup</p><p> * Hermy (short for hermaphrodite)</p><p> * from underdweller, surface dweller</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Orc:</p><p> * Snout-face</p><p> * Groin</p><p> * Slopes</p><p> * Feeders</p><p> * For orcs that breed with humans, sullier</p><p> * tuskers</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Half-orc:</p><p> * Half breed</p><p> * Mule</p><p> * Snout-face</p><p> * Groin</p><p> * Slopes</p><p> * Booze-baby</p><p> * Feeders</p><p> * Screwup</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Gnome:</p><p> * Minus</p><p> * Mudboy</p><p> * Rootsucker</p><p> * Garnder</p><p> * Duck</p><p> * Flighter</p><p> * Tink</p><p> * Noser</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Halfling:</p><p> * Peck</p><p> * Shorty</p><p> * Leg (how tall a halfling is to a human)</p><p> * Fatty</p><p> * Woolies</p><p> * from underdweller, surface dweller</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Human:</p><p> * Perv</p><p> * Breeder</p><p> * Stinker</p><p> * Pinkies</p><p> * For dwarf-likers, Mudgrubber</p><p> * For elf-likers, Treehugger</p><p> * For elf-likers, Grasseater</p><p> * For elf-likers, Leaflicker</p><p> * For elf-likers, Berryboy</p><p> * For gnome-likers, rootsucker</p><p> * For gnome-likers, mudboy</p><p> * For humans that breed with other races, sullier</p><p> * Nothing</p><p> * Shortlife</p><p> * Luster</p><p> * Dill (as in dilletante)</p><p> * Monkey</p><p> * Monkeyboy</p><p> * from underdweller, surface dweller</p><p> * Any made up word to represent another language</p><p></p><p>Lizardfolk:</p><p> * Lizzies</p><p> * Slit-eyes</p><p> * two-prongs</p><p></p><p>Note that some of these have slightly varying uses...</p><p> * To insult a race in general ("The pecks live over there.")</p><p> * To to insult a person by sole virtue of being a particular race ("You're just a peck.")</p><p> * To insult a particular person's effectiveness as a member of a race ("You're just a toolbreaker." to attack a dwarf's proficiency with tools - for comparison, much the same a human male may be insulted if his manhood was the subject of a joke)</p><p> * Even still, some of these can actually be used as terms of affection to a particular person with which the speaker has in fact a good relationship ("Let's go, Stumpy!")</p><p></p><p>Suggestion: Find the racial entry in the PHB or MM. Then find any single sentence relating to a racial ability, physical feature, habit/society, or physical environment. Now, take it to an extreme exageration (to insult the race in general from an outsider's point of view) or else take its reverse (to insult a person's effectiveness as a member of the race)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 1718468, member: 807"] I did a quick scan of this thread and tried to consolidate these... Dwarf: * Diggers * Stump * Quasim * Hairball * Muckers * Barrels * Beardless * Comparision to anything inactive and/or pointless * Sunlover * Toolbreaker * Mudgrubber * Barrel * Beardy * Santa * Rock-boy * Minor * Goldies * Cellar-dweller * Grit-sucker * Dirt-eater * Shorties * Bearded goblin * hairy stinker * Bath-hater * Meat shield * Clumsy * Any made up word to represent another language Elf: * Pointers * Dandelion eaters (Daisy eater, or other plant, etc) * For males, effeminate versions of name; for females, other female names * Fop * Pointy-Ears * Pointy-ear wuss * Dandies * Treehugger * Grasseater * Leaflicker * Berryboy * For elves that breed with humans, Sullier * Oathbraker * Wood baby * Fairy * Peg (Pointy Eared Git) * Dancer * Prancer * Vegetable * Sissy * Fairy Princess * from underdweller, surface dweller * Any made up word to represent another language Half-Elf: * Half breed * Mule * half-man * Fairyboy * Wood baby * Booze-baby * Screwup * Hermy (short for hermaphrodite) * from underdweller, surface dweller * Any made up word to represent another language Orc: * Snout-face * Groin * Slopes * Feeders * For orcs that breed with humans, sullier * tuskers * Any made up word to represent another language Half-orc: * Half breed * Mule * Snout-face * Groin * Slopes * Booze-baby * Feeders * Screwup * Any made up word to represent another language Gnome: * Minus * Mudboy * Rootsucker * Garnder * Duck * Flighter * Tink * Noser * Any made up word to represent another language Halfling: * Peck * Shorty * Leg (how tall a halfling is to a human) * Fatty * Woolies * from underdweller, surface dweller * Any made up word to represent another language Human: * Perv * Breeder * Stinker * Pinkies * For dwarf-likers, Mudgrubber * For elf-likers, Treehugger * For elf-likers, Grasseater * For elf-likers, Leaflicker * For elf-likers, Berryboy * For gnome-likers, rootsucker * For gnome-likers, mudboy * For humans that breed with other races, sullier * Nothing * Shortlife * Luster * Dill (as in dilletante) * Monkey * Monkeyboy * from underdweller, surface dweller * Any made up word to represent another language Lizardfolk: * Lizzies * Slit-eyes * two-prongs Note that some of these have slightly varying uses... * To insult a race in general ("The pecks live over there.") * To to insult a person by sole virtue of being a particular race ("You're just a peck.") * To insult a particular person's effectiveness as a member of a race ("You're just a toolbreaker." to attack a dwarf's proficiency with tools - for comparison, much the same a human male may be insulted if his manhood was the subject of a joke) * Even still, some of these can actually be used as terms of affection to a particular person with which the speaker has in fact a good relationship ("Let's go, Stumpy!") Suggestion: Find the racial entry in the PHB or MM. Then find any single sentence relating to a racial ability, physical feature, habit/society, or physical environment. Now, take it to an extreme exageration (to insult the race in general from an outsider's point of view) or else take its reverse (to insult a person's effectiveness as a member of the race) [/QUOTE]
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