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<blockquote data-quote="The Grassy Gnoll" data-source="post: 6546260" data-attributes="member: 6788652"><p>As a DM, I'm sure you use real world racial stereotypes in your games, especially when 'shorthanding' NPCs.</p><p></p><p>Now, I have read lots of threads where Dwarf = drunken Scotsman.</p><p>As a Scot, I feel this is misguided and (somewhat) unfair.</p><p>Here's my take on the main four nonhuman races.</p><p></p><p>(warning: read with tongue firmly in cheek)</p><p></p><p>Dwarves. </p><p>Mountain and Hill, they live in places that are virtually all mountain.</p><p>They enjoy a drink and, if The Hobbit is any guide, love to sing.</p><p>They tend to be spiritually-minded.</p><p> They are most famous as miners.</p><p>Dwarves are Welsh.</p><p></p><p>Gnomes.</p><p>Rock or Forest, they live in verdant green uplands with hills and valleys.</p><p>They also enjoy a drink and are great travellers.</p><p>They tend to be talkative.</p><p>Gnomes are most famous as either inventors or lovers of the green places.</p><p>Rock Gnomes are Scottish. </p><p>Forest Gnomes are Irish.</p><p></p><p>Halflings.</p><p>Halflings live in wide open spaces amid the rolling green countryside.</p><p>They love food and good drink.</p><p>They enjoy a smoke.</p><p>On the whole they are peaceful - they don't like to fight.</p><p>Halflings are French.</p><p></p><p>Elves.</p><p>Elves live in wooded areas, in beautiful surroundings.</p><p>They live long lives and are thought somewhat inscrutable.</p><p>They revere knowledge and honour their elders.</p><p>They are famous as warrior poets.</p><p>Elves are Japanese. </p><p></p><p>Let the abuse begin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Grassy Gnoll, post: 6546260, member: 6788652"] As a DM, I'm sure you use real world racial stereotypes in your games, especially when 'shorthanding' NPCs. Now, I have read lots of threads where Dwarf = drunken Scotsman. As a Scot, I feel this is misguided and (somewhat) unfair. Here's my take on the main four nonhuman races. (warning: read with tongue firmly in cheek) Dwarves. Mountain and Hill, they live in places that are virtually all mountain. They enjoy a drink and, if The Hobbit is any guide, love to sing. They tend to be spiritually-minded. They are most famous as miners. Dwarves are Welsh. Gnomes. Rock or Forest, they live in verdant green uplands with hills and valleys. They also enjoy a drink and are great travellers. They tend to be talkative. Gnomes are most famous as either inventors or lovers of the green places. Rock Gnomes are Scottish. Forest Gnomes are Irish. Halflings. Halflings live in wide open spaces amid the rolling green countryside. They love food and good drink. They enjoy a smoke. On the whole they are peaceful - they don't like to fight. Halflings are French. Elves. Elves live in wooded areas, in beautiful surroundings. They live long lives and are thought somewhat inscrutable. They revere knowledge and honour their elders. They are famous as warrior poets. Elves are Japanese. Let the abuse begin. [/QUOTE]
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