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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8819480" data-attributes="member: 6801228">So, humans can meditate and relive memories of their past lives? Not like, one or two people, but every human as just a natural part of their existence can do this as easily as we fall asleep and dream? Elves do.And, I like how we immediately cast aside magic like it doesn't matter for a fantasy race. Sure, it is magic, but it is still part of the gnomish identity to be able to speak with beasts and cast illusions. Some versions of rock gnomes or other inventor style gnomes are depicted with extreme cognitive abilities. For example, I have talked before about Cornie Fizzlesprocket from a fantasy series. One of the things that gets her in trouble is her ability, as a gnome, to literally count every second in the day. She has an internal clock so precise that she realizes the mind-affecting things she is being subjected to, because she has lost a full minute of time. I know it isn't a classiv DnD-ism, but that level of attention to detail, where you can just think "It has been 25,261 seconds since I woke up" is something that if any human is capable of it is rare. What about being able to touch a stone wall and sense any and all weaknesses in it? Heck, now Dwarves can SEE through stone with tremorsense. Not many humans how can just touch stone and then list off its properties. Dwarves have been shown to do that with stone and metal.And no, I wouldn't go with traditional monster goblins and orcs. There have been quite better versions of them made. I'm currently enamored with the idea of orcs from MCDM who is making DnD 5e supplemental material. Their orcs have something called "Bloodfire" representing the typical passionate version of orcs, but tying it to a biological factor that their blood can literally burn in their veins as they fight. Goblins I am still enamored with the version from The Wandering Inn fantasy story, where it seems that they go through a multi-stage life cycle, growing from Goblins to hobgoblins to massive ogre like beings. No human I know of triples in size and gains the strength to uproot trees and crush stones when they hit their 40's.Right, how about this. How often have the Goliaths gone to war? The Firbolg? How bout a softball, surely something as violently aggressive as Trolls have waged wars right? Halflings are defined by peacefulness, and "lack of waging wars" is also pretty false. Especially considering that halflings have been depicted going to war to support humans. And the rest is just cooking and being nice. And I think considering some of the things I've listed for the other races it should be fairly self-explanatory why "cook good and nice" isn't really living up to the same standards.And, again, "cooking and nice" isn't exactly what I'm looking for. Just like "shapes trees or carves stone" isn't what I'm looking for from dwarves and elves. And, if nothing has ever shown how badly DnD needed to rebrand orcs and goblins, it is that their only defining feature for DnD fans is "kills people and takes their stuff."Reincarnations and the ability to change gender overnight isn't combat-effective either. Yet somehow I seem to be satisfied with that for defining elves. It is almost as if, and I know I have only said this dozens upon dozens of times, it isn't about combat and war.</blockquote>

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