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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1819395" data-attributes="member: 945">Well!&nbsp; I never....&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I intended to do the dwarf thread.. you just have to be more patient.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Wow, a buttload of wild magic, huh?&nbsp; Is there really any other kind??I think the thing that strikes me most about dwarves and half-orcs in general is just how stereotypical they are.&nbsp; Almost every dwarf I've ever played with was some dour, grumpy, bearded mass that liked to curse, (often speaking with a heavy Scottish accent), drinks lots of mead, and kill lots of things.And half-orcs are generally are foul, loathsome, boorish, retarded things that like to speak mostly in sentence fragments and are most often found in the &quot;barbarian&quot; category.Aside from the fact that I'm sick of seeing, fighting, running orcs and goblins, I have eliminated them from my campaign.&nbsp; Thus, conveniently removing half-orcs.&nbsp; Even in a normal campaign half-orcs should be so rare that it would almost be unheard of to hear of one, given the nature of how one *makes* a half-orc.&nbsp; Orcs don't strike me as big sex fiends looking to mate with human women.&nbsp; I think that is pretty much reserved for Martians from B-movies.Dwarves are a bit more complex, but I just don't like the stereotype personality.&nbsp; I feel like someone can get much more mileage, and much more freedom of expression out of a gnome, and the two are closely related enough that I figure I could just easily replace the dwarf.I don't know.. maybe someone in this thread will so inspire me with their concept of dwarf that I'll put them back in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 1819395, member: 945"] Well! I never.... :) I intended to do the dwarf thread.. you just have to be more patient. :) Wow, a buttload of wild magic, huh? Is there really any other kind?? I think the thing that strikes me most about dwarves and half-orcs in general is just how stereotypical they are. Almost every dwarf I've ever played with was some dour, grumpy, bearded mass that liked to curse, (often speaking with a heavy Scottish accent), drinks lots of mead, and kill lots of things. And half-orcs are generally are foul, loathsome, boorish, retarded things that like to speak mostly in sentence fragments and are most often found in the "barbarian" category. Aside from the fact that I'm sick of seeing, fighting, running orcs and goblins, I have eliminated them from my campaign. Thus, conveniently removing half-orcs. Even in a normal campaign half-orcs should be so rare that it would almost be unheard of to hear of one, given the nature of how one *makes* a half-orc. Orcs don't strike me as big sex fiends looking to mate with human women. I think that is pretty much reserved for Martians from B-movies. Dwarves are a bit more complex, but I just don't like the stereotype personality. I feel like someone can get much more mileage, and much more freedom of expression out of a gnome, and the two are closely related enough that I figure I could just easily replace the dwarf. I don't know.. maybe someone in this thread will so inspire me with their concept of dwarf that I'll put them back in. [/QUOTE]

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