The Greek New World is expanding

[Turanil]

I took a look at the Nymph in the d20 system; though. And then the high elf in the EverQuack RPG. I can get away with using those stats, but I wonder if it will be acceptable, given that people are used to the Blinding Beauty ability.

Just say that the blinding beauty ability would come from a prestige class ability, or a feat chain. You may not even need to create them until a player specifically ask for getting them.

 

[ssampier]

I think rebuilding the demi-humans stereotypes can work. Just figure out what role elves, halflings, dwarves, gnomes, and half-orcs play in a D&D world. Then take those stereotypes and replace them with Greek creatures or rebuild the existing demi-humans and give them different stats, skills, and favored classes and call them something else. Nothing worse than an elf that's not very elf-like.

By the way, I like your ideas. I have a home-brew in my mind that's Anglo-Saxons/Vikings in the geography of Australia combined with two dualistic gods (Law and Chaos, Sun and Moon).

 

[Sir Elton]

That's what I was thinking.

 

[ssampier]

If I may be more helpful

Some random off the wall ideas:

Elves = Dragon People, ancient, long-lived, natural at sorcery, time may be waning

Dwarves = lizard-folk, ancient catacomb dwellers

Halfling = dump

Half-orcs = Centaurs, "fish out of water"

Halfling replacement, nymph?

 

[Sir Elton]

Some random off the wall ideas:

Elves = Dragon People, ancient, long-lived, natural at sorcery, time may be waning

Dwarves = lizard-folk, ancient catacomb dwellers

Halfling = dump

Half-orcs = Centaurs, "fish out of water"

Halfling replacement, nymph?

Okay. Sounds like some great ideas, Ssampier.

 

[Gez]

"Gnome" means "thought" in Greek.

 

[Sir Elton]

"Gnome" means "thought" in Greek.

So gnomes aught to be psionic?