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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hopeless" data-source="post: 8328353" data-attributes="member: 36349">No elves, dwarves or halflings?Well then no humans either!That way you remove the comfortable option also this should also exclude half elves as well since no elves means no half elves either!I'll need to think about what which races would serves as replacement core races.For now, Kobolds, Goblinoids, Orcs, Tabaxi, Gnomes, Genasi and Dragonborn.A post apocalyptic society following an ancient war where all civilisations pretty much collapsed and in the intervening centuries settlements rose and the various races got over the ancient enmity and rebuilt their home anew.However not everything has gone so well.The Dragonborn dedicated to their dragon sires have established an empire seeking to add new provinces as they seek to prevent another devastating war.The goblinoids are now very much civilised and much of society was built through their hard effort something few are willing to recognise.The Orcs have returned to their roots becoming a nomadic race lead by druids and shamans and have hired out their services as mercenaries when needed being known as famous cavalry and known for their personal code of honor (think Klingon, but honest in their dealings provided those they deal with treat them equally with respect).Goliaths are the giants of this setting, they are few in number and whilst rumours of tribes somewhere in the mountains they have regular families in the settlements that have grown used to them.The Genasi replace humanity as the most common race being born near areas of elemental power and subsequent expanded in numbers as the other races barely coped with the intervening time between now and the war that has left them the most prosperous species.Kobolds are often the lackeys of the Dragonborn, like the goblinoids they have been the backbone of the society the dragonborn rule.Like the goblinoids they haven't received the recognition they deserve, but they are the most often encountered from the Empire and many have actually defected usually there's an enmity between them and the goblinoids resembling the one between elves and dwarves as they most often fought the other in the countless battles over the centuries and that's hard to shake off even if they're living in peacetime.Kobolds are just as honorable and decent as the goblinoids and fights between them are very common, but forced to fight alongside each other they become the most loyal of warriors not even their dragonborn rulers or the goblinoids officers can make them turn on each other usually these end with them dying for the other or walking away from the battle refusing to fight the other.I need to think more about this!Thanks for the idea!</blockquote>

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