Which is Cooler, Yakfolk or Abeil?

Imret · Nov 17, 2005

Yakfolk, for long-term usability over novelty.

darthkilmor · Nov 17, 2005

I'm playing a yak-folk sorc1/monk4 right now. Very much cool. Body control would be neater if I could find a giant to take over though!! Enlarge + grapplin' is nice too, like +27 grapple checks, would be even more awesomer with giant-type stength bonuses.

And they're kind of like doppleganger-lite with the body takeover, and its a totally wicked way to interrogate something. "aha! ok got it all!" And their summoned genies can plane shift too, so there's no reason to restrict them to the prime material.

WhimsyTheFae · Nov 17, 2005

If I have to choose, I'll choose Yaks.

Graf · Nov 17, 2005

Uh... One of them has neat flavor and cool powers.

Yakfolk (or Yakmen as they were once called) actually have roleplaying potential. They're social structure, etc. isn't really related to being Yak-like.
Bee-people are just insect-furries.

Uder · Nov 17, 2005

Yakmen. They're more strongly based in mythology. Plus, there's something creepy about devious intelligent yaks.

Imruphel · Nov 17, 2005

No contest!

I voted yakfolk. There was a good article on the yikaria (I think this is what they were called) in one of the 2E Dragon magazines. It highlighted their potential as long-term campaign foes.

Immak Antunel · Nov 17, 2005

(WARNING: potential oversimplification in progress!)

hmmm... wannabe formians with wings, or evil magical horned monsters with slaves, staves, genies, and pretend shangri-las... tough question.

Or not. Yak-folk win.

William Ronald · Nov 17, 2005

Immak Antunel said:
(WARNING: potential oversimplification in progress!)

hmmm... wannabe formians with wings, or evil magical horned monsters with slaves, staves, genies, and pretend shangri-las... tough question.

Or not. Yak-folk win.

I concur, as villains which you can use over the long haul are better than one shot opponents. (I am trying to recall if there is a mythological or cultural basis for the yak men, but they would work well for many different sorts of cultural settings such as an Indian setting.)