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| Which race is your favorite? |
| Elves - Super powers |
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71% |
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| Halflings - Natural Born Rogues |
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14% |
[ 1 ] |
| Gnomes - What's a Gnome? |
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14% |
[ 1 ] |
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EverythingXen
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| Which Race is your Favorite? |
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Poll time!
Humans for me. Good old humans. We run the joint! 
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
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Location: Utah, USA |
I agree. Humans rock! Duel classing rules.
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
Dwarfs are very sympatic to me . |
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Mon Apr 15, 2002 6:24 am |
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Seth
Last Man Standing
Joined: 23 Jan 2002
Posts: 1008
Location: Faerun |
half-elf fighter/thief
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Mon Apr 15, 2002 10:35 pm |
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EverythingXen
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Well, Tolkien's favorite race (and thus the favorite race of the game designers for D&D) has taken the lead...
Elves. All benefits, no penalties.
Though in 3rd edition, Halflings have become the most powerful race, knocking the elves off their mighty throne.
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Tue Apr 16, 2002 1:47 pm |
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Volourn
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Joined: 18 Apr 2002
Posts: 22
Location: North Bay, Ontario, Canada |
GO DWARVES GO!
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Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:34 pm |
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EverythingXen
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And the elves, chosen of the gods, look down from their high and mighty thrones and sneer as they have as many votes as all other races combined in the poll.
C'mon human!
And who voted GNOME????
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Myrthos
Spoiler of All Fun
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 1926
Location: Holland |
One gnome here
I like the underdogs. Try traveling in heart of fury mode in Icewind Dale with a band of gnomes. Then you'll know how tough life can be 
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EverythingXen
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They were actually left out of 3rd ed until people found out they were being left out and actually protested!
I like the tinker gnomes of Krynn... in my world, gnomes are the mother of technology (most of them). Some have forsaken the technology and gone back to being forest dwelling beings. I have a hierarchy of technology in my pen and paper world...
The gnomes invented gunpowder to use in fireworks and such.
The dwarves took the idea and used it for mining (and developed weapons using it in secret).
The humans took the technology and turned it into weapons, believing themselves original.
The gnomes invent things, the dwarves make it work, and the humans mass produce and modify it. Humans and dwarves are the most influencial races in my world because they control the technology. Elves have all but outlawed it and retreated to a rather large forest nation. Halflings fill the roles of traveling gypsies. Most gnomes live with the dwarven nation for protection from those who would cause them harm or force them to invent better power sources and weapons.
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Fri Apr 19, 2002 3:14 am |
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Val
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Hmm... Kind of reminds me of Arcanum.
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
i couldn't decide between human or half orc, but the 19 strength put the orcs in the lead. humies be close second RAAAAAAARRGH!!!
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Shadow_Fyre
Head Merchant
Joined: 04 Apr 2002
Posts: 57
Location: NJ, USA |
Favorite race HUMAN (So many skills, so little time)
Second 1/2 Orc (Love things that go squish)
Third Halfling (I backstab the orc with my short sword)
Multiclass- 1/2 elf- 1/2 the benefits of elf, the versatility of a human.
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Fri Apr 19, 2002 11:53 am |
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EverythingXen
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quote:
Originally posted by Val
Hmm... Kind of reminds me of Arcanum.
In Arcanum the dwarves invented technology and hoarded its secrets as much as possible. The gnomes were businessmen. In my world the dwarves don't hoarde the technology so much as try and limit what gets out. I laid the foundations long before arcanum came out.
But I will admit I liked the arcanum setting a lot and integrated some of it in. There are steam trains and ships in the large cities and ports, and zepplins. Airships are used more than trains, as this is largely a fantasy world.
With a train, you need to protect not just the train, but the track. Orcs and ogres and such have a nasty habit of putting large boulders on the track and waiting for the derailment that insues to kill everyone.
With zepplins and such all you have to do is protect the ship (adventurers make great zepplin guards). Sure, it can't carry as much... but those who can afford an electric or steam engine airship are those who deal in quality, not quantity, anyways. For quantity nothing beats the tried and true caravan or cargo ship.
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Val
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quote:
Originally posted by EverythingXen
quote:
Originally posted by Val
Hmm... Kind of reminds me of Arcanum.
In Arcanum the dwarves invented technology and hoarded its secrets as much as possible. The gnomes were businessmen. In my world the dwarves don't hoarde the technology so much as try and limit what gets out. I laid the foundations long before arcanum came out.
I do know that Xen. I was just making the simple observation that many of the ideas were similar. Like the elves retreating into their woods and having nothing to do with technology and the humans mass producing technology. I think many of their ideas in that game were quite interesting and I'm glad you could draw some inspiration from it to improve upon the world you already have.
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EverythingXen
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Similar ideas happen. I even thought about incorporating the disciplines and such... but after a playtest NPC elected not to. They work better in a CRPG where you can make a steam engine by clicking on a tab. Instead they fall under various craft skills, and anyone who wants to take a month or two to construct a device that a first level mage could rival in a half hours study and a quick chant is welcome to.
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