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| Author: | jamat1066 [ Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | The human race |
As humans are the base line for races they don’t have any plus or minus racial traits. I get the impression that it can make then a bit boring when compared to other races. Has anyone thought of maybe giving them an extra starting talent to represent their diversity as a race? Or would this make them too unbalanced at the beginning. Jamat |
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| Author: | Chairman [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:23 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: The human race | |||||||||
That's a good thought. It would make a nice house rule, at minimum, for someone that wanted to indicate that. |
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| Author: | Matt [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The human race |
Our intent was the make each of the races balanced enough that the human shouldn't need a special talent to be equivalent. Hopefully the negative racial traits were enough, but if not, the social stigma and/or restrictions definitely should. As for boring... I think that's in the hands of a player more than the system. I've run across plenty of drow characters out there that had lots and lots of special abilities, but were pretty boring. I think the most interesting part of a character is the MPH (motivation, personality, and history). But heck, if you are finding the no one wants to play humans and you want to give 'em a boost, feel free. It certainly won't hurt any feelings over here at Greymalkin. Whatever makes your games and stories more enjoyable. |
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| Author: | Chairman [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:50 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: The human race | |||||||||
mmmhmmm.... sure. I can already see you sulking. 
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| Author: | JohnK [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:01 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: The human race | |||||||||
Hullo, Jamat1066, Hmm, I must have missed this thread the first few go rounds. So I'll comment on it now...
While that would certainly be one way to go, I think that there is a misperception here. The non-human. As for playing a Human being "boring", that's more a matter of the player and his or her premise and background for said character. For example, I could play a human from Cushulain, who happens to be a farmer, and make him quite boring, or I can give him some interesting background elements and personality, and make the character interesting. It's really all in the hands of the player and their creativity. Just my $0.02.
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| Author: | JohnK [ Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:02 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: The human race | |||||||||
Hullo, Matt,
I agree with everything you said, Matt...and have had personal experiences with players to back the sentiments up.
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