Tell The Team: Races

[Ghirmeshk]

1. wemic
2. Rakshasa
3. Catfolk

i like them becz i love the great cats, tiger mostly.

wemic--i like it--though i'd imagine coding the kittytaur would be tough.

[Uska]

Standard D&D races -
Half-elf, Half-orc and Gnome: So we can have House Vadalis, House Medani, House Tharashk & House Sivis to complete the Twelve.

Eberron races -
Changeling, cause I like 'em
Shifter, cause they would work really well with DDO's enhancement system
& Kalashtar, cause they'd be easy to add without psionics (almost identical to humans), and be a logical lead-in to "psionics someday"

Miscellaneous -
Anything but Half-dragons, cause they just don't belong in Eberron

Said the samething about dragonborn but they are in there for 4E

[Gornin]

Dragons hunted down and killed any dragons who mated with mortals, as well as the mortals they mated with long before Lady Erandis d'Vol came along. The reason Vol is still alive is because her mother (an elf who mated with a green dragon) managed to change Vol into a lich. Since Erandis had committed no crime herself, and being undead could no longer have children of her own, the dragons decided not to kill her. But they did kill her mother and father, as they always do anytime a dragon and a mortal mate.

With the death of Vol's mother, died the last living (Erandis now being undead) member of the House of Vol. Furthermore, when Lady Vol became a lich, she lost her dragonmark, the 13th mark - the Mark of Death. Some believe that it will someday resurface in some long lost relative of the House of Vol.

The dragonmark itself is pretty brutal, and as such it's no wonder the House of Vol was exterminated. One possessing a fully developed dragonmark could kill others with a thought just by thinking of the target, no matter how far away that target was.

So, was it a prophecy or something that they had this policy in place? To prevent someone like Lady Vol? I'm not real good on the lore of Ebberon. Thanks for the clarification.

[Gornin]

• Thri-keen - This is my "out there" choice. They'd be tough to balance, but if we had them I'd definitely roll up a monk.

Yea, that would be pretty cool

[Ghoste]

So, was it a prophecy or something that they had this policy in place? To prevent someone like Lady Vol? I'm not real good on the lore of Ebberon. Thanks for the clarification.

All I know for certain is that the dragons of Argonnessen consider them to be aberrations. I'd imagine it goes deeper than that, but haven't found anything detailing their motivations any further.

[lostx]

half-ogre, as long as they get the rage/haste boost and the triple skull cracker attack.

[shores11]

If you could play any D&D themed race in-game, what would it be... and why? Feel free to name your top 3!

Half-Elf, I like the idea of a cross between human and elf. In the ole pen and paper days I almost always played a half-elf.

[Xgemina]

1. Half-elf
2. Gnome
3. Half-orc

Are my top 3 since I've always enjoyed playing all 3 of these races, particularly half-elf, in all my years of playing D&D. With their rich lore in Eberron they really should be in the game.

[Hafeal]

Half-elves.

They have been a part of D&D since virtually the beginning of the game if not the very beginning. Certainly there is a coinciding literary history of such a race which made it popular to play in D&D as well.

[Lymnus]

Aasmairs. Easy to implement. Nice stats, too.
Tieflings. Already in, via Vale quests. Should be easy to implement.
Catfolk. It's a personal favorite race.

[danno929]

Vampires

[Lymnus]

Vampires

Vampire isn't really a race. It's a template. Any race can become a "vampire", but "vampire" isn't a race.

[dejafu]

1. Warforged Scout. Easy to code - tiny/mildly distorted warforged! Who doesn't want tiny golem/robots scampering about underfeet?

2. Kobolds. Seriously. Check out the Races of the Dragon book for dragonblooded feats - they actually make playing the little buggers worth it.

[Aesop]

Vampire isn't really a race. It's a template. Any race can become a "vampire", but "vampire" isn't a race.

ooo a Template Server

apply a Template to your favorite race

start with a low template option and earn higher ones at each Favor Upgrade

could be fun

Aesop

[Dwarftr]

Well 4 me, i would like 2 c,
Minotaurs, i mean picture it, a mino rogue sneakin up behind u!!!!!!1
Dragonborn, i like dragons, and this is the best dragon playable race i found.
Goliath, dualweildin greatswords, i mean who wouldnt if they could

[Thorgall]

I know Half Orc has been mentioned by many people before now and most want them to smash stuff, but I myself want Half Orcs for another reason. I would really like to remake one of my old pen and paper characters. He was a half orc battle cleric and I've been anxious as all get out from the first rumors of half orcs going into the game. But if I had to choose any other race to play I would have to say Kalashtar because we all know how awesome psions are.

[LordDamax]

Tolero "Do you like ice cream?"
Player 1 "I hate ice cream because it's too tough to scoop"

Totally off topic, but I had to post. Last night, my ice cream was too hard to scoop. So I used a serrated butter knife to cut out a block. Knife went through the carton, into my hand, and now I'm typing with 7 stitches as it split the webbing between my fingers.

Yay.

I'd post a pic (its gory awesome) but its likely not appropriate.

Had to post this, as its the first forum post I've read since this happened last night, and ice cream too hard to scoop made me shudder.

To be ON topic:
Kenku - always loved those bird men!
Centaur - I know it's kinda silly but always liked them.
Druids! Wait, thats not a race... grr...

[Claver]

(#1) Minotaur – I’d like to play a big hulking brute with the versatility to potentially do more than just smash face. Because of their association with Hellenistic culture I can visualize a Minotaur in a sophisticated class like Bard or Cleric more easily than a big dumb Ogre or Troll. But when it comes wading into battle, the Minotaur is my #1 choice for a berserker barbarian.

(#2) Lizard Men!!! – I suppose nostalgia is at play here. When I first began to play pen and paper a friend had a D&D supplement called Rogues Gallery with art work for a Lizard Man NPC called Phoebus (I think) who wielded a trident and had bracers of AC 5. I played him in some early adventures. There was a non TSR adventure supplement campaign we also ran in which people would travel back and forth between a different world through a magic portal into a land where mammals did not exist, Lizard Men were the dominant culture, iron was rare and could be traded for gems, dinosaurs roamed the land, and food and water of the land were poisonous to mammals. As a child, I had wanted to be a paleontologist. Playing a Lizard Man somehow rekindles an element of that old dream. Trogs are too stinky, Dragonborn look silly and cheapen the mystique of Dragons. Give me Lizard Men!

(#3) Kobolds!!!! – if for no other reason than to say “yark, yark” and “must smash box” until I am squelched by every member of the PUG. Turbine has done a great job with Kobolds already; they have so much potential for flavor as conniving rogues and cowardly fighters or dragonblood sorcerers of underestimated power. I’ve hardly used PVP but I vow to organize the Halfling vs. Kobold fightclub if presented that opportunity.

[Kistilan]

ooo a Template Server

apply a Template to your favorite race

start with a low template option and earn higher ones at each Favor Upgrade

could be fun

Aesop

/signed and <3'd

[Monsoon28]

Top 3

Minotaur
Gnoll
Tiefling/Genasi

Why? Because I love playing monster races every once in a while and in an Eberron Setting they'd all fit in. Look at the City of Towers all sorts of monster races can be found. If not for the Warforged, with the races we can currently select we might as well be playing Greyhawk Online.