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boddynock
Learned Scribe
Belgium
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 Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 14:40:28
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Poll Question:
I'm just wondering which race is the most frequently used :)
Mod edit: Realized after someone mentioned it that this poll was on the wrong shelf. 
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 15 Jan 2007 20:34:46
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boddynock
Learned Scribe
Belgium
258 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 14:42:24
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| I play a gnome transmuter. I really like playing one of the small folk. It's also the first time that I play something different than a human in a large campaign (Once I played a drow elf in an evil mini campaign and a goblin shaman in a one day adventure) |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 16:44:04
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| I like playing half elven wiz/rog |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 16:49:19
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| I am a DM, but human would be the race of choice if I were to play. Gnomes on second. Come to think of it, anything but the Outsider races. |
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Blackwill
Seeker
55 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 19:38:01
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| Either a dwarf (a typical one at that) or a human, usually evil. |
~Blackwill |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 20:56:44
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Dwarf all the way baby!!!!
Axe Idiot's Rule!!!
Delz
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2007 : 21:25:21
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| I'm usually DM, but when I play it seems humans are the most common. I do like half elves though. |
Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jan 2007 : 03:27:38
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I've not played since the days of 2E... But I had a preference for half-elves, back then. Close to human, but they still got the infravision.
I played a couple of elves, several humans, and I kept trying to play a dwarf (every time I tried, the campaign died quickly). Halflings and gnomes have never appealed to me; I actually had to specifically decide to include these races in some of my recent hooks. |
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Lemernis
Senior Scribe
378 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jan 2007 : 04:19:47
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Seeing as this is being asked in the Forgotten Realms Computer Software forum, is this thread asking what race we prefer to play in computer games such as the Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and NWN series?
In the BG games (and Single Player NWN2, if I can find ever time to return to the OC which I haven't finished) I tend to prefer humans and half-elves. I've found that time management for playing is a lot easier with a Single Player game than being a player in a NWN persistent world. I just don't have the time commit to regular gaming session with a group of players, either as a player of DM.
One can DM in the NWN series. As I mentioned I don't DM in-game in NWN, but I'm very interested in the development side of NWN persistent worlds. I like detailing the setting's lore, conceiving central storylines, and building with the toolset. Those things I can find time to work into my schedule, and/or work on as the mood strikes me. |
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boddynock
Learned Scribe
Belgium
258 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jan 2007 : 20:14:18
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| Sorry Lemernis, I put this poll in the wrong chapter :-( |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jan 2007 : 20:35:56
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quote:
Originally posted by boddynock
Sorry Lemernis, I put this poll in the wrong chapter :-(
I failed to notice that, myself... But 'tis now corrected.  |
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Grehnar
Acolyte
United Kingdom
44 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jan 2007 : 22:37:34
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| I like to be quirky and prefer to play the underdog. This varies from DM to DM but among my crowd can often mean human. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 00:00:41
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| Gnome, almost 4 times out of 5... love 'em! |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 05:39:43
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| mainly playing elves but its only the lack of gamegroups (and willing DM's) that does that i haven't ran some of my alternative gnomes and dwarves ... one of my more interesting ideas is a dwarven envoker |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 08:22:16
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| I usually go for human, in all kinds of classes, though fighter is kind of a favorite. |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Skydancer
Acolyte
Belgium
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Grimbolt Hammerhand
Acolyte
Germany
15 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 12:35:43
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| Seems like nobody plays one of the rather unusual races like the ones mentioned in the Psyonics Handbook or in the Planar Handbook |
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Grace
Acolyte
Belgium
5 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 18:06:37
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I play an Aasimar (I just like being the good guy ) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 18:43:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Grimbolt Hammerhand
Seems like nobody plays one of the rather unusual races like the ones mentioned in the Psyonics Handbook or in the Planar Handbook
Well, as I've mentioned before, one of my fave characters was a minotaur... Of course, this was under 2E rules; I've not played since before 3E was even announced. |
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Penknight
Senior Scribe
USA
538 Posts |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 23:27:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Grimbolt Hammerhand
Seems like nobody plays one of the rather unusual races like the ones mentioned in the Psyonics Handbook or in the Planar Handbook
I have.
Dromites have featured prominently in the latest stage of my extended SJ/PS campaign -- I've altered their historical details somewhat (they're now mostly Diamond Fox-styled planar merchants who wander the Phlogiston). Given their natural curiosity about other lands and races, and their inherent caste system, I thought they'd make an intriguing addition to a campaign as a race of "curious wandering merchants."
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2007 : 23:37:33
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| Sun Elves are my favorite race to play. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2007 : 01:04:20
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Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Grimbolt Hammerhand
Seems like nobody plays one of the rather unusual races like the ones mentioned in the Psyonics Handbook or in the Planar Handbook
I have.
Dromites have featured prominently in the latest stage of my extended SJ/PS campaign -- I've altered their historical details somewhat (they're now mostly Diamond Fox-styled planar merchants who wander the Phlogiston). Given their natural curiosity about other lands and races, and their inherent caste system, I thought they'd make an intriguing addition to a campaign as a race of "curious wandering merchants."
Diamond Fox, huh? That sounds so familiar...  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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bitter thorn
Learned Scribe
USA
184 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2007 : 14:31:10
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That's what I'm talking about!!
quote:
Originally posted by Delzounblood
Dwarf all the way baby!!!!
Axe Idiot's Rule!!!
Delz
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"Nobody listens to the Ranger!"
Our groups are all sticking with 3.X classic Realms. |
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bitter thorn
Learned Scribe
USA
184 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2007 : 14:43:54
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Dwarves have a special place in my heart. The skill, history, tenacity,toughness, and work ethic all appeal to me. I've wound up with humans as my PCs in 3.X, but I love to play a wise, common sense, trustwothy, tough, well educated Dwarf. I think a dwarven cloistered cleric/fighter character would be a blast to play. Dwarven rogue/fighter and rogue/caver characters would be intriguing as well.
Gnomish rogues are cool too. |
"Nobody listens to the Ranger!"
Our groups are all sticking with 3.X classic Realms. |
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Faramicos
Senior Scribe
Denmark
468 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2007 : 19:31:38
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| Elf is the most frequently used in my campaign. It is exotic without being so rare that it is unrealistic. |
"When dragons make war, worlds can only tremble in the shadow of angry wings" |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2007 : 21:22:05
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| cloistered cleric/fighter ... isn't that allmost something that can't fit together ... cloistered cleric is basicly a cleric that aren't that aggessive and more diffent from a paladin |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Aglaranna
Learned Scribe
166 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2007 : 23:06:06
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Since my gaming group usually consists of 10 year olds and people who have never heard of a tiefling in the life, I'm the DM...Eh...But as a player I've played every race at one time. As such, I really love Elvis.
EDIT: Sorry, typo...I meant ELVES! |
"You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose the path that's clear
I will choose freewill." -'Freewill' by Rush |
Edited by - Aglaranna on 18 Jan 2007 23:07:48 |
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What race do you play?
