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GRYPHON
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Posted - 13 Dec 2008 :  13:33:19  Show Profile Send GRYPHON a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Most of the characters in our game are fey'ri. Makes for interesting interactions with most other races.

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Ghost King
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Posted - 13 Dec 2008 :  17:35:30  Show Profile  Visit Ghost King's Homepage Send Ghost King a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Gnomes, because the Forgotten Folk need a hero to keep those tall folks on their toes. (Beware of the trickster for he shall prank you when you least expect it!)

*Chuckles* Well as much as I like playing gnomes, I usually only get to play humans or dwarves with the rare elf. Never really got to play the more powerful races often, but I would have to say I'd pick an aasimar to play due to the fact of semi-angelic nature they carry about themselves. Plus being able to do amazing things with the feats in the Races of Faerun would be interesting to say the least for a character concept.

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Posted - 13 Dec 2008 :  18:33:15  Show Profile  Visit ErskineF's Homepage Send ErskineF a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ghost King

Gnomes, because the Forgotten Folk need a hero to keep those tall folks on their toes. (Beware of the trickster for he shall prank you when you least expect it!)


Yeah, one should never sell them short.

When we played through a campaign that finished up with the City of the Spider Queen, our gnome sorceror, Gnerbert, was the only character to start at first level and make it all the way through to the end.

In the final battle, we had to go up through a hole into the room where the high priestess was waiting for us. She was buffed to the max, and spoiling for a fight. The paladin went up, and was slain instantly. My cleric went through, and I rolled a 3 on a save vs destruction. Bye-bye Andrei Silescu!

I was fit to be tied. After all the months of crap we had been through--assaulting the outpost, trekking through the underdark, dodging giants in the city, assaulting the castle, moving through the tower--to fail now was just unthinkable. And what did we have left to face Her Evilness? A halfling rogue and a gnome sorceror...

The rogue managed to slip in without dying instantly, but she fell soon thereafter. The gnome sorceror popped in, and made his saves against the drow's killing magics. He tried a couple of things against her that didn't work, because of her SR and massive protective spells. Then, in desperation, he cast prismatic spray. He made it past her SR, and rolled for the random effect: Poison, the one thing she wasn't protected from. She failed her save, and bam! With a howl and a shriek she was dead.

And little Gnerbert was the last man gnome standing.

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Ghost King
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Posted - 13 Dec 2008 :  20:17:54  Show Profile  Visit Ghost King's Homepage Send Ghost King a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ErskineF

quote:
Originally posted by Ghost King

Gnomes, because the Forgotten Folk need a hero to keep those tall folks on their toes. (Beware of the trickster for he shall prank you when you least expect it!)


Yeah, one should never sell them short.

When we played through a campaign that finished up with the City of the Spider Queen, our gnome sorceror, Gnerbert, was the only character to start at first level and make it all the way through to the end.

In the final battle, we had to go up through a hole into the room where the high priestess was waiting for us. She was buffed to the max, and spoiling for a fight. The paladin went up, and was slain instantly. My cleric went through, and I rolled a 3 on a save vs destruction. Bye-bye Andrei Silescu!

I was fit to be tied. After all the months of crap we had been through--assaulting the outpost, trekking through the underdark, dodging giants in the city, assaulting the castle, moving through the tower--to fail now was just unthinkable. And what did we have left to face Her Evilness? A halfling rogue and a gnome sorceror...

The rogue managed to slip in without dying instantly, but she fell soon thereafter. The gnome sorceror popped in, and made his saves against the drow's killing magics. He tried a couple of things against her that didn't work, because of her SR and massive protective spells. Then, in desperation, he cast prismatic spray. He made it past her SR, and rolled for the random effect: Poison, the one thing she wasn't protected from. She failed her save, and bam! With a howl and a shriek she was dead.

And little Gnerbert was the last man gnome standing.




*Chuckles* I will have to remember this story to add to the others I keep dedicated to gnomes.

I remember I used to have a gnome warrior that always got rediculed about his stature. With a taunting joke and a few seconds later my gnome would be standing over the very humiliated tall fellow laying on the floor beaten and say, "Hey while you're down there mind cleaning my boots?"
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 :  14:01:30  Show Profile  Visit Rinonalyrna Fathomlin's Homepage Send Rinonalyrna Fathomlin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ErskineF


Yeah, one should never sell them short.




Good one!

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Ionik Knight
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Posted - 15 Dec 2008 :  14:13:06  Show Profile  Visit Ionik Knight's Homepage Send Ionik Knight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm not currently a player in any game world, but very few of the campaigns I've played in allowed anything other than a standard race. I've never been in a P&P campaign that would even allow Drow PC's; much less anything more exotic. The only thing unusual I've played was my first Forgotten Realms pc (who started as a generic campaign pc and was grandfathered in when we set up permanent shop in Faerun); a Half-Valley Elf Bard (first edition). Tarlek Flamehair the Half-Elven is still one of my all time favorites. I miss him sorely.

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Belorin
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Posted - 27 Aug 2009 :  05:21:15  Show Profile  Visit Belorin's Homepage Send Belorin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I mostly DM, but have played mostly humans, a few half-elves, a Moon elf and a minotaur.

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Quale
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Posted - 27 Aug 2009 :  16:00:59  Show Profile Send Quale a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In ten years I remember playing with humans (2-3 times, from Thay, Silverymoon, and one a Scylvendi from nonFR books), a half-elf (Elventree), a pothead wild dwarf, a rock gnome, a dhampyr, a half-daoine sidhe, about five elven characters (this wins but I'm bored with them now), a daelkyr-halfblood, a yuan-ti, a kamerel, a proto-gith, an adu'ja (plant), an axiomite (currently, from Golarion's Beyond).
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Moonlight
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Posted - 28 Aug 2009 :  10:44:28  Show Profile  Visit Moonlight's Homepage Send Moonlight a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Chaotic good Half-Elf from Aglarond for me :)

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Bladewind
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I have always wanted to play a githyanki, raiding the astral plane on a red dragon mount while controlling expert martial, psionic and arcane skills.

In the realms I have played dwarves, halfelves, elves and humans. I gravitade to elves because of their awesome history and traditions in Fearun (heroic elegant archetypes). Dwarves because they make great no-nonsence axefighters and when I like to play up a rigid Clan mentality (fearless lawful types). I play humans when I want to emphasize a rebellious lad who breaks free of a strong clan-like mentality (brave chaotic types).

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Apex
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Posted - 28 Aug 2009 :  20:44:34  Show Profile  Visit Apex's Homepage Send Apex a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I typically play humans since they do not have level limits and can dual class (with high enough scores of course).
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 28 Aug 2009 :  21:06:30  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Apex

I typically play humans since they do not have level limits and can dual class (with high enough scores of course).



And with that statement, we now know what edition you play.

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The Sage
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Posted - 29 Aug 2009 :  00:17:04  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bladewind

I have always wanted to play a githyanki, raiding the astral plane on a red dragon mount while controlling expert martial, psionic and arcane skills.
The older PLANESCAPE supplements offer some intriguing alternatives for playing the gith races.

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Iluvrien
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Posted - 29 Aug 2009 :  12:03:57  Show Profile  Visit Iluvrien's Homepage Send Iluvrien a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I tend to choose Elves because of the historical and cultural aspects, although these days the only games around (my area) are 4E and so I have tried out a couple of the "reimagined" races (Dragonborn, Deva) to test my own prejuduce against them... although those were in core games.

About to start in on the LFR with a Moon Elf, I think.
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Ardashir
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Posted - 29 Aug 2009 :  20:32:14  Show Profile  Visit Ardashir's Homepage Send Ardashir a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I prefer Lupins (when I'm allowed to use them); when not, it's either a human or a dwarf.
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Stout Heart
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Posted - 30 Aug 2009 :  01:13:12  Show Profile  Visit Stout Heart's Homepage Send Stout Heart a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I just honest to Moradin hate humans with every fiber of my being. or at least 85% I think they are just about the worst excuse for a sentient goodly race in all of faerun. There small minded, selfish, petty, untrustworthy, shortsighted, pig headed, arrogant, fool hardy, Barbarians and the breed like orcs. Self styled masters of the universe.
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 30 Aug 2009 :  04:14:14  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
So why don't you tell us how you really feel?

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Joran Nobleheart
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Posted - 30 Aug 2009 :  04:16:36  Show Profile  Visit Joran Nobleheart's Homepage Send Joran Nobleheart a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
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So why don't you tell us how you really feel?


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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 31 Dec 2010 :  08:34:52  Show Profile Send Alystra Illianniis a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hmm, I've probably answered this elsewhere, but my fave to play? Anything elven, though I'm rather partial to drow especially. I also love all half-elves, and I'm starting to really like my gnomish evoker/alchemist. (He likes to blow things up!!) I've played a few humans, and I have a pair of half-dragons I LOVE to play (always together- they're twins and WILL NOT ever really separate).

Not really fond of dwarves (too serious and stoic), or halflings (I'm short enough IRL, WHY would I play something that much smaller than I already AM?!) I do like lycanthropes and catfolk, though!

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BARDOBARBAROS
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Posted - 17 Jan 2011 :  21:29:03  Show Profile  Visit BARDOBARBAROS's Homepage Send BARDOBARBAROS a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Human

BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!


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Chosen of Asmodeus
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Posted - 17 Jan 2011 :  21:42:35  Show Profile  Visit Chosen of Asmodeus's Homepage Send Chosen of Asmodeus a Private Message  Reply with Quote
This was a tough call for me. Was really a toss up between half-orcs and teiflings, 4e variants in both cases. I like them both because of racial discrimination they face, the look and feel of both races, and I like playing them against expectations without going straight for the opposite end of the spectrum into full on marysue territory. In the end I went with half-orcs because at the end of the day I prefer more physical characters.

I'm also partial to several of the 4e races; I like dragonborn, goliaths, and shifters.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 17 Jan 2011 :  22:28:58  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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I'm also partial to several of the 4e races; I like dragonborn, goliaths, and shifters.



Goliaths and shifters were both in 3E. Goliaths were in one of the Races of books (Races of Stone, prolly), and shifters were intro'ed in the Eber-whatsit setting.

There was a race called dragonborn in 3E, but they aren't related to the 4E ones. I've never done a side-by-side comparison to see if it's a reimagining or just another recycled name. The 3E dragonborn were intro'ed in Races of the Dragon.

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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 17 Jan 2011 :  22:33:25  Show Profile Send Alystra Illianniis a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yup. And STILL not as good as my trusty old 2nd ed half-dragons!!

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Wooly Rupert
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quote:
Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis

Yup. And STILL not as good as my trusty old 2nd ed half-dragons!!



True. 2E half-dragons were cool, though there were some nice features about the 3E ones, as well. I think the ideal half-dragon would blend both versions.

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Alystra Illianniis
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True dat.

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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

quote:
Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus


I'm also partial to several of the 4e races; I like dragonborn, goliaths, and shifters.



Goliaths and shifters were both in 3E. Goliaths were in one of the Races of books (Races of Stone, prolly), and shifters were intro'ed in the Eber-whatsit setting.
Goliaths were a new race introduced into the D&D core rules in Races of Stone. There's a brief overview about them here on the WotC site. Champions of Valor also offers several locations around the Realms [referenced on pg. 17] for inserting goliaths into an FR campaign. The section also provides suggestions for how goliaths came to be, in the Realms.

As far as actual "canon" information on goliaths in the Realms, the Expedition to Undermountain adventure also mentions a settlement in the depths of Undermountain:- the Murkstones, which has a small population of goliaths, along with some other Underdark races.

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Chosen of Asmodeus
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Hrm. I had known about shifters and dragonborn being in 3e but didn't know about goliaths. Thanks for the info.

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The vast majority if my characters are human. I think I just like the diversity and, at least in part, the way other races react to them. I love drama. I have a fey'ri, an elf, a half-elf, and a drow. I just adore my drow. She's such a cute little hypocrite.

Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D

He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.

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Most of them are, lol!

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Whoa! Surely mine eyes deceive me... Brynweir has returned.

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