Quote from: Silverlion;383930That's odd for fantasy--where gods (via clerics, priests, etc.) Play a part. Tolkien's world is filled with such concepts of a mythic nature--in fact that's kind of a part of the idea of "myth" in entirety is to have stories of the beginning and the gods.

I don't much like it in Tolkien, either.  I'm not a huge LotR fan.  I lean more toward pulp.

Quote from: Hairfoot;384562I don't much like it in Tolkien, either.  I'm not a huge LotR fan.  I lean more toward pulp.

Well then why do you care about Tolkien-esque races? You should totally like my setting Airumel. PC Races: Men. Not PC Races:

Toad-Demons:
      Not to be confused with the sorcerously created Toadmen. Giant Toads
with probable Demonic heritage but definitely pre-Cambrian (equivalent) heritage.


  Squid-demons:
Who are just ancient squid like race trying to bring the world to ruin so they may rule the entirety of Airumel (flooded) again.

Insect People:
 (Ha, you thought it would be demons again.)
 Just bug-people. Who's queen is lethal and intelligent, her drones are not. Only the Keepers are harmless sages of ancient knowledge--since they live until killed. Tending their queens. Who've all been destroyed, allegedly.

    Vulture People:
Cursed Descendants of a former great empire.

Mostly the game is about human's though. Just humans. Everything else is fringes of ages before--for Airumel is old, and yet young...