Beyond that, if this kind of setting bores you, I don't see what I can do about that. Your taste are your tastes, and I have neither the power nor the desire to change them.
Furthermore, how good or bad Tekumel is ( I have no opinion, having never read or looked at it) has nothing to do with what I'm doing here.
In a previous incarnation of this setting, I did make it Humans only, I found THAT to be boring. And for what it's worth, I think constructs and Minotaurs are really cool- period. That is an unassailable matter of taste. Perhaps it is poor taste, or juvenile but, honestly, I'm perfectly happy to like what I like.
As a point of information, In my work life I'm very much involved in the study of evolution, human evolution in particular. Therefore, it is probably not much of a surprise that I'm interested in extinction, which is a problem the humans of this setting face. It doesn't really work for me without the other races.
Again, thank you for  taking the time to read the thread and for your input; please accept my apology for accidentally wasting your time. I assure you, such was not my intent.

Tekumel's a really serious exercise in exploratory anthropology. This isn't. The comparison is bizarre.

Quote from: AosAs for your other concerns, please see the bolded note at the top of post 1

I just wanted to help to made it into awesome...

Anyway, cuting the races and having everything be highly costomizable "human" would fit this setting better IMO and i could produce all of mentioned races without much trouble and prosduce many more variants... variety is made fo win...

Quote from: Fritzs;233954I just wanted to help to made it into awesome...

Anyway, cuting the races and having everything be highly costomizable "human" would fit this setting better IMO and i could produce all of mentioned races without much trouble and prosduce many more variants... variety is made fo win...

Hey, that's cool, really. I think we have a bit of a language issue, going too. So I'm sorry if i misuderstood your perspective.  I guess I was put off by your first line- about being bored. What I got from that was that the setting bored you and was , in your opinion unoriginal and unsalvagable . It seemed futile to try to please someone who feels that way. and if you look at the last entry in the races post (it may well have been edited in after the last time you looked at it) I actually address the issue of customization. I will touch upon it again though in my next edit, because I think you may have a point.
Thanks.

I have made edits to the first two posts, addressing some of the concerns expressed by Fritzs.

Cool stuff Aos, if I hadn't put hours of work into by 4e setting, I'd so be ripping this off, even then I'm sorely tempted. Anyway enjoying the read.

Thanks. I'm going to post some stuff about setting assumptions and geography a bit later. Sorry everyone about the disorganized way this is put together, it's a mirror of my life.

I'm a little busy today, and I need to recharge (I'm going to read People of the Black Cirlce).
In the meantime, here is a sort of "Previously on the Metal Earth..." page I did at one point during the True20 game earlier this year-


Originally, there was a nipple visible in panel one, but I cropped it in the interest of not being banned- although, it was hardly pornographic. I still suck but, I'm a slightly better cartoonist than this now, and I'm working on some more drawings for this thread. Sadly, I don't have a scanner so I'm using the Digital Camera for these shots.

this is the most metal thing i have seen in ages. i'm seriously tempted to swipe it, file off the sci-fi bits, and use it for my 4e game. thank you!

p.s. don't change the map. the map is wicked hardcore.

I love what I've seen so far, Aos. Keep it up!

Wow. Thanks everyone.
I'm working on a huge update right now, complete with additional text on the races, racial stat stuff for True20 and Savage Worlds. It will also include a small Beastary (stat free at first) notes on geography and weather.  It may take a few days, but since people are actually reading this crap I want to take the extra time to make it worth your time.
Thanks
Aos.

oh yeah- here's another shit drawing-

Just make sure you post more cartoons, if you have them. The first one was great!

Edit: THAT'S what I'm talking about! Gun toting minotaur riding a dinosaur!

See above-

I'm going to concentrate on critters and such for a while, the Metal Earth has a lot of Critters.



Apes and monkeys:

Man has split into several different subspecies over the millennia; other primates have proved no less adaptable.

Cave apes-
Semi-sentient and brutal, Cave Apes have developed hunting techniques and technologies such as fire control, clothing, and simple tool manufacture to such a degree that they have spread into every type of ecosystem- except for perhaps extremely arid deserts. Cave apes are omnivorous, but they will take as much meat, of virtually any type, as they can get. The only thing they crave more than meat is sex.  If it moves they will fuck it. Aside from each other (for the most part) they tend to eat everything they fuck.  In appearance Cave Apes look like giant mangy chimpanzees. Sexual dimorphism is minimal, and only a trained observer can tell the difference between a male and female, unless, of course they get to close- in which case the difference will be made horrifically apparent.
Snow apes live in small bands of 10-20. Hunting groups are somewhat smaller, though, usually comprised of 3-5 individuals of either or both sexes.
For reasons unknown, Cave Apes harbor an unquenchable hatred for Snow Apes and will attack them on sight, no matter what.

Snow Apes-
Like Cave apes, Snow Apes are large, often reaching 3.5 meters or more in height. The resemblance ends there, however. Snow apes are graceful creatures despite their bulk. Shaggy, but nearly always well-groomed white fur covers them from head to toe. Their cultures are usually refined and complex and they are masters of technology and science. Other than this little is known of them for sure, although there are rumors that they are in League with the Changers, no one know for certain.
What is known is that they view all other sentient races as inferior suitable only for food and servitude; subsequently, they are perhaps the most valued customers for the Slavers of Gear.
Snow apes are not numerous, but they do have a large population at their city of UX, a formidable brooding conglomeration of white granite and steel located at the Southeastern Tip of The Dragon's Foot peninsula.
For the last fifty years the Snow apes of Ux have been in a near perpetual state of war with the Mur. Neither group has ever gained the upper hand over the other. Both groups wish to control Ruingulf. As it is, each hinders the other from gaining a larger sphere of influence.

War Apes:
War apes are even larger than their kin, often reaching up to 4 meters in height.  War Ape fur is blue or red and they often, but not always, have horns.  War Ape cultures are more heterogeneous than those of their cousins, although they do as a rule keep to the jungles of the south, and tend to live in clan oriented tribal groups. True to their name War apes like to fight, and they are very good at it. They can often be found outside their homelands, either alone or in small groups working as mercenaries and/or bodyguards (should they be a PC option?). In their jungle fastness, War apes are as a rule extremely territorial, but, despite their name and fearsome appearance they are not universally hostile to outsider- sometimes they are even friendly, and they will often, if given the opportunity, engage in trade.