Fantasy Character Races that you like or loath.

RPGPundit · July 29, 2018, 04:47:21 AM

In my DCC campaign, Dark Elves look all over-the-top with black armor and badass swords and heavy-metal names like Drakon Nightmare or Talon Nightshade, and are all sinister-like... and all speak in high-pitched squeaky voices.

Warboss Squee · July 29, 2018, 06:34:03 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1050742In my DCC campaign, Dark Elves look all over-the-top with black armor and badass swords and heavy-metal names like Drakon Nightmare or Talon Nightshade, and are all sinister-like... and all speak in high-pitched squeaky voices.

Sound like Warhammer Dark Elves. Minus the squeaky voices, but the image in my head is making me laugh.

This badass imposing elf saunters towards you looking metal as fuck, and he sounds like the old priest from The Princess Bride.

AsenRG · July 29, 2018, 01:04:45 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1050742In my DCC campaign, Dark Elves look all over-the-top with black armor and badass swords and heavy-metal names like Drakon Nightmare or Talon Nightshade, and are all sinister-like... and all speak in high-pitched squeaky voices.

Were you inspired by LARPers:D? Because that's the first thing I thought of upon hearing this description!

RPGPundit · August 01, 2018, 01:03:53 PM

Quote from: AsenRG;1050766Were you inspired by LARPers:D? Because that's the first thing I thought of upon hearing this description!

Hah! Not really. It was more as an attempted sort of revenge against the drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass. They look that way in the Last Sun, until they open their mouths, and then no one can take them seriously, and they get all upset about that.

BoxCrayonTales · August 02, 2018, 08:18:17 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1051118Hah! Not really. It was more as an attempted sort of revenge against the drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass. They look that way in the Last Sun, until they open their mouths, and then no one can take them seriously, and they get all upset about that.

EverQuest (and many other MMORPGs) seemed to have success with dark elves that were recognizably evil but still allowed adventurers as a career path. Of course, MMORPGs are generally unburdened by a classical alignment mechanic.

AsenRG · August 02, 2018, 03:18:15 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1051118Hah! Not really. It was more as an attempted sort of revenge against the drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass. They look that way in the Last Sun, until they open their mouths, and then no one can take them seriously, and they get all upset about that.

So, it was still aimed at LARPers, just not only them;)! But "drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass" describes quite a few people I'd met when I was trying that kind of activity.

Warboss Squee · August 02, 2018, 04:56:45 PM

Quote from: AsenRG;1051205So, it was still aimed at LARPers, just not only them;)! But "drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass" describes quite a few people I'd met when I was trying that kind of activity.

Considering the number of Drow fanboys I've dealt with over the years, I'm totally ok with this. It got to the point I'd rather home brew a horse race for a Brony.

That said, I played in a Fading Suns pbp with a Brony that was unsurprisingly, playing one of the horse aliens. Far less aggravating.

Xuc Xac · August 02, 2018, 08:02:47 PM

Quote from: AsenRG;1051205So, it was still aimed at LARPers, just not only them;)! But "drow-fans that love the idea of drow being all dark, sinister, and badass" describes quite a few people I'd met when I was trying that kind of activity.

What other kind of drow fan is there? People who just really like clothes with spider web patterns printed on them?

AsenRG · August 03, 2018, 08:36:11 AM

Quote from: Xuc xac;1051238What other kind of drow fan is there? People who just really like clothes with spider web patterns printed on them?

Amusingly enough, there are such people, drows exist in fantasy after all:p!
But I meant mostly tabletp fans of the drow;).

Also, why am I getting the "Non-English characters are not accepted" message?

Christopher Brady · August 04, 2018, 03:22:57 AM

Quote from: AsenRG;1051312Amusingly enough, there are such people, drows exist in fantasy after all:p!
But I meant mostly tabletp fans of the drow;).

Also, why am I getting the "Non-English characters are not accepted" message?

Because Xuc uses ascii character and someone turned that function off for the board.

rawma · August 04, 2018, 01:19:45 PM

Quote from: AsenRG;1051312Also, why am I getting the "Non-English characters are not accepted" message?

I got that message persistently in one post because I put a semicolon immediately after D&D. It still gives that error message but with a little extra information that I don't recall from the first time I encountered this; &D followed by semicolon at the end of the error message. I managed to get the following into my post by putting an extra SIZE tag around the semicolon.

Non-English characters are not accepted: &D;

RPGPundit · August 06, 2018, 03:15:10 AM

Hmm, what's worse: Drow fans or Bronies? Tough call.

AsenRG · August 06, 2018, 10:12:38 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1051764Hmm, what's worse: Drow fans or Bronies? Tough call.

Bronies, of course:D!

RPGPundit · August 09, 2018, 05:51:16 AM

Quote from: AsenRG;1051803Bronies, of course:D!

Yeah, I reluctantly agree.

3rik · August 11, 2018, 07:12:26 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1050742In my DCC campaign, Dark Elves look all over-the-top with black armor and badass swords and heavy-metal names like Drakon Nightmare or Talon Nightshade, and are all sinister-like... and all speak in high-pitched squeaky voices.

I'd expand this approach to include vanilla Tolkien elves and high elves or whatever they're called as well.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1051764Hmm, what's worse: Drow fans or Bronies? Tough call.

It's all the same to me. But I think squeaky voices on My Little Ponies aren't as controversial, so how would you take the piss out of Bronies in an RPG...? I suppose giving My Lilttle Ponies metal grunt voices might work.