It's just hilarious to me that a half orc or human could look at a goblin, elf and a gnome sitting next to each other and go "yeah, that's normal." but replace one with a Vanara and they go "GET OUT, GET OUT! WHAT WHAT ARE YOU?!" It just makes everyone seem really stupid. Like why is a monkey person weirder than literally everything else you see every moment of your life?
I just don't get it. As long as the character fits what you want stat wise it shouldn't matter what race it is or anything. If it's what you want then just play it. If it's Kitsune or Nagaji then NPC's might look at you weird but it shouldn't really effect the game in any meaningful way. I don't see why that would be an issue. Why would it matter if NPC's look at your strangely? And also that's assuming everyone in the world you've created is incredibly racist. These NPC's live in worlds inhabited by dragons, everyone knows about goblins and how creepy they look, a place where people can shoot fire out of there hands. I think seeing a foxman or a guy who kind of looks like a lizard wouldn't really shake up anyones day. I'm just saying if I live in a world like this and a damn Drider walked into my shop asking if I sold potions of enlarge person I probably would just think "huh guess those exist too..." then show them my supply.
Races: Any uncommon race. So many DM's just shoot down the idea of playing as one of them. I know they're supposed to be rare but it almost seems like they're insulted at the idea of being something other than the core races. I just think it's so close minded. Evil Character: I love playing evil campaigns. It just opens up a lot more possibilities you don't get to do as often. But again, DM's just act like it's idiotic to do it. |
