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The main thing the Clan of the Cat does that Catfolk don't is variety. The ARG Catfolk are generic; you don't get to change your stats for a different breed of cat.
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I keep thinking "Clan of the Honey Badger" and laughing to myself.
I am super interested in these, but unfortunately I don't have extra money at the moment. Sounds like you're getting good feedback and attention on them though, so congrats and keep it up!
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Any chance we might get a book of dinosaur folk?
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I keep thinking "Clan of the Honey Badger" and laughing to myself.
If I ever get a chance to play a Barbarian ...
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I still call dibs on kobolds-as-humanoids-evolved-from-velociraptors!
Any chance we might get a book of dinosaur folk?Just one book? That would be rather limiting, don't you think? ;)
At the moment, though, I'm not going to say anything concrete about dinosaurs. My attention this month is focused on modern animals. Specifically: pigs (a.k.a orcs and half-orcs).
I did not see that coming ... actually not sure how I feel about it.
I still call dibs on kobolds-as-humanoids-evolved-from-velociraptors!I finished working on kobolds just the other day. Based on your speculation about them, I suspect kobolds are going to surprise you in more than one way. ;)
Just don't tell me that your kobolds are evolved turkeys...
I'd think kobolds would be more like de-evolved things.
You could do Kobolds as a Dog Clan, with the Dog Clan heritage feat. But it seems these days only Japan remembers that Kobolds were dogs and not reptiles pre-3.x (and in myths) ...
Yes, I'm old(ish) and crotchety. :p
And I'm not entirely sure what WoW Kobolds are meant to be. Rats or something.
WoW Kobolds are rats, they look that way and I think that they are described that way in rpg.
I never seen anything showing mythical, pre-D&D kobolds to be dog-like.
Kobolds were described as "dog-like" goblinoids in 1e and 2e at least. I could swear I read somewhere that some of the German myths also called them dog or wolf like, but now I can't find anything.
Well at any rate, whenever they show up in JRPGs they're dogs! :D
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I like my reptilian, dragon-descended kobolds waaaaay too much to reskin them as doggy things.
I am not averse to having a doglike race around though, hence why I adapted the Lupin from Dragon Compendium for my homebrew setting.
I am not averse to having a doglike race around though, hence why I adapted the Lupin from Dragon Compendium for my homebrew setting.Don't forget Animal Races: Clan of the Dog. You can always mine that for additional mechanics and fluff.
It's on the to-do list along with the rest of the series, when finances permit =)
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Do you plan on doing any aquatics? Delphites aka dolphins? I figure smart dolphins would have to have some kind of psychokinesis or other psionics or SLAs to make up for not having hands. OR they have "the power" like Niven's Thrint: they dominate other life forms and compel them to serve as manual labor as needed. Kind of a cross between a b*h*lder and an ill*th*d. (Scary thought)
Or, they could just be anthropomorphic and have full hands, like the rest of them.
A question I freely understand if you don't want to answer it ... are there going to be any insect clans? I'm working on an all Animal Races world, but I didn't want the anthropomorphic races alongside their feral counterparts, so I was thinking that the various forms of giant insects would be a good replacement. Giant beetle pulling a plowshare? Why not? And giant ants would be incredible pack animals ...
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Thanks for answering, that'll make my GMing life that much easier.
A friend of mine wanted me to ask, are any bird clans in the works?
On an unrelated note, I do like the little references you make in the supplements ... like the raccoon gunslinger archetype, and the mutant turtle bit. Highly appealing to my sense of humor.
That's what I get for overlooking those genealogy charts. Thanks!
Got the Bat Clan book. As usual stunning stuff, but I have two questions.
1. I'm not sure I understand the Nosferatu-clan Oracle-class interaction. Am I reading it correctly that, if you take Bat Clan Heritage as your level 1 feat, that your Oracle's Curse becomes (or can become) Curse of the Vampire, overriding/replacing the usual curse options?
2. Are the Heraldry feats race-restricted, or can anybody of any animal race take any heraldry trait?
Thank you very much!
I believe my campaign will be needing some rabbit folk in the near future, is there a Clan of the Hare in the planning stages?
I believe my campaign will be needing some rabbit folk in the near future, is there a Clan of the Hare in the planning stages?Clan of the Rabbit is in the works, but the next two releases will be Clan of the Bear and Clan of the Deer.
I can't wait. I'll finally feel like I have enough racial options for running a game world. :)
Another in the 'question I totally get if you don't want to answer it because I should wait for the supplement' kind of way ... are Bears going to have a STR bonus for their basic racial attribute? There aren't a lot of STR options in the six supplements so far (that I can recall), and I'm hoping this will have one.
And ... are you filing Pandas under Bear? :)
Another in the 'question I totally get if you don't want to answer it because I should wait for the supplement' kind of way ... are Bears going to have a STR bonus for their basic racial attribute? There aren't a lot of STR options in the six supplements so far (that I can recall), and I'm hoping this will have one.
And ... are you filing Pandas under Bear? :)
Oh yeah, been wondering this too. I'd like to play a strong bear :)
Clan of the Rabbit is in the works, but the next two releases will be Clan of the Bear and Clan of the Deer.I'll keep on the lookout for Clan of the Rabbit! Clan of the Deer sounds intriguing as well.
Have I mentioned yet, Mr. Morton, that you are awesome?
Regarding your second question, a certain character voiced by Jack Black is one of my favorite animated bears.Sorry this is off-topic but that character has always irritated me, with those moles above his mouth. Real pandas don't have them, why does he?
A quick scan of Giant Panda images shows that they do tend to have some kind of darker spots under their noses. Perhaps the Dreamworks guys altered it so it didn't look like a mustache, which would make Po look older?
Will there be cave bears with special smutty abilities?
:)
A quick scan of Giant Panda images shows that they do tend to have some kind of darker spots under their noses. Perhaps the Dreamworks guys altered it so it didn't look like a mustache, which would make Po look older?
Well cut my calories and call me skinny, I just looked and they did have the darkish spots. You have to zoom in though to see them. I think it's the fur becoming sparse showing the black skin underneath. Anyway, I've derailed enough.
Been loving the Animal Races series so far :) !
Regarding your first question, larger creatures tend to be stronger. Not all members of the Bear Clans are Medium, but none of them are Small.
I also wanted to address this. This hints that one of the bear varieties is large size. I remember reading about a DM who didn't allow players to play large-sized characters because it was too difficult to keep track of what they were doing, along with other things like too long a reach. Is this true, that large-size characters are hard on the DM? I'd hate to have the STR-focused bear be unplayed because of that :(
They CAN be problematic to some degree due to how much battlefield control they can do, with a 10' space and a 10' natural reach, especially if the GM is a fan of cramped dungeons. That can also be a problem for PCs, if the room is so small that the large PC takes up half of it. On the not-so-mechanical side, they may have issues going through normal doors, using typical furniture, etc.
Increased STR + Increased Reach + Increased Weapon Size = Battlefield Brutality. Add in feats like Stand Still where your AoOs get more benefits ... yeah. Lockdown fighter.
I don't think these things are necessarily troublesome enough to outright ban said Large PCs, but I can see where they could in certain types of games. A compromise might be to give the bears the Powerful Build ability, but keep them Medium otherwise.
I never doubted you. :)
I'm sorry I doubted you. You obviously know what you're doing. Now, if only I can find a DM who'll let me play these races...