This thread was completely inspired by Petty Alchemy's 101 interracial Quirks, thread!
What PC racial quirks do you use in your game?
Example from mine- The best way to keep a male Dwarf in line, is to threaten to tell his mother of his bad behavior! There are few greater shames for a male Dwarf, than a disappointed mother. Also, tradition holds, that Dwarf mothers, are allowed to swat their sons, no matter their son's age, for shaming the family!
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This is not a serious part of my world lore, but jokes continue to be made throughout my RPG group that all dwarves coat themselves in butter at all times as a cultural tradition.
More seriously, and actually pretty official, Half-Orcs and Orcs are culturally pretty seriously into scars, tattoos, piercings, and other forms of body modification. So that's a thing.
I often have many of my elves treat humans like they are children. Talk slow, pat on the head, positive and negative reinforcement. This could be due to the fact that humans live such short lives in comparison...or elves just being pricks.
Mountain dwarves tell time by the forge bellows that are constantly active day and night. The cadence of he forge is as constant as the tick of a clock and one would know if it's day or night by what forges are active and what ones are not.
Even if they aren't bards, songs and dances are incredibly important to Halflings as a way of preserving culture in the face of enslavement.
I don't know if it is a quirck but my players are ALWAYS racist against Gnomes. No one has ever played a gnome (nor will they even consider it) and anytime a gnome NPC is met the party is like: "Oh, for f* sake who needs this douche around?" IN FRONT OF THE GNOME!
So... in our world gnomes are rarely mentioned except for scorn and viewed as an obstacle that is usually not worth overcoming.
Oddly this doesn't translate to Svirfneblin who my party are always sad to kill... wtf?
I don't know if it is a quirck but my players are ALWAYS racist against Gnomes. No one has ever played a gnome (nor will they even consider it) and anytime a gnome NPC is met the party is like: "Oh, for f* sake who needs this douche around?" IN FRONT OF THE GNOME!
So... in our world gnomes are rarely mentioned except for scorn and viewed as an obstacle that is usually not worth overcoming.
Oddly this doesn't translate to Svirfneblin who my party are always sad to kill... wtf?
I know I hate gnomes because they lend themselves too well to the illusionist trickster type that loves "hilarious" pranks with their magic. It's annoying and gets old really quick. The gnomes' racial traits encourage it.
I had a GM who loved this and made his world filled with gnomes. Anytime our party went offtrack or disrespected an NPC, they would be lvl 20 illusionists who would scare us into acting "correctly." So I admit my hatred may just be a personal thing.
The GM from the D&D cartoon was also a Gnome and he was a Jackass.
He was SUCH a Jackass! Maybe that's where Gnome hate comes from (even though none of my players have seen that)...
He was SUCH a Jackass! Maybe that's where Gnome hate comes from (even though none of my players have seen that)...
Maybe not from you but there are plenty of horror stories around. Gamers gossip more than old wives.
I don't know if it is a quirck but my players are ALWAYS racist against Gnomes. No one has ever played a gnome (nor will they even consider it) and anytime a gnome NPC is met the party is like: "Oh, for f* sake who needs this douche around?" IN FRONT OF THE GNOME!
So... in our world gnomes are rarely mentioned except for scorn and viewed as an obstacle that is usually not worth overcoming.
Oddly this doesn't translate to Svirfneblin who my party are always sad to kill... wtf?
Svirfneblin have sad eyes, just like to dig and hump earth elementals, they are much more sympathetic then your average Gnomes who my party loves, to each their own :-)
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In the setting I'm working on, goblins do not have a word in their language for "victory," "triumph," or even "win." The closest they get is "not-lose."
Common goblin names include Wuxx, Luseir, Stppd, Dummox, Galut, Whiik, Adequate, Idjut, Nuub, Fuul, and Turd Ferguson. (Don't ask.)
Despite the fact that pretty much everything goes against goblins from the word go, they are surprisingly cheerful.
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Gnomes are known for sneaking into homes, and redecorating, top to bottom.
In our setting, Dwarven beer is always in high demand, often costing double the price, of other beer.
In most large cities, there is a thriving black market selling the following, for outrageous prices:
Elven Absinth(GameMastery Guide P.237).
A thick, purple, highly intoxicating liquor, made by the Drow.
Special mushrooms, only grown in secret Kitsune gardens, that induce euphoric mayhem.
In games I DM, gnomes get deleted! If someone plays one I just refer to them as "that weird halfling" and never acknowledge it further.
In our setting, Elves tend to be unapologetic nudists.
They wear clothes when it's practical, or decorative- but otherwise, they see no point in being clothed.
Another in-game tidbit I remembered- Goblins rarely know how to speak "common". What they do learn, is anything that is supposed to be an insult. Therefor, you will have a goblin call a celibate Paladin a "slut".