Elves: They’ll be there, but I’m not sure quite how yet. Maybe some wood-elves with a Hobbit vibe to them. They will probably be rare, and in isolated places, at least within the Land of Azurth.
Dwarves: There probably will be something pretty much like the D&D standard dwarf, but these guys will be rare. The more common dwarf type will be something like the Kologor dwarves of Hollow World, i.e. the beer-drinking, ninepin-playing variety. There may also be something like the Dark Sun dwarf in the arid parts of Sang.
Halflings: Halfings will be in abundance, though they may not be distinguished from other “little people” races as much as in standard D&D. I suspect they may well have a chance of unusual traits like on the Dwarf Land trait tables.
Gnomes: Gnomes will just be another variety of little folk, distinguished only by their aptitude as tinkerers. There will be a number of them clustered around Viola, the Clockwork Princess of Yanth.
Tieflings: These will be the majority of the population in Daemonland beyond the borders of Azurth. They’ll show up elsewhere, but rarely. In appearance, they’ll typically be more DiTerlizzi than the 5e illustations.
Dragonborn: Though they may be a bit different, they’ll be found in Sang, but probably not elsewhere.
Will any race you created be included?
ReplyDeleteMaybe. I haven't figured it all out yet. Bufokin (an adaptation of Evan Elkins' froglings will also be included.
ReplyDeleteAny tiefling that takes after 2e instead of 4e is all right by me.
ReplyDeleteWhere does "bufo" come from? The frog people in Hellfrost were called bufomi but I can't place the etymology of it.
@Jack - It's the Latin word for "toad" and a genus of toads in modern scientific nomenclature.
ReplyDeleteAh, I got all hung up on "batrachian" for some reason!
ReplyDeleteI made a grippli named Bufo once.
ReplyDelete@Jack - That's Greek, but it always makes me think of Lovecraft.
ReplyDelete@blizrack - I hope his name was Bufo Grippli, 'cause that has a good ring to it.
There are few things I love more than an afternoon of beer and ninepins! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, watch out though about who you bowl with, or you could end up taking a long nap, like old Rip van Winkle there in the drawing.
ReplyDeleteI like that elf illustration.
ReplyDeleteI could never really get in to tieflings or aasimar as common races (those presented as PC races). Dragonborn just reek of fan service to me. But to each his own and I hope you all have an awesome time with your dragonborns.
I've never used tieflings or dragonborn in a game. I figure it was worth giving them a try, what with new edition and all. Demihumans in general, if we take Gygax's account, are sort of fan service, so it's a line crossed long ago.
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