tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post1850721600518065572..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Demihumans of the Antedilluvian AgeTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-63741333096574348082016-09-18T13:25:32.313-04:002016-09-18T13:25:32.313-04:00To each his own, of course. The idea of nonhumanoi...To each his own, of course. The idea of nonhumanoid races as PC types is pretty much a gamey one. I don't believe there to be any nonhuman "peoples" (in the Tolkien or rpg sense) in the Bible (unless one counts giants as nonhuman--but there're just giants, which are pretty generic). Taking a mythological creature and turning it into a PC race is the primary generifying process, in my opinion. Look what it did you the three your complaining about? By leaving it to elves, dwarves, etc. I keeping the damage from spreading. Likewise, I'm interested in seeing what mileage you can get out of a familiar concept just by putting it in a new context, hence I started by referencing Tolkien.<br /><br />Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-32964698718980826182016-09-18T12:34:53.392-04:002016-09-18T12:34:53.392-04:00Your translations are interesting: Nephilim = Elve...Your translations are interesting: Nephilim = Elves, Cainites = Dwarves, Lillith(ians?) = Goblinoids. However, the end result is a fantasy setting with Humans, Elves, Dwarves, & Goblinoids. To me personally this feels rather generic, even if they are renamed and given different cultures. Perhaps a more interesting approach would be to use various biblical descriptions of non-human peoples as the inspiration for a unique group of fantasy races instead of simply mapping them to existing D&D races. It would be notably more effort to do this, but I believe you would have a more interesting setting if you did it instead.Spiralboundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058997643317547694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-11528796014706161252016-09-18T10:42:42.269-04:002016-09-18T10:42:42.269-04:00Interesting! Thanks, Geoffrey.Interesting! Thanks, Geoffrey.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-18504327260332967012016-09-18T10:17:20.178-04:002016-09-18T10:17:20.178-04:00Noah's Flood is canon not only for the Bible b...Noah's Flood is canon not only for the Bible but for AD&D as well. From the Monster Manual's entry for the sahuagin:<br /><br />"The exact origin of the sahuagin is unknown. It is suggested that they were created from a nation of particularly evil humans by the most powerful of lawful evil gods in order to preserve them when the deluge came upon the earth."Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.com