tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post5800496191234766010..comments2024-02-27T01:17:39.925-08:00Comments on The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms: Half-Races: What Are They Good For?Talysmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-79691018042235295222020-05-14T17:35:07.205-07:002020-05-14T17:35:07.205-07:00Perfect.Perfect.Indembminskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552762247466305755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-65007668885302909812020-05-09T12:19:56.008-07:002020-05-09T12:19:56.008-07:00Yes, this is a common interpretation, what I refer...Yes, this is a common interpretation, what I referred to as "naturalistic". But what a half-race <b>is</b>, really, is just a mid-point between two other races. There's no need to use a naturalistic definition for all half-races, or even any at all, especially if that creates other problems.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-52194819291712501032020-05-09T07:32:24.675-07:002020-05-09T07:32:24.675-07:00I have a biological approach on this, if I can use...I have a biological approach on this, if I can use that word here: half-races are sterile -- like a hinny (horse-donkey crossbreed). It's the default on my campaigns for ages. The mother defines the looks of the offspring, but the father defines the traits.Marcelo Paschoalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869301766211022548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-8318991166006247372020-05-08T09:39:48.866-07:002020-05-08T09:39:48.866-07:00The way I'm thinking for my own setting is sim...The way I'm thinking for my own setting is similar. Half-elves are basically what other settings might call elves, but are fae-touched humans, even if some would deny it. True elves are more obviously inhuman.Talysmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162328521343832412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-41323753821583630172020-05-07T17:40:09.719-07:002020-05-07T17:40:09.719-07:00Besides humans, the "half" PC races are ...Besides humans, the "half" PC races are the only ones I play on a regular basis; however, I only do so in context of 1e stating that half-orcs can pass as human. This concept opens up all kinds of possibilities for both world and character building. I specifically am interested in the spy/agent role Tolkien suggests for half-orcs. The dynamic of a PC secretly working for the benefit of a power that may or may not be allied with the entities the other PCs identify with is something at the table (when done right) that I really enjoy.FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239577512598038009.post-68693842952521656572020-05-07T16:22:27.949-07:002020-05-07T16:22:27.949-07:00A while back I decided I didn't like how '...A while back I decided I didn't like how 'rational' my fantasy setting has become. <br />So now the 'elves' in my setting are actually 'half elves' along the lines you mention for Arthurian characters. The fae element in them expresses itself in various ways and degrees... but the true fae are more like nature spirits. <br />The same goes for most of the 'goblinoid' creatures... orcs, trolls, ogres, bugbears (and halflings). <br /><br />Under the right (wrong?) circumstances a purely human woman might give birth to something with some sort 'goblin' (or 'elf')features. Living close to the haunts of the fae is one element that makes it more likely. Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.com