Racism at its finest (story spoilers)
StrayedMonkey
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What race is your favorite for CHARNAME as YOU play in MOST games.
- Racism at its finest339 votes
- Human46.02%
- Dwarf5.31%
- Elf23.30%
- Half-Elf11.21%
- Hafling1.77%
- Gnome2.06%
- Half-Orc3.54%
- results...6.78%
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I also really hate elves in pretty much every setting and being Dwarven gives me a chance to express my fantastical racism to it's fullest.
I like to play FMT or FM a lot, and Dual class is just too much dang fun!
Therefore, I frequently find myself playing a human.
how come there is half-elves and half-orcs but no half-halfings, half-dwarves, half-gnomes or half-humans
seems a little unfair that basically only half of the races can have half counterparts. You really should be able to pick both halves of your race, such as Half-Halfing Half Gnome Illusionist Thief
Obviously, rules couldn't be included for every hybrid species that might be possible. But in PnP you could always work out something exotic with the DM.
I seem to recall that the original version of BG alowed you to rename your race to anything you liked. That feature seems to have been lost in EE.
Half Dwarves are a PC race in the Dark Sun setting.
Never an elf.
Of course, I always pick pure (proud) human.
That being said, I don't discriminate. Play whatever race feels interesting.
All Bhaalspawn share a common father. Bhaal assumed various racial forms and mated liberally.
I'd never given much thought to it before now, but perhaps one reason that I find myself often playing human or half-elf is that given the joinable siblings that appear in the saga, maybe I instinctively go with human to strengthen that identification?
But beyond that, I guess I just don't identify with the demi-human races much as a player. They add some spice every now and then--that's how I appreciate them. I guess I like halflings best when I do want that variety. Half-orcs are kind of neat too. Next would be dwarves.
I make my choices almost entirely from a RP vantage, btw. I don't do it from the standpoint of what gives me the most powerful build.
And I almost never play elves. Not sure why. FR elves don't really appeal to me as much as Tolkien's elves. But even if they were more like Middle-Earth's elves, I probably still wouldn't.
Oh, and I virtually never play gnomes. I don't identify with that race at all.
That being said, I prefer intelligent and civilized races that create stuff, rather than destroy them or take without giving back.