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If the Awakening and UGE actually occured, which metatype would you see yourself becoming?
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September View Member Profile	Jul 8 2006, 09:20 PM Post #26
Target Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 20-January 06 Member No.: 8,185	Racist scum. Not all trolls are stupid - lots are just uneducated because bigots like you keep us down. And size isn't always bad. In fact, it's often good.

JongWK View Member Profile	Jul 8 2006, 10:31 PM Post #27
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992	What? No dragon?

emo samurai View Member Profile	Jul 8 2006, 11:45 PM Post #28
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019	That's because everyone would choose to be a dragon.

ShieldT View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 12:03 AM Post #29
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Butte County, CA Member No.: 3,836	I'd like to be a dwarf, but I'd shave regularly. And up my Dancing skill to 5 :)

nezumi View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 12:20 AM Post #30
Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760	Keep in mind, this is guessing what you WOULD become, not what you would PREFER to become. I'd love to go ork, but maybe that's because I'm 5'10", 123lbs. A little extra meat would be good. I voted human though. Oooh! Maybe a shapeshifter, rowr. Or a vampire! Or a shapeshifter vampire mecha! Or an emo samurai!

James McMurray

Jul 9 2006, 03:05 AM

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Elf all the way if it's 4th edition (where the ability boosts matter). Human in the previous editions.

QUOTE

I'm only 26, and I'm already bored.

Then you're doing it wrong. :) Was it Green Day who quoted someone else in a song: If you're bored then you're boring. ;)

edit: they quoted "someone" else, not "omsone" else, whoever that is. :)

JesterX

Jul 9 2006, 03:15 AM

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QUOTE (James McMurray)

Elf all the way if it's 4th edition (where the ability boosts matter). Human in the previous editions.

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I'm only 26, and I'm already bored.

Then you're doing it wrong. :) Was it Green Day who quoted omsone else in a song: If you're bored then you're boring. ;)

Sound the munchkin alarm!!! ^_^

Just kidding.

SL James

Jul 9 2006, 05:09 AM

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QUOTE (Dawnshadow)

Inability to do math, far too great a chance of falling through the floor.

Not to mention the issues that come with great size.

That 50-year lifespan is just the cherry on top of the sundae of suck.

emo samurai

Jul 9 2006, 05:25 AM

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QUOTE (nezumi @ Jul 8 2006, 07:20 PM)

Keep in mind, this is guessing what you WOULD become, not what you would PREFER to become.

I'd love to go ork, but maybe that's because I'm 5'10", 123lbs. A little extra meat would be good. I voted human though. Oooh! Maybe a shapeshifter, rowr. Or a vampire! Or a shapeshifter vampire mecha! Or an emo samurai!

We have to make a distinction between emo samurai and an emo samurai. An emo samurai goes around intimidating peasants and whining about the evanescence of beauty all the while fleecing his own people for every cent he can without provoking a rebellion. emo samurai, on the other hand, is awesome.

I am in a race all my own, and it is awesome.

Birdy View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 10:34 AM Post #35
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528	Humans because: + We can use the subway without crawling in on hands and knees + We can look over the bar without carring a step + We can eat with our mouth closed and don't spray spittle past our tusks + We can enjoy a steak and don't have to fear being blown away in a strong wind due to pole-thin body and ears that would make the PoW's look small So join Humanity today. Make sure your kid's don't weaken Humanitis blood! Join HUMANIS!

Nidhogg View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 10:47 AM Post #36
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Toronto, Ontario - Canada Member No.: 7,934	Troll FTW! Although, knowing my luck, I'll probably be ghouling it up by the end of the week.

James McMurray View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 09:30 PM Post #37
Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957	I'm surprised there aren't a lot more trolls at DS. ;)

emo samurai View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 09:36 PM Post #38
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019	No, there are. They just use the Internet to hide their identities.

underaneonhalo View Member Profile	Jul 9 2006, 10:54 PM Post #39
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: 19-June 06 From: CAS baby Member No.: 8,736	Troll, 'cause I'm big 'n stompy and I love doing security work :D

Kyoto Kid

Jul 10 2006, 01:14 AM

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QUOTE (Bodak)

Dwarves for the win. Thermo vision, fitting in small places, being able to buy child's tickets at the cinema, having a huge beard, talking with a fake Scottish accent, resistance to drugs and poisons, and +4 attributes for Priority D ain't bad.

...that was the initial vote I made when I launched this thread.

Not just because of the benefits listed above but also because of the strong affinity I have for tech & mechanics, the fact I grew up & worked in Milwaukee WI (historically known as the "Machine Shop to the World" and which consequently in my campaign world, has a much larger percentage of dwarves than other cities), and of course, a love of good hearty food and drink (elven wine - pah! Give me a good hearty stout you can eat with a fork)

..oh, and yes, the beard. Had it for nearly three decades & proud of it.

Herald of Verjig... Herald of Verjigorm View Member Profile	Jul 10 2006, 01:30 AM Post #41
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Muskie View Member Profile	Jul 10 2006, 03:09 AM Post #42
Target Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 2-April 06 Member No.: 8,426	Well, wouldn't Elf and Dwarf be impossible, anyway, since they're Born like that? Honestly, I'd SURGE.

Kyoto Kid

Jul 10 2006, 04:33 AM

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QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm)

Now imagine 150 years of beard...

...yeah, warms the soul does it now eh?

BTW, Fan Girl, good choice.

Kyoto Kid

Jul 10 2006, 04:52 AM

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QUOTE (Muskie)

Well, wouldn't [edit] Dwarf be impossible, anyway, since they're Born like that?

...yeah, what's your point?

hyzmarca

Jul 10 2006, 05:04 AM

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QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm)

QUOTE (Vaevictis @ Jul 8 2006, 09:01 AM)

Meh. Life is too short at 100, but would be waaay too long at 1000, IMO.

So just go for mortal dwarf. A couple centuries, then you cack.

Immunity to Age is an easy disease to cure. Bullet, knife, sleeping pills, car exaust, high place, water, take your pick. Not having Immunity to Age is a much greater problem.

Being immortal doesn't mean you can't cack, it just give you greater control over when and where.

Immortal Ork, becuase - damn.

FanGirl View Member Profile	Jul 10 2006, 05:04 AM Post #46
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438	Which choice was good, KK? Defaulting to "dwarf," or naming "halfling or kender" as my preferred metatypes? I chose the options I did because I tend to strike people as looking and acting younger than my actual age. Whenever people guess my age, they always peg me as being two years younger (I'm 19 now, but I look about 17). I inherited my youthful appearance from my mom (who looks ten years younger than she is), but I certainly didn't inherit her serious nature: I can act pretty childishly, as anyone who knows me can attest. Therefore, I peg myself as being a member of one of the "childlike races," AKA the shorties. So why am I not an elf? Because elves are elegant, graceful, and eloquent, while I am ill-groomed, clumsy, and rambling. Plus, I just don't have the right figure. :)

Kyoto Kid

Jul 10 2006, 05:10 AM

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QUOTE (FanGirl)

Which choice was good, KK? Defaulting to "dwarf," or naming "halfling or kender" as my preferred metatypes?

I chose the options I did because I tend to strike people as looking and acting younger than my actual age. Whenever people guess my age, they always peg me as being two years younger (I'm 19 now, but I look about 17). I inherited my youthful appearance from my mom (who looks ten years younger than she is), but I certainly didn't inherit her serious nature: I can act pretty childishly, as anyone who knows me can attest. Therefore, I peg myself as being a member of one of the "childlike races," AKA the shorties.

So why am I not an elf? Because elves are elegant, graceful, and eloquent, while I am ill-groomed, clumsy, and rambling. Plus, I just don't have the right figure. :)

...OK soysoapbox time.

Fan Girl, never ever sell yourself short . I will admidt I'm as far from being "Mr Universe" as George Bush is possessing any sense of intellignence, but I still have my dignity and I guess that is what also endears me to being a dwarf.

...anyway, Dwarves got character and class. Elves only think they do.

Kyoto Kid

Jul 10 2006, 08:51 AM

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QUOTE (hyzmarca)

Immunity to Age is an easy disease to cure. Bullet, knife, sleeping pills, car exaust, high place, water, take your pick. Not having Immunity to Age is a much greater problem.

Being immortal doesn't mean you can't cack, it just give you greater control over when and where.

...or as the saying goes, one thermonuclear warhead can ruin your whole day.

emo samurai View Member Profile	Jul 10 2006, 02:05 PM Post #49
Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019	Like I said, I admit that I'm flighty and self-centered. That is the best qualification for being an elf.

nezumi View Member Profile	Jul 10 2006, 02:16 PM Post #50
Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760	I'd like to be ork because I could use the body mass, and turning ork is like turning into a cool black dude, but I think I'd likely just stay scrawny white human. My wife (5'1", 135lbs) said she'd like to turn into a Troll because she's tired of short jokes. Of course, the thought of snuggling a troll and telling her bed time stories is rather amusing.

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