 Just a little rant, Characters people come up with |
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 Sep 17 2006, 06:17 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 16-October 05 Member No.: 7,849  |
Ok, as a lark I was going through some of the images on Elfwood, seeing what artists came up with for Shadowrun.
I came across a nicely done piece - until I read the description. Half elf, half dwarf. Uh - WTF? Dude, read the rules for the game! I don't know how many GMs would actually allow that sort of thing, but I sure wouldn't, nor would I want to play in a game where the GM did! Minor rant over. |
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Sep 17 2006, 06:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
A wizard did it. :)
Or an evil geneticist. EDIT: can you post a link to said image? |
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Sep 17 2006, 06:23 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Remember, kids - all you need is a cleaver, needle & thread and a castle equipped to attract and reroute lightning. :grinbig:
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Sep 17 2006, 06:25 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 16-October 05 Member No.: 7,849 |
Give me a few minutes, see if I can find the image again. Elfwood is a pretty massive site. :)
Heh, didn't take as long as I figured it would.... http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/o/n/onib.../eliza.jpg.html The artist isn't bad, I've seen worse, but still, it bugs the crap out of me. Half elf, half dwarf. *shudders* |
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Sep 17 2006, 06:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
Hmm. I'm quite disappointed. She doesn't look very dwarfy (or even all that particularly elfy). I don't know what I was expecting though. Smurfette perhaps. ;)
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Sep 17 2006, 06:35 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 16-October 05 Member No.: 7,849 |
LOL!
Well, the artist is pretty good, I've been prusing her other works. Some are definetly adult in nature though. |
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Sep 17 2006, 06:38 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
The imgage is so un-SR like. :D
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Sep 17 2006, 06:53 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Well, let's break it down and see what sort of munchkinner, broken, character this "best of both worlds" ended up being.
Elf: Taller than human norm, more slender, sparser body hair. Pointed ears. Traditionally, quicker than humans, more likeable, a little less healthy. Dwarf: Shorter than human norm, blocky, hairier. Pointed ears. Traditionally, slower than humans, less likeable, and more healthy. OMG SO COOL Half Elf/ Half Dwarf LOL: Human. Pointed ears. Yeah. Sounds like someone just took the "elf poseur" disadvantage, and got a little cosmetic surgery, to me. Then, y'know, drew a picture. |
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Sep 17 2006, 06:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
I think if I had to merge them I'd choose to end up with 'tall and slender, pointy ears, very hairy and warty, knobbly knees, red nose'...
God, why am I even thinking about this? Visions of an ex-girlfriend, perhaps. |
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Sep 17 2006, 07:00 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
It said 'best of all worlds' - so it's only reasonable to add together only the good things, isn't it?
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Sep 17 2006, 07:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 681 Joined: 28-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,319 |
Meh. Where's the fun in that?
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Sep 17 2006, 08:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 281 Joined: 9-September 06 Member No.: 9,346 |
Beat me to the punchline - Yeah, looks like Elf+Dwarf is code for Chick+BigTits. |
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Sep 17 2006, 09:46 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Actually, in SR, dwarves don't have a penalty to their likability or agility, and elves don't have a penalty to health.
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Sep 17 2006, 11:35 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
That's cause they arn't 'traditional' races, but a mutation of the standard human. Before you guys start to bbq me, I'm not using mutation as a deragatory term, just a scientific term. |
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Sep 17 2006, 11:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: 20-June 06 Member No.: 8,754 |
Dwarves run slower and have a penalty to reaction. Elves....err yea. I've never understood the -con in DnD that elves get when they're the longest living race. |
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Sep 17 2006, 11:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 6-August 06 Member No.: 9,033 |
It was for game balence. and to make it so not everybody would be an elf. Naot that it helped :S |
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Sep 17 2006, 11:47 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
Hawt Elven rangers with big *meow?*! :eek: Take 10 wild guesses why most D&Ders are adolecent males. :spin: |
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Sep 18 2006, 12:10 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Uhm, because of the ease of the rule system and the fact that its genuinely fun? |
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Sep 18 2006, 12:13 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
You have 9 more tries. 8) Though I do admit to liking the game system when in a group of people who know the rules and dont have to spend the night book diving. |
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Sep 18 2006, 12:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 9-March 06 Member No.: 8,353 |
Here is how I would GM a half elf half dwarf.
8 ) So you want to play a half elf half dwarf, right? : P Yup. 8 ) You are aware that the rules for interracial breeding are pretty well laid out, and basically say that mixed parentage means you turn out as one or the other. : P Yeah but there was a (Blaggety blag blag blag) and so I get to have low light and thermographic vision, high mental and physical stat caps, and still turn out looking roughly human. 8 ) No. : p But blaggety blag blag 8 ) .... No. : P I'll buy you pizza 8 ) Pepperoni and pineapple? : P yup. 8 ) Ok. Sesion one, there is a knock at the door. : P who is it? 8 ) Aztechnology, they want to use you for some genetic experiments. You spend the next three years on an operating table having your internal organs detailed. |
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Sep 18 2006, 12:15 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
Holy shit, nice one Ankle Biter! +1 karma
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Sep 18 2006, 12:16 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
And a free pizza to boot. Score.
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Sep 18 2006, 12:49 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
That's nothing. I've been told about one young imaginative lady's Tolkien fan fiction starring a "dwobbit."
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Sep 18 2006, 12:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 13-March 06 From: dusty Mexican borderlands Member No.: 8,372 |
And I'm sure the conception was well-detailed. |
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Sep 18 2006, 01:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 9-March 06 Member No.: 8,353 |
My favourite GM munchin blasting story was for a character that was a Drow Bladesinger (Apparently a different species only character class)
The guy basically went through every D&D book stacking bonuses until they were a deity with the longsword. The GM then dumped the party in the stone age. All the balanced characters just picked up a stick, and the more inventive ones tied rocks to theirs. Captain munchkin only had longsword skills, and spent the next few game months trying to build a longsword. "How hard can it be?" "In the bronze age without the mining or weaponsmithing skills? Pretty hard, would be my guess." :D |
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