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==Living creatures==
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One idea is to have basic races and have a bunch of sub-races based on location. This presents a problem with humans, so maybe we'll just leave them out. Entirely. (Hey baby, want to kill all humans?) Additionally, only a subset of races are playable. Some of those are "elite" and require a quest or some amount of time in game with a basic character before they can be unlocked.
 
One idea is to have basic races and have a bunch of sub-races based on location. This presents a problem with humans, so maybe we'll just leave them out. Entirely. (Hey baby, want to kill all humans?) Additionally, only a subset of races are playable. Some of those are "elite" and require a quest or some amount of time in game with a basic character before they can be unlocked.
  
 
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! Racial group !! Race(s) !! Size !! Language Capability !! Player Option !! Description !! Bonuses
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! Group !! Race !! Size !! Language Capability !! Player Option !! Description !! Bonuses
 
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| Elf || Cavern, Forest, Plain, Mountain, Desert, Tundra || Medium || Sentient || Player Race. Some Elite|| Elves are named for the region they're most found in.||  
 
| Elf || Cavern, Forest, Plain, Mountain, Desert, Tundra || Medium || Sentient || Player Race. Some Elite|| Elves are named for the region they're most found in.||  
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| Human || Half-elf, Half-orc, Half-ogre || TBD || Sentient || Player Race || Humans are not playable. Long ago, they were the largest single race on the planet. They could interbreed with just about anything, and they had a god named Bruce. Bruce was an asshole, and encouraged his followers to also be assholes, so the other gods ganged up on him and killed all the "pure" humans. There's a legend that Bruce was allowed to shelter one colony of humans (off on some island, somewhere, and everything on that island is lethal, except maybe some of the sheep), but none have been seen in ages. ||
 
| Human || Half-elf, Half-orc, Half-ogre || TBD || Sentient || Player Race || Humans are not playable. Long ago, they were the largest single race on the planet. They could interbreed with just about anything, and they had a god named Bruce. Bruce was an asshole, and encouraged his followers to also be assholes, so the other gods ganged up on him and killed all the "pure" humans. There's a legend that Bruce was allowed to shelter one colony of humans (off on some island, somewhere, and everything on that island is lethal, except maybe some of the sheep), but none have been seen in ages. ||
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| Canine || Dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes || Small to Medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Feline || Lions, tigers, house cats, lynx || Small to medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Avian || Eagles, owls, ravens, crows, sparrows, hawks, herons, flamingos, dodos || Small to medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Reptile || Turtles, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, snakes|| Small to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Amphibian || Frogs, toads, salamanders, caecilian || Small to medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Insect || Mosquitos, ants, bees, flies, cockroaches, fleas, beetles || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Rodent || Rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, squirrels, beavers, chipmunks, capybara, guinea pigs, voles || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Ursine || Panda, polar bear, grizzly, brown bear, black bear || Medium to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Fish || Freshwater and saltwater || Small to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Shark || || Small to large|| Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Whale || Dolphins, orcas, baleen, blue || Medium to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Dinosaur || || Medium to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Mustelidae || Wolverines, ferrets, otters, honey badgers. || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || This family is the shit. ||
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| Lagomorph || Hares, rabbits, pika || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Pinniped || Walrus, sea lion, fur seal, earless seals || Small to medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Arachnid || Spiders, scorpions, ticks || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Crustacean || Crabs, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Molluscs || Squid, octopus, cuttlefish, snails, slugs, oysters, clams, mussels, scallops|| Small to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Echinoderms || Starfish, sand dollars|| Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Marsupials ||Kangaroo, koala, possum, sugar glider, thylacine, wallaby, bandicoot, Tasmanian Devil (need to rename), wombat || Small to medium || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Monotreme || Echidna, platypus || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Chiroptera || Bats || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Xenarthra || Anteaters, sloths, armadillo || Small|| Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Tubulidentata || Aardvarks || Small || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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| Flora || || Small to large || Non-sentient || NPC || ||
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==Other Elite Races==
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==Racial Modifiers==
 
===Half-Dragon===
 
===Half-Dragon===
 
* Standard size
 
* Standard size
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* Are all these playable?
 
* Are all these playable?
 
* Dragons, Angels, Demons breed with any standard race and modify that.
 
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==Non-sapient races==
 
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===Animals===
 
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====Canine====
 
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Dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes
 
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====Feline====
 
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Lions, tigers, house cats, lynx
 
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====Avian====
 
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Eagles, owls, ravens, crows, sparrows, hawks, herons, flamingos, dodos
 
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====Reptiles====
 
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Turtles, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, snakes
 
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====Amphibian====
 
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Frogs, toads, salamanders, caecilian
 
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====Insect====
 
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Mosquitos, ants, bees, flies, cockroaches, fleas, beetles
 
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====Rodent====
 
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Rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, squirrels, beavers, chipmunks, capybara, guinea pigs, voles
 
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====Ursine====
 
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Panda, polar bear, grizzly, brown bear, black bear
 
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====Fish====
 
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Freshwater and saltwater
 
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====Shark====
 
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====Whale====
 
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Dolphins, orcas, baleen, blue
 
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====Dinosaur====
 
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====Mustelidae====
 
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Wolverines, ferrets, otters, honey badgers. This family is the shit.
 
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====Lagomorph====
 
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Hares, rabbits, pika
 
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====Pinniped====
 
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Walrus, sea lion, fur seal, earless seals
 
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====Arachnid====
 
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Spiders, scorpions, ticks
 
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====Crustacean====
 
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Crabs, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles
 
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====Molluscs====
 
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Squid, octopus, cuttlefish, snails, slugs, oysters, clams, mussels, scallops
 
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====Echinoderms====
 
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Starfish, sand dollars
 
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====Marsupials====
 
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Kangaroo, koala, possum, sugar glider, thylacine, wallaby, bandicoot, Tasmanian Devil (need to rename), wombat,
 
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====Monotreme====
 
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Echidna, platypus
 
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====Chiroptera====
 
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Bats
 
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====Xenarthra====
 
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Anteaters, sloths, armadillo
 
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====Tubulidentata====
 
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Aardvark
 
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===Magical Monsters===
 
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====Flora====
 
  
 
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Revision as of 20:40, 23 October 2011

Living creatures

One idea is to have basic races and have a bunch of sub-races based on location. This presents a problem with humans, so maybe we'll just leave them out. Entirely. (Hey baby, want to kill all humans?) Additionally, only a subset of races are playable. Some of those are "elite" and require a quest or some amount of time in game with a basic character before they can be unlocked.

Group Race Size Language Capability Player Option Description Bonuses
Elf Cavern, Forest, Plain, Mountain, Desert, Tundra Medium Sentient Player Race. Some Elite Elves are named for the region they're most found in.
Dwarf TBD Medium Sentient Player Race All dwarves have beards
Halfling Gnome, Hobbit, Kender Small Sentient Player Race Gnomes have increased magic and big ears. Hobbits are charismatic. Kender are nimble.
Fae Brownie Small Sentient Player Race No wings, frail, increased magic
Fae Satyr Medium Sentient Elite Player Race Mostly male, got legs, reaction adjustment
Fae Nymph Medium Sentient Elite Player Race Mostly female, very pretty, inherent spells, reaction adjustment
Fae Pixie TBD Sentient NPC
Fae Sprite TBD Sentient NPC
Fae Sidhe Small Sentient Elite Player Race Brownie with wings
Fae Naiad TBD Sentient NPC Water fae
Reptite Kobolds Small Sentient NPC Little Lizardfolk
Reptite Naga Medium Sentient NPC Snake people
Reptite Lizardfolk Medium Sentient Elite Player Race Lizard humanoids
Reptite Troglodytes TBD Sentient NPC
Reptite Kappa Small Sentient NPC Water reptites
Anurans Rana TBD Sentient NPC Frog people. Anurans are amphibious humanoids
Anurans Bufonid TBD Sentient NPC Toad people
Anurans Hylids TBD Sentient NPC Tree Frog people
Anurans Dendrobs TBD Sentient NPC Poison Dart Frog people
Goblin Orc Medium Sentient Elite Player Race
Goblin Gremlin Small Sentient NPC
Goblin Troll Medium Sentient NPC
Goblin Hobgoblin Small Sentient NPC
Goblin Kol'ksu Small Sentient NPC Water goblins
Giant Storm, Ice, Fire, etc. Large Sentient Elite player race Adjustment to alignment and reaction based on type.
Giant Ogre Large Sentient Elite Player Race
Dragon Chromatic and Mettalic? Large Sentient NPC
Elenae Lion, Tiger, etc. Medium Sentient NPC Like a centaur but with a cat instead of a horse.
Aeryn Hawk, Raven, Heron Medium Sentient NPC Winged humanoids, bird wings
Golem Material type Medium Sentient Elite Player Race Moving statues
Demons TBD TBD Sentient NPC
Angels TBD TBD Sentient NPC
Human Half-elf, Half-orc, Half-ogre TBD Sentient Player Race Humans are not playable. Long ago, they were the largest single race on the planet. They could interbreed with just about anything, and they had a god named Bruce. Bruce was an asshole, and encouraged his followers to also be assholes, so the other gods ganged up on him and killed all the "pure" humans. There's a legend that Bruce was allowed to shelter one colony of humans (off on some island, somewhere, and everything on that island is lethal, except maybe some of the sheep), but none have been seen in ages.
Canine Dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes Small to Medium Non-sentient NPC
Feline Lions, tigers, house cats, lynx Small to medium Non-sentient NPC
Avian Eagles, owls, ravens, crows, sparrows, hawks, herons, flamingos, dodos Small to medium Non-sentient NPC
Reptile Turtles, crocodiles, alligators, lizards, snakes Small to large Non-sentient NPC
Amphibian Frogs, toads, salamanders, caecilian Small to medium Non-sentient NPC
Insect Mosquitos, ants, bees, flies, cockroaches, fleas, beetles Small Non-sentient NPC
Rodent Rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, squirrels, beavers, chipmunks, capybara, guinea pigs, voles Small Non-sentient NPC
Ursine Panda, polar bear, grizzly, brown bear, black bear Medium to large Non-sentient NPC
Fish Freshwater and saltwater Small to large Non-sentient NPC
Shark Small to large Non-sentient NPC
Whale Dolphins, orcas, baleen, blue Medium to large Non-sentient NPC
Dinosaur Medium to large Non-sentient NPC
Mustelidae Wolverines, ferrets, otters, honey badgers. Small Non-sentient NPC This family is the shit.
Lagomorph Hares, rabbits, pika Small Non-sentient NPC
Pinniped Walrus, sea lion, fur seal, earless seals Small to medium Non-sentient NPC
Arachnid Spiders, scorpions, ticks Small Non-sentient NPC
Crustacean Crabs, lobster, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles Small Non-sentient NPC
Molluscs Squid, octopus, cuttlefish, snails, slugs, oysters, clams, mussels, scallops Small to large Non-sentient NPC
Echinoderms Starfish, sand dollars Small Non-sentient NPC
Marsupials Kangaroo, koala, possum, sugar glider, thylacine, wallaby, bandicoot, Tasmanian Devil (need to rename), wombat Small to medium Non-sentient NPC
Monotreme Echidna, platypus Small Non-sentient NPC
Chiroptera Bats Small Non-sentient NPC
Xenarthra Anteaters, sloths, armadillo Small Non-sentient NPC
Tubulidentata Aardvarks Small Non-sentient NPC
Flora Small to large Non-sentient NPC
other magical monsters

Racial Modifiers

Half-Dragon

  • Standard size
  • Breath attack
  • Inherent AC
  • Boost to stats
  • Pick a dragon kind
  • Adjustment to alignment
  • Adjustment to reaction based on type
  • Wings?
  • What's the other half?

Half-Angel/Demon

  • Standard Size
  • Bonus to appropriate cleric powers
  • Adjustment to alignment
  • Adjustment to reaction based on type
  • Wings
  • Inherent spells

Race changing

Vampire

  • Based on existing race
  • Infection
  • Curable

Lich

  • Ritual
  • Uncurable
  • Requires magic

Mechanoid

  • Ritual
  • Uncurable
  • Requires severing limbs

Were

  • Wolf, Cat, Rat, etc.
  • Uncontrollable change
  • Curable
  • Also able to learn to control change

Ghost

  • Happens each time you die

Aging

  • Do characters age? Will they eventually need to be retired? Do different races age differently?

Racial prejudices

The things listed below are to be used as guidelines for how NPCs react to certain races:

  • Some races are "Evil": Half-orcs, half-ogres, half-chromatic dragons, half-demons, drow, ogres, orcs, lizardfolk, evil giant types, liches, vampires, weres.
    • This does not apply within their own race, though it might apply across to other "evil" races: Orcs mistrust half-demons, for instance.
    • Heck, even half-demons mistrust other half-demons.
  • Pixies and Fairies are "flighty". Even the ones without wings.
  • Small races are patronized by larger ones
  • Weres and Vampires are infected. Might be treated as contagious
  • Ghosts can't be seen except by clerics with the right skills
  • Mechanoids might also be considered infected
  • Golems are treated as machines
  • Satyrs, Nymphs and Wild Elves are "interesting"
  • Dwarves like beer
  • Elves like trees
  • Humans liked ~everything~ *eyebrow waggle*
  • Half-elves are "lucky"

Specific interactions to consider:

  • Who likes each other? Who doesn't?
  • What kind of bonuses does this give them? Combat?

Interbreeding

  • Humans and anything close to their size Thus all the half-things.
  • Half-gnomes? Half-halflings? Half-giants? What's too small or too large?
  • Are all these playable?
  • Dragons, Angels, Demons breed with any standard race and modify that.
  • Not really dealt with for non-sapient NPCs


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