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Question for Sov Press designers RE: half-irda

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#1
lhmloa
Aug 05, 2003 12:14:58 I was wondering how half-irdas should be handled. I flipped through my friend's copy of the DLCS and am currently waiting for my local gaming store to get in my copy, but I don't remember seeing anything on half-irda. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nick
#2
shugi
Aug 05, 2003 13:04:29 They exist along with half-dwarves, half-gnomes, and half-minotaur -- in our imagination.

If you want an ECL 0 race, you could give them -2 Con, +2 Int, one or two 0-level spells per day, and maybe a fringe benefit. For an ECL 1 race, add a couple spells and maybe another ability score adjustment (maybe no Con loss). It's all up to you, though.
#3
lhmloa
Aug 06, 2003 10:00:43 I think half-irda are more akin to half-elves and half-orcs as opposed to half-dwarves, half-gnomes, and half-minotaurs, i.e. a viable option for a half-human race.

Reasons being MW's Raistlin's Daughter, Baker's The Irda, and the fact that half-ogres are allowed. If half-ogres are allowed it only follows that half-high ogres would be.

Nick
#4
zombiegleemax
Aug 06, 2003 11:31:40 Maybe thats where low ogres came fromorigionaly, interbreeding between the high ogres and thier human slaves. I can easily see a cruel ancietn High ogre mistress sneaking into the slave pens at night to enjoy a man or two, and then blaming the resultant baby (low ogre) on the degeneration of the race as a whole.
#5
ferratus
Aug 06, 2003 19:02:24
Originally posted by Halabis
Maybe thats where low ogres came fromorigionaly, interbreeding between the high ogres and thier human slaves. I can easily see a cruel ancietn High ogre mistress sneaking into the slave pens at night to enjoy a man or two, and then blaming the resultant baby (low ogre) on the degeneration of the race as a whole.

That makes me uncomfortable for the same reasons that gully dwarves being the cross between gnomes and dwarves do. It resembles the logic of certain truly nasty groups in our own world.

Personally, I like Fallen Ogres as is. Its Augustinian theology about human nature and the eventual salvation of humanity through a progress of history... in reverse.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 lhmloa Aug 05, 2003 12:14:58	I was wondering how half-irdas should be handled. I flipped through my friend's copy of the DLCS and am currently waiting for my local gaming store to get in my copy, but I don't remember seeing anything on half-irda. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nick
#2 shugi Aug 05, 2003 13:04:29	They exist along with half-dwarves, half-gnomes, and half-minotaur -- in our imagination. If you want an ECL 0 race, you could give them -2 Con, +2 Int, one or two 0-level spells per day, and maybe a fringe benefit. For an ECL 1 race, add a couple spells and maybe another ability score adjustment (maybe no Con loss). It's all up to you, though.
#3 lhmloa Aug 06, 2003 10:00:43	I think half-irda are more akin to half-elves and half-orcs as opposed to half-dwarves, half-gnomes, and half-minotaurs, i.e. a viable option for a half-human race. Reasons being MW's Raistlin's Daughter, Baker's The Irda, and the fact that half-ogres are allowed. If half-ogres are allowed it only follows that half-high ogres would be. Nick
#4 zombiegleemax Aug 06, 2003 11:31:40	Maybe thats where low ogres came fromorigionaly, interbreeding between the high ogres and thier human slaves. I can easily see a cruel ancietn High ogre mistress sneaking into the slave pens at night to enjoy a man or two, and then blaming the resultant baby (low ogre) on the degeneration of the race as a whole.
#5 ferratus Aug 06, 2003 19:02:24	Originally posted by Halabis Maybe thats where low ogres came fromorigionaly, interbreeding between the high ogres and thier human slaves. I can easily see a cruel ancietn High ogre mistress sneaking into the slave pens at night to enjoy a man or two, and then blaming the resultant baby (low ogre) on the degeneration of the race as a whole. That makes me uncomfortable for the same reasons that gully dwarves being the cross between gnomes and dwarves do. It resembles the logic of certain truly nasty groups in our own world. Personally, I like Fallen Ogres as is. Its Augustinian theology about human nature and the eventual salvation of humanity through a progress of history... in reverse.