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Tari PC Race?

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#1
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 8:55:19 Just curious if anyone else thought that the Tari should be offered as a core DS race. They were important enough in the Green Age for Rajaat to assign a champion to exterminate them (Kalid Ma if I'm not mistaken). The other core races all had champions assign to them as well (minus the kreen & halflings).

I'm considering on doing a project detailing them if there is enough interest.
#2
zombiegleemax
Sep 17, 2004 9:33:59 I think they would make a nice addition as a humanoid race (in fact, I think it would be an interesting project to make such a module, something ala savage species, available in DS; it would give me a chance to add MY favorite species :D). I never considered them a "core" race though, given that they have remaind largely unknown in the recent history of Athas (at least in what I've read so far :D).
#3
Grummore
Sep 17, 2004 10:36:03 I think we should stick with the original races. ALTHOUGH, since we now have ToA upgraded to 3.5e, we can easely play a Tari as we have the template.
#4
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 10:41:40
I think we should stick with the original races. ALTHOUGH, since we now have ToA upgraded to 3.5e, we can easely play a Tari as we have the template.

Pterrans and Arakocra weren't originally offered as PC races but were later added. Adding tari (or another race) is not totally out of the question IMO.
#5
zombiegleemax
Sep 17, 2004 10:58:32
Pterrans and Arakocra weren't originally offered as PC races but were later added. Adding tari (or another race) is not totally out of the question IMO.

Very true. But what are you reasons for bringing in the Tari? (BTW, I'm not trying to give you flak. I'm just curious )
#6
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 11:09:11
Very true. But what are you reasons for bringing in the Tari? (BTW, I'm not trying to give you flak. I'm just curious )

Well, outside of boredom I always thought they were underdeveloped for a race that had some importance during the Green Age as noted in various DS material. Plus it seems that the designers were introducing the surviving races of the Cleansing War as PC options.
#7
Grummore
Sep 17, 2004 11:44:44
Well, outside of boredom I always thought they were underdeveloped for a race that had some importance during the Green Age as noted in various DS material. Plus it seems that the designers were introducing the surviving races of the Cleansing War as PC options.

Hey! Why dont you do like Pennarin and I?

Pennarin work on the Illithid
I work on the Pterran
Why not Sysane work on nice stuff about the Tari!
#8
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 11:55:18
Hey! Why dont you do like Pennarin and I?

Pennarin work on the Illithid
I work on the Pterran
Why not Sysane work on nice stuff about the Tari!

I'm considering that. I'm going to have to dig out my DS stuff and try and find all I can on the Tari.
#9
zombiegleemax
Sep 17, 2004 12:43:58 How bout Tareks, Ssarens, Dray, or others? Make them and post them, dont waste time asking.
Here are a few examples of what you could do
DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU ARE UNCREATIVE
Tari: bonus dex and con, penaties to str, and int.
Tarek: Half orc
Ssaren: Lizardman, with desert adjustments
Dray: Lizardmen, with desert adjustments
#10
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 12:48:41
How bout Tareks, Ssarens, Dray, or others? Make them and post them, dont waste time asking.
Here are a few examples of what you could do
DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU ARE UNCREATIVE
Tari: bonus dex and con, penaties to str, and int.
Tarek: Half orc
Ssaren: Lizardman, with desert adjustments
Dray: Lizardmen, with desert adjustments

Most if not all of these are on athas.org's 3.5 Terrors of Athas down load.

Plus, I was just focusing on Tari due to them being one of the original races marked for genocide by Rajaat. All the surviving races are offered as PCs why not Tari?

Aditionally I wanted to detail out their culture and past history.
#11
Kamelion
Sep 17, 2004 13:27:51
Most if not all of these are on athas.org's 3.5 Terrors of Athas down load.

All of 'em .

As for fleshing out the tari, I say go for it. They are a fascinating race whose lost capital Ythri featured concrete as a building material. Their bite is also interesting, as it causes a supernatural affliction that requires magic to fully cure. Plenty of room for expansion there.
#12
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 13:36:14
All of 'em .

As for fleshing out the tari, I say go for it. They are a fascinating race whose lost capital Ythri featured concrete as a building material. Their bite is also interesting, as it causes a supernatural affliction that requires magic to fully cure. Plenty of room for expansion there.

Did their bite originally cause a supernatural disease or was it just a normal affliction?
#13
Kamelion
Sep 17, 2004 13:39:04
Did their bite originally cause a supernatural disease or was it just a normal affliction?

It was supernatural under 2e as well - it could only be healed by cure disease, iirc.
#14
Sysane
Sep 17, 2004 13:43:21
It was supernatural under 2e as well - it could only be healed by cure disease, iirc.

I didn't remember if it was supernatural or not. Cool.

I'll start writting up a time line of Tari history and go from there.

This will give me an excuse to break out all my Warhammer Skaven mini's and use it DS :D
#15
nytcrawlr
Sep 17, 2004 16:32:06
Just curious if anyone else thought that the Tari should be offered as a core DS race.

Well, I tried pushing for the Baazrag and the Gith as core races since there have been plenty of modules that have gith in them and the baazrag was mentioned in the first PP book.

Don't know of anything else becoming core anytime soon though.

Doesn't matter anyways, not much difference between a race writeup and a monster writeup.
#16
nytcrawlr
Sep 17, 2004 16:35:23
I didn't remember if it was supernatural or not. Cool.

Yeah, had a scuffle over this that I won thankfully, heh.
#17
Sysane
Sep 18, 2004 8:57:47
Well, I tried pushing for the Baazrag and the Gith as core races since there have been plenty of modules that have gith in them and the baazrag was mentioned in the first PP book.

Don't know of anything else becoming core anytime soon though.

Doesn't matter anyways, not much difference between a race writeup and a monster writeup.

I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats. ToA 3.5's write up for stats looks about right for them.
#18
xlorepdarkhelm_dup
Sep 18, 2004 13:50:07
I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats. ToA 3.5's write up for stats looks about right for them.

Cool, don't forget to post it here so the rest of us can see what you've done with it.
#19
nytcrawlr
Sep 20, 2004 17:20:25
I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats.

What's stopping you again?

And by all means share.

:D

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 8:55:19	Just curious if anyone else thought that the Tari should be offered as a core DS race. They were important enough in the Green Age for Rajaat to assign a champion to exterminate them (Kalid Ma if I'm not mistaken). The other core races all had champions assign to them as well (minus the kreen & halflings). I'm considering on doing a project detailing them if there is enough interest.
#2 zombiegleemax Sep 17, 2004 9:33:59	I think they would make a nice addition as a humanoid race (in fact, I think it would be an interesting project to make such a module, something ala savage species, available in DS; it would give me a chance to add MY favorite species :D). I never considered them a "core" race though, given that they have remaind largely unknown in the recent history of Athas (at least in what I've read so far :D).
#3 Grummore Sep 17, 2004 10:36:03	I think we should stick with the original races. ALTHOUGH, since we now have ToA upgraded to 3.5e, we can easely play a Tari as we have the template.
#4 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 10:41:40	I think we should stick with the original races. ALTHOUGH, since we now have ToA upgraded to 3.5e, we can easely play a Tari as we have the template. Pterrans and Arakocra weren't originally offered as PC races but were later added. Adding tari (or another race) is not totally out of the question IMO.
#5 zombiegleemax Sep 17, 2004 10:58:32	Pterrans and Arakocra weren't originally offered as PC races but were later added. Adding tari (or another race) is not totally out of the question IMO. Very true. But what are you reasons for bringing in the Tari? (BTW, I'm not trying to give you flak. I'm just curious )
#6 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 11:09:11	Very true. But what are you reasons for bringing in the Tari? (BTW, I'm not trying to give you flak. I'm just curious ) Well, outside of boredom I always thought they were underdeveloped for a race that had some importance during the Green Age as noted in various DS material. Plus it seems that the designers were introducing the surviving races of the Cleansing War as PC options.
#7 Grummore Sep 17, 2004 11:44:44	Well, outside of boredom I always thought they were underdeveloped for a race that had some importance during the Green Age as noted in various DS material. Plus it seems that the designers were introducing the surviving races of the Cleansing War as PC options. Hey! Why dont you do like Pennarin and I? Pennarin work on the Illithid I work on the Pterran Why not Sysane work on nice stuff about the Tari!
#8 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 11:55:18	Hey! Why dont you do like Pennarin and I? Pennarin work on the Illithid I work on the Pterran Why not Sysane work on nice stuff about the Tari! I'm considering that. I'm going to have to dig out my DS stuff and try and find all I can on the Tari.
#9 zombiegleemax Sep 17, 2004 12:43:58	How bout Tareks, Ssarens, Dray, or others? Make them and post them, dont waste time asking. Here are a few examples of what you could do DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU ARE UNCREATIVE Tari: bonus dex and con, penaties to str, and int. Tarek: Half orc Ssaren: Lizardman, with desert adjustments Dray: Lizardmen, with desert adjustments
#10 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 12:48:41	How bout Tareks, Ssarens, Dray, or others? Make them and post them, dont waste time asking. Here are a few examples of what you could do DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU ARE UNCREATIVE Tari: bonus dex and con, penaties to str, and int. Tarek: Half orc Ssaren: Lizardman, with desert adjustments Dray: Lizardmen, with desert adjustments Most if not all of these are on athas.org's 3.5 Terrors of Athas down load. Plus, I was just focusing on Tari due to them being one of the original races marked for genocide by Rajaat. All the surviving races are offered as PCs why not Tari? Aditionally I wanted to detail out their culture and past history.
#11 Kamelion Sep 17, 2004 13:27:51	Most if not all of these are on athas.org's 3.5 Terrors of Athas down load. All of 'em . As for fleshing out the tari, I say go for it. They are a fascinating race whose lost capital Ythri featured concrete as a building material. Their bite is also interesting, as it causes a supernatural affliction that requires magic to fully cure. Plenty of room for expansion there.
#12 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 13:36:14	All of 'em . As for fleshing out the tari, I say go for it. They are a fascinating race whose lost capital Ythri featured concrete as a building material. Their bite is also interesting, as it causes a supernatural affliction that requires magic to fully cure. Plenty of room for expansion there. Did their bite originally cause a supernatural disease or was it just a normal affliction?
#13 Kamelion Sep 17, 2004 13:39:04	Did their bite originally cause a supernatural disease or was it just a normal affliction? It was supernatural under 2e as well - it could only be healed by cure disease, iirc.
#14 Sysane Sep 17, 2004 13:43:21	It was supernatural under 2e as well - it could only be healed by cure disease, iirc. I didn't remember if it was supernatural or not. Cool. I'll start writting up a time line of Tari history and go from there. This will give me an excuse to break out all my Warhammer Skaven mini's and use it DS :D
#15 nytcrawlr Sep 17, 2004 16:32:06	Just curious if anyone else thought that the Tari should be offered as a core DS race. Well, I tried pushing for the Baazrag and the Gith as core races since there have been plenty of modules that have gith in them and the baazrag was mentioned in the first PP book. Don't know of anything else becoming core anytime soon though. Doesn't matter anyways, not much difference between a race writeup and a monster writeup.
#16 nytcrawlr Sep 17, 2004 16:35:23	I didn't remember if it was supernatural or not. Cool. Yeah, had a scuffle over this that I won thankfully, heh.
#17 Sysane Sep 18, 2004 8:57:47	Well, I tried pushing for the Baazrag and the Gith as core races since there have been plenty of modules that have gith in them and the baazrag was mentioned in the first PP book. Don't know of anything else becoming core anytime soon though. Doesn't matter anyways, not much difference between a race writeup and a monster writeup. I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats. ToA 3.5's write up for stats looks about right for them.
#18 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Sep 18, 2004 13:50:07	I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats. ToA 3.5's write up for stats looks about right for them. Cool, don't forget to post it here so the rest of us can see what you've done with it.
#19 nytcrawlr Sep 20, 2004 17:20:25	I was more interested in doing a write up of the tari's history (past and present), a few PrC's, and society than re-creating their stats. What's stopping you again? And by all means share. :D