I was wondering where it would best be suited to place these races on Oerth. Assuming, of course, I can twist my DM's arm and get him to let me make one. Anybody have some suggestions?
I read the Races of Stone recently and I was fascinated by the Goliath entry. I really enjoyed the detail they went into with the Goliath and they sound like they would be fun to play. The Stonechildren looked like fun from a hack and slash point of view, but they too would have strong role playing possibilities.
I was wondering where it would best be suited to place these races on Oerth. Assuming, of course, I can twist my DM's arm and get him to let me make one. Anybody have some suggestions?
No no no no no.
Well, at least not in my campaign.
The Goliaths, despite the richness of their detail, are little more than a vehicle for power gamers to ply their trade more effectively.
Besides, in the end they're a plain-and-simple rip-off of the Eathdawn race known as Obsidiman.
Now, if I were to put them anywhere, it would be from someplace well off the Flanaess. I'd have them migrate, in their limited numbers, from someplace else and like most migrants would have to settle in unpleasant places that others would not normally live in. Perhaps the Dwarves of Ulek would give them land, but only if they reclaimed it from the rabble of the Pomarj.
So I've got two tribes in the Crystalmists, one in the Griffs, one in the Corusks, and two in the Yatils. Each tribe numbers about fourteen adult Goliaths, with an equal number of children.
Coming down out of their mountain camps does happen from time to time, but usually just to trade furs after an especially good season. Staying on low ground... well they just don't like that very much. I treat Goliaths as having a fear of low places, kind of the opposite of a fear of heights. Most humans aren't comfortable in a redwood, most Goliaths aren't comfortable in a valley.
But, like I said, that's just how I do it.
