A world apart, what races would live in the sky [Archive] - Wizards Community

A world apart, what races would live in the sky [Archive] - Wizards Community

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TheGreaterBad
02-22-08, 07:08 AM I recently started my homebrew world, where the "goodly races" fled from the surface on magically created islands and flying ships (a la pseudo spelljammer helms called Mantri's Tears for the settings goddess of seafarers) The monsters and evil races (everything from orcs to demons) pretty much have had free reign of the surface. I'm working on a list of races that would be considered the "goodly races" that players can play as.

So far the list is as follows
All the PHB races (Half-orcs renamed Orckin, and breed solely with each other)
Averial Elves from Forgotten Realms
Assorted non-drow Elves (MM)
Elans, Meands (SP?), and Xephs (XPH)
Synads (ComPsi)
Dragonborn (RoD)
Raptorian (RoW)
Illumin (RoDestiny)
Assamar (MM)
The races must specifically not be tied to some sort of evil. For example, Tieflings are the results of the Devil's experimentations to create a breed that could serve as ground troops (in the 1000 years since to goodly races called it quits on the whole ground thing, the demons wiped out most of the devils, forcing them to ally with the Drow)

Races that are definately evil
Goblinoids (Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear, Blues)
Orcs
Gnolls
Tieflings
Drow
Devils and Demons
Illithind
Koa-Toa
Troglodytes
The Giants

Save for demons and devils, most extra-planar creatures are on their own. They will not included in the campaign at this point. So far that list includes
Githyanki
Githzarei
Nagai
Synad

Any suggestions for races would be greatly appreciated.
Anuvrix
02-22-08, 08:36 AM A general question, What do the dragons do about all of this?

The good dragons might not take to kindly to being uprooted from their homes, and the evil ones would gladly join the fight against the good.

(will post more soon)
Eldritch_Lord
02-22-08, 10:39 AM I'd suggest Goliaths, from Races of Stone. It would provide great RPing hooks, as Goliaths are basically living stone, and would be hurt more by the move to the sky than any other races and thus would be more motivated to kill the evil creatures who caused it.

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TheGreaterBad 02-22-08, 07:08 AM	I recently started my homebrew world, where the "goodly races" fled from the surface on magically created islands and flying ships (a la pseudo spelljammer helms called Mantri's Tears for the settings goddess of seafarers) The monsters and evil races (everything from orcs to demons) pretty much have had free reign of the surface. I'm working on a list of races that would be considered the "goodly races" that players can play as. So far the list is as follows All the PHB races (Half-orcs renamed Orckin, and breed solely with each other) Averial Elves from Forgotten Realms Assorted non-drow Elves (MM) Elans, Meands (SP?), and Xephs (XPH) Synads (ComPsi) Dragonborn (RoD) Raptorian (RoW) Illumin (RoDestiny) Assamar (MM) The races must specifically not be tied to some sort of evil. For example, Tieflings are the results of the Devil's experimentations to create a breed that could serve as ground troops (in the 1000 years since to goodly races called it quits on the whole ground thing, the demons wiped out most of the devils, forcing them to ally with the Drow) Races that are definately evil Goblinoids (Goblin, Hobgoblin, Bugbear, Blues) Orcs Gnolls Tieflings Drow Devils and Demons Illithind Koa-Toa Troglodytes The Giants Save for demons and devils, most extra-planar creatures are on their own. They will not included in the campaign at this point. So far that list includes Githyanki Githzarei Nagai Synad Any suggestions for races would be greatly appreciated.
Anuvrix 02-22-08, 08:36 AM	A general question, What do the dragons do about all of this? The good dragons might not take to kindly to being uprooted from their homes, and the evil ones would gladly join the fight against the good. (will post more soon)
Eldritch_Lord 02-22-08, 10:39 AM	I'd suggest Goliaths, from Races of Stone. It would provide great RPing hooks, as Goliaths are basically living stone, and would be hurt more by the move to the sky than any other races and thus would be more motivated to kill the evil creatures who caused it.