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Player wants to use a homebrew race, needs a place for it to come from

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#1
fey_feline
Jul 10, 2010 22:48:07 One of my players want to play a Sergal, a homebrew race that he got got from who knows here. Looked over the stats, and it seems balanced enough. Problem is, I want to know where this thing would come from. I asked him for ideas, and was greated with a brilliant "i dunnoe".

Help?
#2
MechaPilot
Jul 10, 2010 22:57:59 If it doesn't fit well into the world then make it an inter-planar incident. There is no reason he needs to be able to contact his race is there? I mean, he can be the only one around.
#3
fey_feline
Jul 10, 2010 23:15:18 I suppose.
#4
AvonRekaes
Jul 11, 2010 0:12:37 Would help to know more about this homebrew race. Do its mechanics inform any kind of backstory or environment?

Push come to shove, you can always use the old stand-by of Xen'drik housing lost civilizations where this guy came from.
#5
Janx_14
Jul 11, 2010 0:14:12 Sengal are cat people arent they? Jungles or savana work, maybe they nomads.
#6
AvonRekaes
Jul 11, 2010 0:20:33 A quick google search let me figure out these are anthropomorphic animal people (to put it politely). They seem pretty savage and bloodthirsty. I'd probably cast them as nomadic tribal people traveling in Xen'drik.

As Xen'drik is an entire continent, it has room for any type of geographical environment, so you can easily place a grass plain or savannah where some tribes live, and have others living in the jungle, like Janx suggests.

If you want to tie them into Eberron more than "stick `em in Xen'drik" you can play up a sort of tribal warfare between them and the Vulkoori drow (Each sees the other as a rival for natural resources, and conveniently the ultimate prey).

Seeing as how Sergals by nature seem very bloodthirsty and savage, you can have them worship an animalistic representation of The Fury (no pun intended), the Dark Six deity of passion driven to madness. They can also have a meaner-than-usual representation of Balinor, the Sovereign of the hunting. Or they can worship a single racial totem deity that's a conflation between Balinor and The Fury (As Khorvarians would describe it).
#7
dark_necro
Jul 12, 2010 4:24:19 If it's savage enough why not have it crawl out of the demon wastes? Maybe even a experiment race that the lords of dust were trying to create as servants but a sect broke free?

I've got a race that needs a home too! Instead of creating another thread I'll tag along if you don't mind. Has anyone put the Genasi into Eberron? I have a really strong idea for a windsoul Genasi who possibly has ties to House Lyrandar (old crew member on a airship) but I'd really like to conceptualize him as a race that has a place somewhere in the world. Not some freak golem or vestige of the past/ancient worlds.
#8
Madfox11
Jul 12, 2010 6:25:06 The explanation I use in another campaign setting is that a group of mystics has developed a ritual that allow humans (and possible other races as well) to bind themselves with one or more elementals. The result is a genasi. Their children are normal humans. It would work equally well in Eberron. In case of House Lyrandor and a windsoul it might also simply be an expression of a dragonmark.
#9
AvonRekaes
Jul 12, 2010 8:21:42 I've been toying with the idea of Genasi being transformed drow instead of humans. They were taught/stole the knowledge of binding elements to themselves from Giants. (In my version of Eberron, the Primordials were giant rulers who had mastered elemental binding, infusing themselves with the very foundation of reality.) Of course the drow not being giants, it worked a bit differently for them, giving you medium-sized genasi instead of titanic elemental drow.
#10
connortheconman93
Jul 19, 2010 21:00:37 Q'barra, the Talenta Plains, Sarlona, the Lhazaar Principalities, Aerenal, Lamannia, or Xen'drik all mesh well with cat people.
#11
dulsi
Jul 27, 2010 14:36:00 A group of rakshasa stripped of their powers (and evil) somhow. Don't think the Silver Flame would like them much.
#12
Chiba_Monkey
Aug 12, 2010 22:47:02 Using that as a launchpad, a group of people who were servants of a rakshasa lord and "blessed" by him, appearing catlike, much as their master.

After their master was imprisoned, these people were scattered, and became tribal savages. Over the centuries, the worship of the Lord of Dust has been forgotten, and they follow Primal traditions. Recent contact with "covilized" Khorvaire has piqued the curiosity of a few, who take up na adventuring lifestyle to see more of the world than just their local savannah/jungle/forest/whatever.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 fey_feline Jul 10, 2010 22:48:07	One of my players want to play a Sergal, a homebrew race that he got got from who knows here. Looked over the stats, and it seems balanced enough. Problem is, I want to know where this thing would come from. I asked him for ideas, and was greated with a brilliant "i dunnoe". Help?
#2 MechaPilot Jul 10, 2010 22:57:59	If it doesn't fit well into the world then make it an inter-planar incident. There is no reason he needs to be able to contact his race is there? I mean, he can be the only one around.
#3 fey_feline Jul 10, 2010 23:15:18	I suppose.
#4 AvonRekaes Jul 11, 2010 0:12:37	Would help to know more about this homebrew race. Do its mechanics inform any kind of backstory or environment? Push come to shove, you can always use the old stand-by of Xen'drik housing lost civilizations where this guy came from.
#5 Janx_14 Jul 11, 2010 0:14:12	Sengal are cat people arent they? Jungles or savana work, maybe they nomads.
#6 AvonRekaes Jul 11, 2010 0:20:33	A quick google search let me figure out these are anthropomorphic animal people (to put it politely). They seem pretty savage and bloodthirsty. I'd probably cast them as nomadic tribal people traveling in Xen'drik. As Xen'drik is an entire continent, it has room for any type of geographical environment, so you can easily place a grass plain or savannah where some tribes live, and have others living in the jungle, like Janx suggests. If you want to tie them into Eberron more than "stick `em in Xen'drik" you can play up a sort of tribal warfare between them and the Vulkoori drow (Each sees the other as a rival for natural resources, and conveniently the ultimate prey). Seeing as how Sergals by nature seem very bloodthirsty and savage, you can have them worship an animalistic representation of The Fury (no pun intended), the Dark Six deity of passion driven to madness. They can also have a meaner-than-usual representation of Balinor, the Sovereign of the hunting. Or they can worship a single racial totem deity that's a conflation between Balinor and The Fury (As Khorvarians would describe it).
#7 dark_necro Jul 12, 2010 4:24:19	If it's savage enough why not have it crawl out of the demon wastes? Maybe even a experiment race that the lords of dust were trying to create as servants but a sect broke free? I've got a race that needs a home too! Instead of creating another thread I'll tag along if you don't mind. Has anyone put the Genasi into Eberron? I have a really strong idea for a windsoul Genasi who possibly has ties to House Lyrandar (old crew member on a airship) but I'd really like to conceptualize him as a race that has a place somewhere in the world. Not some freak golem or vestige of the past/ancient worlds.
#8 Madfox11 Jul 12, 2010 6:25:06	The explanation I use in another campaign setting is that a group of mystics has developed a ritual that allow humans (and possible other races as well) to bind themselves with one or more elementals. The result is a genasi. Their children are normal humans. It would work equally well in Eberron. In case of House Lyrandor and a windsoul it might also simply be an expression of a dragonmark.
#9 AvonRekaes Jul 12, 2010 8:21:42	I've been toying with the idea of Genasi being transformed drow instead of humans. They were taught/stole the knowledge of binding elements to themselves from Giants. (In my version of Eberron, the Primordials were giant rulers who had mastered elemental binding, infusing themselves with the very foundation of reality.) Of course the drow not being giants, it worked a bit differently for them, giving you medium-sized genasi instead of titanic elemental drow.
#10 connortheconman93 Jul 19, 2010 21:00:37	Q'barra, the Talenta Plains, Sarlona, the Lhazaar Principalities, Aerenal, Lamannia, or Xen'drik all mesh well with cat people.
#11 dulsi Jul 27, 2010 14:36:00	A group of rakshasa stripped of their powers (and evil) somhow. Don't think the Silver Flame would like them much.
#12 Chiba_Monkey Aug 12, 2010 22:47:02	Using that as a launchpad, a group of people who were servants of a rakshasa lord and "blessed" by him, appearing catlike, much as their master. After their master was imprisoned, these people were scattered, and became tribal savages. Over the centuries, the worship of the Lord of Dust has been forgotten, and they follow Primal traditions. Recent contact with "covilized" Khorvaire has piqued the curiosity of a few, who take up na adventuring lifestyle to see more of the world than just their local savannah/jungle/forest/whatever.