Nothing canon about them 'wandering', but at least the culture is pretty close.
-Ugh...I can't remember what culture/area they are from, either, but there are a specific groups of Savras worshipers who seemed very Gypsy to me.
-I believe they like to refer to themselves as 'Romani', however, as 'Gypsy' is seen as a negative term.
FRCG 126.Another non-canon alternative, but you're only one word (gypsy) away from canon! May as well pick a place that fits your concept and then add a band of gypsies. Unless they're present in huge numbers, it's not like they'd be marked on a map or in population statistics, right? Good luck with your character!
Was just curious if there was any real mention of them in any of the source books or novels, would give me some extra info to go on.
I never liked using the term "gypsie" in a D&D related setting, so I'd always name them Rovers.
Our table is calling them Pikeys, as the character I'm playing I'm pretty much talking like Mickey from Snatch, and even named myself "Pikey" -- Piekev Moqtada (an actual Romani last name, spelled a bit differently, didn't make the Moqtada Al Sadr connection lol) -- aka "Pikey"
(Just saw Snatch the other day ;))
Our table is calling them Pikeys...
-Geeze, that sounds even worse! :P
-Geeze, that sounds even worse! :P
I've never been fond of Political Correctness, and especially not at the D&D table.
I'm 1/8th Polish and have no issue with pollack jokes. I have Jewish friends who consistently make jokes about jewish stereotypes.
I don't have any real racist tendencies, but have no problem role playing as though I do. My Avariel character is a complete arse to anyone who can't fly. And Pikey became an adventurer to get away from his thieving, con-man, flim-flam artist of a father and his 7 brigand brothers.
My own campaign world features governments who treat women as nothing more than property, human supremacists, and orcs who **** and pillage. Fantasy worlds generally do not adhere to our current societal norms, and then only if you think of the US and Europe as the norms - which, by statistics, they are not. Probably 60% of the world's population lives in a culture which oppresses women, minorities, or lifestyles in some fashion.
Sorry for derailing my own thread ;)
I'm 1/8th Polish and have no issue with pollack jokes. I have Jewish friends who consistently make jokes about jewish stereotypes.
-I'm not Polish at all, but I still use, and have no issue with the Polish jokes. I am Jewish, though, and our natural self-defense is self-depreciating humor.
-I was just joking with you, though. I was just saying how 'Pikey' sounds a lot worse than 'Gypsy'.
-I'm not Polish at all, but I still use, and have no issue with the Polish jokes. I am Jewish, though, and our natural self-defense is self-depreciating humor.
-I was just joking with you, though. I was just saying how 'Pikey' sounds a lot worse than 'Gypsy'.
Oh, I know, was just responding with my thoughts in general, didn't really think anyone had gotten their feathers ruffled. (Geez! What, are you prejudiced against birds now too??? ;))
Back to the Gurs, here's some more:
Races Of Faerun
The Gurs, also known as “Selûne’s Children” or “the people of the highway,” are the nomads of the Western Heartlands. Most Gurs are members of extended family groups that travel together from settlement to settlement in motley caravans selling cheap cast-offs and working odd jobs. Others have settled in the poorest quarters of cities such as Baldur’s Gate, Elturel, and Irieabor, where they struggle to survive in the face of ancient prejudices. Among those few scholars who have studied their culture, the Gurs are thought to be primarily of Rashemi descent. Although they have certainly intermingled with members of other ethnic groups, they strongly resemble the natives of Rashemen. As fragments of lore dating back to the erection of the Standing Stone refer to the nomadic Gurs, it is thought that they fled their ancient homeland during or immediately after the cataclysmic battle between Raumathar and Narfell.
Speakers of an ancient dialect of Rashemi among themselves, the honor-obsessed Gurs employ the Thorass alphabet and speak Chondathan with non-Gurs. Many of Selûne’s Children are unusually gifted oracles and find employment as soothsayers and diviners. In addition to the goddess of the moon, many prophetically inclined Gurs venerate Savras. Their secretive faith may in large part account for the continued survival of his faith during his many years of imprisonment.
The Gurs, also known as “Selûne’s Children” or “the people of the highway,” are the nomads of the Western Heartlands. Most Gurs are members of extended family groups that travel together from settlement to settlement in motley caravans selling cheap cast-offs and working odd jobs. Others have settled in the poorest quarters of cities such as Baldur’s Gate, Elturel, and Irieabor, where they struggle to survive in the face of ancient prejudices. Among those few scholars who have studied their culture, the Gurs are thought to be primarily of Rashemi descent. Although they have certainly intermingled with members of other ethnic groups, they strongly resemble the natives of Rashemen. As fragments of lore dating back to the erection of the Standing Stone refer to the nomadic Gurs, it is thought that they fled their ancient homeland during or immediately after the cataclysmic battle between Raumathar and Narfell.
Speakers of an ancient dialect of Rashemi among themselves, the honor-obsessed Gurs employ the Thorass alphabet and speak Chondathan with non-Gurs. Many of Selûne’s Children are unusually gifted oracles and find employment as soothsayers and diviners. In addition to the goddess of the moon, many prophetically inclined Gurs venerate Savras. Their secretive faith may in large part account for the continued survival of his faith during his many years of imprisonment.
Oh, I know, was just responding with my thoughts in general, didn't really think anyone had gotten their feathers ruffled. (Geez! What, are you prejudiced against birds now too??? ;))
-Great, you're prejudiced against birds, too...When will the hate end!?
Where do people tell Polish jokes anyway?
-In Poland!
I'll check some other sources later.
The only other Gur-related piece of info I could find was a character, Therin, in the novel King Pinch. He has a short piece in the Heroes Lorebook. Says it: "He is a swarthy Gur (a gypsylike people)..." The novel may have a little bit more information on them.