10-25-2014, 12:25 PM | #51 |
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Re: [Sword&Sorcery] Racial Selection
One source of varrient Sword and Sorcery races in the Earlier forms of the Planetary Romance. Think about it, the substantive differences between John Carter and Flash Gordon on one hand and Connan, Fafhrd and Grey Mouser on the other hand are mainly details of how these guys were raised as kids. Heck Jiriel of Jory and Northwest Smith did a crossover.
Think about the various races of the Planet Mongo. Most of these races were humans with one or more animal traits added. In a Sword and Sorcery setting these could all be human followers of ancestral animal totem cults. The Hawk Lords worship their ancestor the Hawk God. Initiates to his cults grow wings. Basically they Gain a Pact. Winged Flight these wings come with a Duty to defend and propogate the Hawk God's tribe, Disceplens of Faith, and other binding Oaths. Each Racial Group would simply be the cultists of a deity or demon. This both gives you a wide variety of Racial Types but leaves humanity one species. Reactions?
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10-25-2014, 02:16 PM | #52 | |
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10-25-2014, 02:27 PM | #53 | |
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