A Race More Ridiculous than Ducks

RPGPundit · July 25, 2010, 12:56:27 PM

Runequest has its famous Duck-men... the question is whether there's a major race of a known RPG world that you consider more ridiculous than the duck men?

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ggroy · July 25, 2010, 01:03:59 PM

Windlings from Earthdawn.

Ian Absentia · July 25, 2010, 01:39:11 PM

This thread is operating from a false assumption -- Ducks are not ridiculous. Do not even start on baboons or newtlings with me.

Instead I offer: Humans, in virtually any game.

!i!

PaladinCA · July 25, 2010, 01:47:53 PM

Without a doubt, it's the Giff from Spelljammer.

Honorable mention to the Kender from Krynn -- How they haven't been subjected to genocide is beyond me.

Koltar · July 25, 2010, 01:50:06 PM

Quote from: PaladinCA;395977Without a doubt, it's the Giff from Spelljammer.

Honorable mention to the Kender from Krynn -- How they haven't been subject to genocide is beyond me.

Okay weren't the Kender just another way of saying Hobbit or halfling without actually saying ' Halfling ' ?

Thats the impression I always had.

- Ed C.

Zachary The First · July 25, 2010, 01:51:02 PM

Excellent point on Kender genocide, and the surprising lack thereof.

Floopers, from Rifts. Not sure if they're major, but what race in Rifts is?

FrankTrollman · July 25, 2010, 01:51:52 PM

I actually give it to crap like the Kalashtar or the Azurin. For fuck's sake guys, it's a pen and paper fantasy game, you have an unlimited special effects budget. Having "races" that are exactly the same as humans except that they have different game mechanical bonuses that synergize with different character classes really offends me on multiple levels.

It's a human... but with blue eyes.

Fuck. That.

-Frank

BillionSix · July 25, 2010, 02:29:34 PM

Quote from: Koltar;395980Okay weren't the Kender just another way of saying Hobbit or halfling without actually saying ' Halfling ' ?

Thats the impression I always had.

- Ed C.

Nah, Kender was a way of getting rid of the halflings and replacing them with a bad stereotype of that obnixious foolhardy kleptomaniac gamer that you wish wasn't in your group.
As a character in a novel? Mildly amusing. As a playable character? Munchkin bait.

Back in the day, halflings were basically Hobbits. They were quiet, pastoral types who like peace and creature comforts, and occasionally produced an adventurous member under the "exception that proves the rule" thing.

Then the Kender came along, and unfortunately every version of the halflings that came after that was colored by them. They became rogueish vagabonds who lived on the outskirts of human society.

I liked them better when they were Hobbits.

Brian

DKChannelBoredom · July 25, 2010, 03:06:14 PM

I recently bought a copy of Gamma World, a game I never read or played before, and I don't know which of the races from the bestiary to nominate. The battle-furying-mace-wielding Badders, the highly intelligent gun-toting Dabbers or the Watership Down-gone-mutant Hoops? It's just silly craziness all over!

Enlightened · July 25, 2010, 03:43:04 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;395966Runequest has its famous Duck-men... the question is whether there's a major race of a known RPG world that you consider more ridiculous than the duck men?

No, the ducks are the worst.

There are other bad ones, but nothing is quite as bad as the ducks.

Darran · July 25, 2010, 03:47:58 PM

Quote from: Ian Absentia;395975This thread is operating from a false assumption -- Ducks are not ridiculous. Do not even start on baboons or newtlings with me.

They are ridiculous.

Claudius · July 25, 2010, 03:56:51 PM

Quote from: Ian Absentia;395975This thread is operating from a false assumption -- Ducks are not ridiculous.

They are.

Luckily, I never saw a duck during my RQ games, and I'm thankful for that.

Lawbag · July 25, 2010, 04:06:45 PM

I recall there being a terrible British RPG where one of the character races was a giant hedgehog or something similar...

Peregrin · July 25, 2010, 04:10:41 PM

They are not ridiculous nor are they to be taken lightly. They are evil, sinister beings that must be eradicated at all costs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx5H58iuLU8

Claudius · July 25, 2010, 04:26:13 PM

Quote from: PaladinCA;395977Honorable mention to the Kender from Krynn -- How they haven't been subjected to genocide is beyond me.

I wouldn't consider Kenders ridiculous, what they are is annoying, like Malkavians. They're an excuse for certain players to behave obnoxiously and say with a straight face "I was just playing my character". :rolleyes: