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A Race More Ridiculous than Ducks

Started by RPGPundit, July 25, 2010, 12:56:27 PM

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DKChannelBoredom

#30
July 27, 2010, 01:41:43 AM
Quote from: Narf the Mouse;396186*Recalls a D&D monster called the Flump or somesuch*

ahh, the legendary Flumph.

Hardly a major race, but definetely out there and obviously a cousin of The Flying Spagetti Monster.
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#31
July 27, 2010, 02:22:50 AM
Bunrabs from Swordbearer.
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#32
July 27, 2010, 08:24:43 AM
Out of interest does anyone know the rationale behind Ducks in RQ?

I mean what made the designers put them in?
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#33
July 27, 2010, 01:35:02 PM
Quote from: jibbajibba;396261Out of interest does anyone know the rationale behind Ducks in RQ?

I mean what made the designers put them in?
You mean the in-game Gloranthan rationale?  Or the actual reason they ended up in the game?

The answer to the first, in brief, is that the Ducks are the result of a curse.  I forget the specifics at the moment, but they were formerly normal men (or man-like beings) who were punished for an act of cowardice by being given a diminutive and laughable appearance.  At least that's the rationale that has developed over the decades since they were introduced, along with the name "Durulz" instead of "Ducks".

The real way they made their way into the game was, I believe, typical gonzo stoner humor of the '70s.  They owe much to the popularity of Howard the Duck from the era.

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#34
July 27, 2010, 01:46:08 PM
Vargr from Traveller...dogs wearing clothing and creating/manipulating tech with thier paws...right.
What ever happened to the good ol' days of humping bitches,hunting and fighting for position?! All this "advancement" stuff sure gets in the way of a good time...:p
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Set norms of table etiquette early on.
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#35
July 27, 2010, 04:11:46 PM
Quote from: skofflox;396316Vargr from Traveller...dogs wearing clothing and creating/manipulating tech with thier paws...right.
What ever happened to the good ol' days of humping bitches,hunting and fighting for position?! All this "advancement" stuff sure gets in the way of a good time...:p

Not 'dogs' , Wolves.

 They're very touchy about that.

 Just ask the VADL.
(Vargr Anti-Defamation League)

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#36
July 27, 2010, 05:06:37 PM
Quote from: skofflox;396316Vargr from Traveller...dogs wearing clothing and creating/manipulating tech with thier paws...right.
What ever happened to the good ol' days of humping bitches,hunting and fighting for position?! All this "advancement" stuff sure gets in the way of a good time...:p



They're also uplifted, in the Brin sense of the word.
Modified to be intelligent, humanoid, people with wolf appearances.

But don't let that impair the silliness.


At least it isn't Transhuman Space's catgirls!
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#37
July 27, 2010, 07:13:52 PM
Quote from: DKChannelBoredom;395989I 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!

How dare you defame Gamma World!

Loves me some Hoops...

At least they aren't 'men in suits' as someone else pointed out...

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#38
July 27, 2010, 07:15:04 PM
Quote from: DKChannelBoredom;396230ahh, the legendary Flumph.

Hardly a major race, but definetely out there and obviously a cousin of The Flying Spagetti Monster.

Flumphs are my favorite monster in all of D&D, bar none.

Silverlion

#39
July 27, 2010, 07:27:05 PM
Quote from: Tetsubo;396353How dare you defame Gamma World!

Loves me some Hoops...

At least they aren't 'men in suits' as someone else pointed out...

Indeed. Love them and Podogs, and Brutorz, and pinentos, and yexils...
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#40
July 28, 2010, 01:29:25 AM
And surely the Drow deserve a mention.
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#41
July 28, 2010, 04:08:50 AM
Quote from: Silverlion;396359Indeed. Love them and Podogs, and Brutorz, and pinentos, and yexils...

Quote from: Tetsubo;396353How dare you defame Gamma World!

Loves me some Hoops...

At least they aren't 'men in suits' as someone else pointed out...

aww, guys - I didn't mean it like that. Maybe it's just the lack of Gamma World in my (rpg)upbringing. Gamma World from 1992 just seems damn weird to me, looking at it for the first time here in 2010.

I think that's why Hissers (armed with Luger-like guns and golf clubs) seems more odd than the duck-men, that was part of my first roleplaying experiences in Drager & Dæmoner (a Scandinavian version of Runequest).
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Quote from: Cranewings;410955Cocain is more popular than rp so there is bound to be some crossover.

Tetsubo

#42
July 28, 2010, 07:33:05 AM
Quote from: GnomeWorks;396015Didn't World of Synnibarr have a bunch of crazy-weird stuff going on?

You are being redundant.

flyingmice

#43
July 28, 2010, 09:46:51 AM
Actually, what I find ridiculous - and have ever since I first saw it in D&D, is calling a species a "race". I jarred then, and it jars today.

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#44
July 28, 2010, 10:28:05 AM
Quote from: flyingmice;396424Actually, what I find ridiculous - and have ever since I first saw it in D&D, is calling a species a "race". I jarred then, and it jars today.

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