New Posts For Thread: I Hate Tolkienhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_TolkienSo anyone else feel like the races were presented as very Tolkienesque? I did & got really mad (thankfully it is fluff & I can change it). I hate tolkien's races, they are annoy & bland. I like my dwarves as rambuncous, drunken honorable warriors (orThey could always seperate the core races and exotic races into two sections of the Players Handbook. Or perhaps they can have an exotic races supplement. I believe Mike Mearls said something about given each race a 'rairity' level at some point.Pershttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_Tolkien?post_id=524352075#524352075They could always seperate the core races and exotic races into two sections of the Players Handbook. Or perhaps they can have an exotic races supplement. I believe Mike Mearls said something about given each race a 'rairity' level at some point.PersFri, 21 Sep 2012 11:43:51 -0500The thing is, the original Dungeon and Dragons setting was in my opinion very Tolkienesque. The major difference being that Magic was much more pronounced and that Technology aimed towards the late middle ages/renaissance rather then the high middlehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_Tolkien?post_id=524351699#524351699The thing is, the original Dungeon and Dragons setting was in my opinion very Tolkienesque. The major difference being that Magic was much more pronounced and that Technology aimed towards the late middle ages/renaissance rather then the high middleFri, 21 Sep 2012 11:33:58 -0500The only real problem I see is that they have had so many player races in the game that there is no way they could include them all in one phb. I could care less what they include in the phb beyond the basic dwarf, elf, halfling, gnome, human but I dhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_Tolkien?post_id=524339025#524339025The only real problem I see is that they have had so many player races in the game that there is no way they could include them all in one phb. I could care less what they include in the phb beyond the basic dwarf, elf, halfling, gnome, human but I dFri, 21 Sep 2012 00:07:46 -0500I'm just glad he said ‘Tolkienesque’ instead of ‘generic’. I get grumpy with people who act like they're the same thing.If you don't like Tolkienesque fantasy, that's cool, though I really don't agree that this is. But aside fhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_Tolkien?post_id=524338413#524338413I'm just glad he said ‘Tolkienesque’ instead of ‘generic’. I get grumpy with people who act like they're the same thing.If you don't like Tolkienesque fantasy, that's cool, though I really don't agree that this is. But aside fThu, 20 Sep 2012 23:03:41 -0500True, true. I should keep the sardonic/ironic humor in OTT. No matter, that's the cool thing about fantasy, there's so many flavors and takes on the genre. It's such a vague umbrella term with so many ways to look at it. And that's a cool thing abhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29346583/I_Hate_Tolkien?post_id=524320051#524320051True, true. I should keep the sardonic/ironic humor in OTT. No matter, that's the cool thing about fantasy, there's so many flavors and takes on the genre. It's such a vague umbrella term with so many ways to look at it. And that's a cool thing abThu, 20 Sep 2012 10:51:45 -0500