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1 year ago ::
May 22, 2012 - 11:50AM
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...why is this in the Rules Q&A?
Seriously.
I wasn't sure about that either, but the Moderators moved it here.
I guess there is a rules question of "can my human character look how I want or do they have to look like medieval Europeans?" and the answer is that they can look however you want them to look.
As pointed out above some campaign settings may define special traits for humans from different regions in that world, such as typical physical appearance, common names, local languages, etc, but by the rules, all humans of any ethnicity are mechanically identical, just like all Dragonkin regardless of color or breath weapon type are mechanically the same.
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1 year ago ::
May 22, 2012 - 12:01PM
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This isn't a rules question, and this thread shouldn't be here. It's been reported again, and will likely go away soon.
D&D Next = D&D: Quantum Edition
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1 year ago ::
May 22, 2012 - 2:12PM
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Fluff - the flavor text you use to describe how something looks or functions - has no relationship whatsoever to the rules of 4e. It's common for people to either use stock fluff or generate their own descriptions that match the mechanics, but it's equally possible to decide your dragonborn is a bunny rabbit, that his breath weapon is skunk odor wafting in on the breeze, and that your mordenkrad is slapping people with your ears.
A DM can set any limitations they want, if they want a more realistic, low-magic game, or a game of 4e my little pony, or a game with nothing silly and everything high-fantasy. But within those limitations, if you want to play an african-themed character, you can. It doesn't even have to be human.
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1 year ago ::
May 22, 2012 - 5:41PM
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In 3E the iconic human monk looked affrican but the other iconic human and 1/2 elves all looked european.
In classic Forgotten realms I think there was a Dragon magazine artice for "Africa" to go with the "Arabic" and "South American" box sets.
The sea looks at the stabillity of the mountian and sighs.
The mountian watches the freedom of the sea and cries.
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1 year ago ::
May 23, 2012 - 12:06AM
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In 3E the iconic human monk looked affrican but the other iconic human and 1/2 elves all looked european.
In classic Forgotten realms I think there was a Dragon magazine artice for "Africa" to go with the "Arabic" and "South American" box sets.
There actually was a thread somewhere for D&D Next with someone complaining about how all human characters in the books are white, while Tiefling, elves, and other races are shown with various apperances. The reality is that its not because your character can't be whatever human ethnicity you can think of, but that they need to show more representations for those fantasy races to give us an idea of more possibilities. If someone can't think of making a human character have a more "African" or "Asian" appearance simply because there isn't a picture like that in the books, they have a very limited world-view.
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1 year ago ::
May 23, 2012 - 12:17AM
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This is the type of thing you should talk to your DM about.
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13 months ago ::
May 23, 2012 - 5:43AM
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In 3E the iconic human monk looked affrican but the other iconic human and 1/2 elves all looked european.
In classic Forgotten realms I think there was a Dragon magazine artice for "Africa" to go with the "Arabic" and "South American" box sets.
There actually was a thread somewhere for D&D Next with someone complaining about how all human characters in the books are white, while Tiefling, elves, and other races are shown with various apperances. The reality is that its not because your character can't be whatever human ethnicity you can think of, but that they need to show more representations for those fantasy races to give us an idea of more possibilities. If someone can't think of making a human character have a more "African" or "Asian" appearance simply because there isn't a picture like that in the books, they have a very limited world-view.
To be fair... there really out to be more types pictured in the books.
Of course, D&D as a whole is rather euro-centric. Not many asain or african monsters. (where's the dire lion? or dire giraffe, and dire cheeta? They at least have Oni.)
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13 months ago ::
May 23, 2012 - 3:23PM
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Here is a (incomplete) picture of the human ethnics of the forgotten realms
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13 months ago ::
May 23, 2012 - 9:35PM
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13 months ago ::
May 30, 2012 - 9:52PM
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The critically acclaimed Nyambe third party seting (3,0 days) may interest you, BTW... It is full of well searched, sensible goodies to use, a lively fantasy setting/region based on Africa's cultures, history, myths, etc. Lore and fluff too. One DM could mine it for 4th-isation.
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