tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post820354130653851804..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #63James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7799632095666296272023-01-18T13:15:16.657-05:002023-01-18T13:15:16.657-05:00I feel sad to see how much negative criticism Cona...I feel sad to see how much negative criticism Conan the Destroyer gets online because I also love that movie. It's a fun adventure in a fantasy setting. It probably helps that I saw it as a young child and have never really gotten into Conan for it to bother me.The Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021667637255061683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7030951368059492702023-01-12T14:54:06.317-05:002023-01-12T14:54:06.317-05:00Hi Dick! Did the one article by Gregory Rihn in Dr...Hi Dick! Did the one article by Gregory Rihn in Dragon issue 44 influence your take on humanoids? Curious if we werent the only ones. Thanks Dick! Francisco Verdugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688083926283386191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79709713979648700422023-01-10T12:30:00.976-05:002023-01-10T12:30:00.976-05:00I "love" Conan the Derstroyer. It's ...I "love" Conan the Derstroyer. It's an absolutely spot on D&D adventure.JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51205946385890737492023-01-10T09:29:45.747-05:002023-01-10T09:29:45.747-05:00It's hard not to like Toon. The game's go...It's hard not to like Toon. The game's got its warts, but still sits near the top of my list for "comedy" TTRPGs alongside Ghostbusters, Pandemonium, Teenagers From Outer Space and Paranoia.<br /><br />"(One of these years someone will figure out something to do with halflings that's more interesting than simply being Tolkien's hobbits with the serial numbers filed off – or, better yet, jettison them entirely!)"<br /><br />It's been done already. Dark Sun's halflings are cannibals whose ancestors are responsible for mass genocide and the current state of the (dying) world. 4e halflings were nomadic riverfolk with a taste for both travel and adventure, noted for their agility and daring. Many GMs use them as their game's "little fey folk" instead of gnomes, with the elves as the taller faerie. <br /><br />My homebrews generally cast them as genetic relatives of humanity who've diverged enough to be their own species. Both are found dwelling in the same communities alongside ogres who are the "big guy" end of the human diversification spectrum - a concept inspired by Skyrealms of Jorune, albeit more extreme. Smallfolk and tallfolk are a bit rarer than the plainfolk, but they all see each other as kin and stick together against outside threats, That's a big part of why humanity as a whole is the dominant kindred in the world, really rivalled only by the more divided but more numerous goblin-blooded.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com