soleedge said:Would the national packet contain heroes, lands, history that is not known to other chapters for humans? Can players have a history based on the national packet and would local plots be able to use the information without conflicting or causing conflicts based on the national packet?
soleedge said:I voted I dont really care because I honestly dont understand the purpose for a national packet for all races in general. Every race in the game has a unique culture and history that is based on a local chapter's race packets and history. Human race packets should be based on the culture and history of that particular chapter. Could someone give me an idea of what would be placed into the human race packet? Would the national packet contain heroes, lands, history that is not known to other chapters for humans? Can players have a history based on the national packet and would local plots be able to use the information without conflicting or causing conflicts based on the national packet?
I do not want to take anything that add flavor to the game, but I just dont understand the purpose of it.
Chris
Fearless Leader said:soleedge said:I voted I dont really care because I honestly dont understand the purpose for a national packet for all races in general. Every race in the game has a unique culture and history that is based on a local chapter's race packets and history. Human race packets should be based on the culture and history of that particular chapter. Could someone give me an idea of what would be placed into the human race packet? Would the national packet contain heroes, lands, history that is not known to other chapters for humans? Can players have a history based on the national packet and would local plots be able to use the information without conflicting or causing conflicts based on the national packet?
I do not want to take anything that add flavor to the game, but I just dont understand the purpose of it.
Chris
Yeah, that's been my point all along.
evi1r0n said:Robb Graves said:Fynwei said:Our chapter is in the process of making one. I think humans are much more based in the culture of the country that the chapter controls than a national scale. In my opinion, a very basic "Humans are the most populous of the intelligent races. Their cultures are varied, but are generally refined and separate into large governed areas. Their skin tone ranges from very pale peach to a brown so dark it's almost black. They are one of the shorter lived races, generally living 60 years. Their emotions are guarded or unguarded depending on culture, upbringing, and age. The common age of marriage is 20. Most humans are very money and power driven, which can cause them to be easily corrupted. This is not a firm rule though, as many of them are very giving, charitable, and humble; though some of the most powerful and evil necromancers come from this race (this may be because of how numerous they are, however). They can be very shrewd negotiators, though not often as good as Hoblings or Gypsies. Some of them are also very gulluble. In summary, Humans are extremely adaptive to different situations, cultures, and characteristics of other races." Maybe put in a few photographic/sketch examples of acceptable garb for humans including peasant, military, adventurer, and noble. (Probably color would be better, as it can cause more distinction between gypsy-appropriate and human-appropriate.)
I would then let the local chapter expound on that to fit their chapter.
this is brilliant and i'd love to see it in the rule book. i agree with everything in this post.
I concur. Had I at least seen this in the rulebook my original thread never would have started. I would have gone to my local board for a more detailed culture guide.
Fearless Leader said:All the posts in favor seem to be talking about the human "culture."
Culture is what goes in the local packets, not the national packets.
What exactly would a national human race packet say, anyway? "Humans can be happy or sad, smart or stupid, like necromancy or hate it, eat spinach or not eat spinach..." Seriously, what do you want it to say?
There is absolutely nothing preventing local chapters from putting out human race packets if they want.
Fynwei said:Mike ... See my post above?