evi1r0n
Baron
So a lot of ideas and pet peeves have been expressed on the boards lately so I thought I would throw my hat in the ring.
I like being a human IG and OOG. I really don't like how humans are perceived OOG. When asking for a human race packet or something like that I was told that I was human so there wasn't much to know... Okay, so my character like's metal and is really into his XBOX 360? If humans are the most numerous race you would think that they'd have a very rich culture and backstory. All the other races have vast local and national race packets while (to my knowledge) humans have little to none.
Not every chapter has or can afford to put out a full player's guide so I feel humans are left in the dark about the world in some places. If not for constant question asking on my local board I wouldn't have known half of what I know. The players and staff were quick to answer any questions I had and were always super nice but not every player has as much time on their hands as I do. Skimming the forum's thousands of posts for info just isn't practical. The rulebook doesn't really contain that much about the setting.
Here's what sparked this: my friend who is debuting Friday is playing a MWE. She knows way more about the world than I ever did starting. I didn't give her a ton of setting info other than a brief rundown. She started asking me things that I had never heard of that weren't MWE related at all.
If characters IG want to view humans as boring and mundane then that's fine but I think we should treat all races equally OOG even if you would never play them. Just my opinions in rant form. Thanks for reading.
I like being a human IG and OOG. I really don't like how humans are perceived OOG. When asking for a human race packet or something like that I was told that I was human so there wasn't much to know... Okay, so my character like's metal and is really into his XBOX 360? If humans are the most numerous race you would think that they'd have a very rich culture and backstory. All the other races have vast local and national race packets while (to my knowledge) humans have little to none.
Not every chapter has or can afford to put out a full player's guide so I feel humans are left in the dark about the world in some places. If not for constant question asking on my local board I wouldn't have known half of what I know. The players and staff were quick to answer any questions I had and were always super nice but not every player has as much time on their hands as I do. Skimming the forum's thousands of posts for info just isn't practical. The rulebook doesn't really contain that much about the setting.
Here's what sparked this: my friend who is debuting Friday is playing a MWE. She knows way more about the world than I ever did starting. I didn't give her a ton of setting info other than a brief rundown. She started asking me things that I had never heard of that weren't MWE related at all.
If characters IG want to view humans as boring and mundane then that's fine but I think we should treat all races equally OOG even if you would never play them. Just my opinions in rant form. Thanks for reading.