[ That sure is a question. Aro lets out a brief laugh. ]
Well, there's probably too many to explain them all without hideously
boring you.
[ No one needs an encyclopaedic summary of everything the Player's
Handbook has to say about races. But he'll start with a few. ]
Elves are taller than they are here, and stronger. They live a very long
time. Thousands of years, sometimes, though dragons can be truly ancient.
And dragons talk, by the way. They're as intelligent as we are, if not more
so. Probably more so.
[ He's getting into this. He could also talk about dragons all day,
actually, so let's cut that short. ]
Dragonborn are people who come from dragons, so they share some
characteristics. Halflings are even shorter than dwarves, about half the
height of a human – hence the name. Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi all have
heritage from another realm, and they'll have some physical traits to show
for it. Like horned and tailed tieflings, bright-eyed aasimar, and genasi
with flames in their hair. Centaurs have the body and head of a man, and
the legs of a horse. Shifters look like humans, mostly, but can turn into a
beast. Tritons live underwater, and goliaths are a race of giants…
[ He pauses, aware that he's rattled through many, and yet that's
probably less than half. ]
There's many more. Birdfolk, lizardfolk…and half-elves, obviously, like me.
There's enough of us that we're generally thought of as a race to
ourselves. Am I boring you yet? I'll bet I am.
no subject
[ That sure is a question. Aro lets out a brief laugh. ]
Well, there's probably too many to explain them all without hideously boring you.
[ No one needs an encyclopaedic summary of everything the Player's Handbook has to say about races. But he'll start with a few. ]
Elves are taller than they are here, and stronger. They live a very long time. Thousands of years, sometimes, though dragons can be truly ancient. And dragons talk, by the way. They're as intelligent as we are, if not more so. Probably more so.
[ He's getting into this. He could also talk about dragons all day, actually, so let's cut that short. ]
Dragonborn are people who come from dragons, so they share some characteristics. Halflings are even shorter than dwarves, about half the height of a human – hence the name. Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi all have heritage from another realm, and they'll have some physical traits to show for it. Like horned and tailed tieflings, bright-eyed aasimar, and genasi with flames in their hair. Centaurs have the body and head of a man, and the legs of a horse. Shifters look like humans, mostly, but can turn into a beast. Tritons live underwater, and goliaths are a race of giants…
[ He pauses, aware that he's rattled through many, and yet that's probably less than half. ]
There's many more. Birdfolk, lizardfolk…and half-elves, obviously, like me. There's enough of us that we're generally thought of as a race to ourselves. Am I boring you yet? I'll bet I am.