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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: Asin on December 13, 2016, 09:07:08 pm
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Don't ask why.
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Elf, because closest to passing for humans while retaining immortality. Being a goblin, kobold or animal person can go quite badly, should you be considered a dangerous animal, if pleasure to talk to.
There are scant few other "man" creatures that are immortal - Iron man, for instance. None in modern animal men, though.
Were the first and second not concerns, maybe merperson/harpy or cave fish/firefly man for modern variants - it could be neat to explore the coral reefs and nigh-unreachable passages.
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Dwarf, obviously. For anyone who says otherwise, I have prepared a deep magma pit lined with ☼menacing steel spikes☼.
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Heh. If one could actually create magma pits, would be awesome way to make a killing on the home appliances market. Powerless stoves/boilers/etc, anyone?
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Seems like Dwarves and Elves are tied in the polls so far.
Meanwhile, I picked Goblin, on my own poll even...
My reasoning? So I have an excuse to spread chaos.
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Said elf, then realised that entailed being unreasonably het up about trees, camping, and eating the raw flesh of sentients.
Not that I have anything against cannibalism in principle, but raw...
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Well, now there are more elves...
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Since the option I would want (dragon) isn't available on the poll, I'll go dwarf. Because the powers of creation, magma (it's practically liquid fire!), and the raw ability to sculpt the world to my liking.
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Elephant man! Finding clothes would suck but I could wield a platinum statue! Or a leaf/piece of thread.
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#5.
BATMAN TUNUNUNUNUUUH BATMAAAN.
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I chose dwarf, but elves are actually slightly OP when they ignore their culture. They naturally live forever, and can easily become legendary in every skill, and inevitably become king once good enough.
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Noticed something. Only one guy wants to be a goblin and that's me. Explain about what is wrong with being a goblin.
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Being green or gray. Would make you easy target for discrimination.
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Hmm... True.
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6 elves...
WHY ARE THEY THE 3RD MOST POPULAR RACE ON MY POLL?!
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#5.
BATMAN TUNUNUNUNUUUH BATMAAAN.
If you can be batman. ALWAYS BE BATMAN!!!
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I chose human considering that I have an extra 10,000 cm^3 on all of you other main race people
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Brown recluse spider man. Or really any web-producing creature, really. So that at parties, when people compliment my outfits, I can say, "Thanks! I pulled it out o' me own arse."
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Goblin, obviously. Immortal, same size as most people, cruelty as a biological imperative, and pretty purple hair.
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HFY!!
But seriously DF human societies have the most range so as long as I got to pick I wouldn't have to feel pigeonholed into any particular role much unlike always good guy Dorfs, always evil Gobbos, or always valuing weeds above literally anything else Elfs.
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Elf, obviously. Immortal, cannibalism allowed, can kill people for stepping on grass, unnaturally handsome.
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Those are all true of goblins too. :V
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"Unnaturally handsome"
I suppose beauty is subjective
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Elven scholar.
Immortality and an affinity for nature mean that you can largely go where you please. Not to mention the elven lifestyle provides everything you could possibly need without having to do much hard work. So more time to party! ;D
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Elven scholar, eh?
What would you be studying?
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Elven scholar, eh?
What would you be studying?
History and Anthropology.
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Sounds like one of the few good elves! Good job!
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90% dwarf.
I am studying metalcrafting and creating automatons.
I have a magnificent beard.
My real name literally means short mountain-lord.
However I am over 6 feet tall and rarely drink.
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90% dwarf.
I am studying metalcrafting and creating automatons.
I have a magnificent beard.
My real name literally means short mountain-lord.
However I am over 6 feet tall and rarely drink.
It's the world record for World's Tallest Dwarf! Celebrate by downing an entire barrel of the best booze you can find!
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Look at his profile picture, he's obviously a flying toaster simply pretending to be a dwarf
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Oh my Armok! IMPOSTER!
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Being green or gray. Would make you easy target for discrimination.
This. I mean look at the messed up crap our species has done just because some of us have slightly darker skin pigmentation than the others. Murder, slavery, oppression etc. Now imagine what they would do to another sapient life form that wasn't even human and which was by our standards ugly and foul on top of that. There would be lessons in how to torture your goblin slave properly taught in kindergarten. Dwarves and Elves are the only ones that are human looking enough that they might not be completely wiped out by the all consuming evil that is human bigotry and self-centeredness.
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To be fair, every other race, especially the goblins, is equally likely to go on a genocidal rampage depending on whether they're the dominant force in the area.
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To be fair, every other race, especially the goblins, is equally likely to go on a genocidal rampage depending on whether they're the dominant force in the area.
Especially goblins, cause they are immortal and multiply better than my math teacher could.
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So can elves. Except they use wooden armor and weapons, so not as effective...
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So can elves. Except they use wooden armor and weapons, so not as effective...
Assuming they don't ride to battle astride unicorns and other !!FUN!! creatures.
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Dragon man. You didn't specify that I have to be an un-modded DF creature. Or possibly an ant man, as they have six arms and can fly.