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I generaly play humans, and they are my favorate because I know them the best (for clear reasons). Generaly the only time I'm not a human, is when I play the occasinal power trip game, where I'm generaly a Deevil (Beast being the highlight). But that's all sort of a moot point, as I GM 98% of the time.

Cinos

To arms, people of the Wolfen Empire, to arms!
The time stands not now to expostulate!
The armies of the Eastern Territories are here,
In our tribelands, amongst our trees, on our very doorstep,
And they are not come to parley in pleasentries
With dandified diplomats all bowing!
They are come with famine, sword, and fire
To make new war upon us, and we must respond in kind!

In frozen northern woodland I am born
With only teeth and claws as dear allies.
I bare them now to save my self and kin
For damnéd human laws I won't abide.
Through darkest night and coldest cold I march
E'er onward towards our races' shining goal -
Praise and howl! Praise and howl!
The Empire is come.

(Put me down for Wolfen.)

I've always had a love with orcs. Everyone hates you, regardless of your alignment, but when push comes to shove, having an orc at your side during battle in palladium is the same thing as having that M240G medium machine gun at your side in today's time.

Humans are my "default" race.
If I want to play an exotic character however, I am most likely to pick the Wolfen.

I like Coyles. They have an even worse reputation than Wolfen, because they really are a baby eating monster.

AnubisXy

Trolls to win!

Dragons .

If not allowed humans .

I always support the humans in any setting you can name... Starcraft, Palladium fantasy, Rifts, any thing...


Except Phase World (which I currently run). Just can't find the love the Terrans/Humans. No idea why...

Minotaur.
But since that is not an option, I choose orcs.

It really all depends on the mood i'm in at the time, and game, also what the other players are playing. blah, blah, blah.

Elf is what I prefer to play.

Changelings. The mystique and interest of the changeling assasin, or summoner, hated by others on both ends of the stick. One of my most interesting characters was a changling summoner who pretended to be an elven diabolist who had mastered circles and learned to change his shape through magic. I can remeber dieing, only having something like one SDC and two HP, and having all the other players at the table trying to convince me that I wasn't dead becuase elves get a 10 SDC bonus. Fun times.

Humans are the default race I tend to think of playing for Palladium games. Then again, I mostly GM Palladium Fantasy so I really haven't had much opportunity to play.

I've already voted...but I must put another 2 cents in. Some of the most fun our group has ever had was when I played a Baal Rog. The strange part was he was Principled...well kind of. He was summoned to assist this elite socialite mage in impressing her friends so she tried to teach him how to properly behave. Eventually he started to like it and CHOSE to stay with her. Midway through his "human lessons" she was slain by demons. Knowing the difference between right and wrong, he started to adventure killing those who do wrong.
Murder = Death Penalty
Assault = Death Penalty
Rape = Death Penalty
Stealing a Candy Bar = Death Penalty
Jay Walking = Death Penalty
It proved for some interesting encounters for the party...

Aaryq wrote:I've already voted...but I must put another 2 cents in. Some of the most fun our group has ever had was when I played a Baal Rog. The strange part was he was Principled...well kind of. He was summoned to assist this elite socialite mage in impressing her friends so she tried to teach him how to properly behave. Eventually he started to like it and CHOSE to stay with her. Midway through his "human lessons" she was slain by demons. Knowing the difference between right and wrong, he started to adventure killing those who do wrong.
Murder = Death Penalty
Assault = Death Penalty
Rape = Death Penalty
Stealing a Candy Bar = Death Penalty
Jay Walking = Death Penalty
It proved for some interesting encounters for the party...

I believe the term for that alignment would be "Abberant"

Crazy demons.

AzathothXy wrote:Minotaur.
But since that is not an option, I choose orcs.

Now THAT is the right call. The supreme race. I always play minotaur if given the option. If they aren't allowed, I'll usually randomly roll to see what race.

Oh, and minotaur magic user, if I roll the IQ for it (and amazingly enough, I normally do). I try for diabolist, but will settle for wizard. Warlock if I absolutely MUST. But minotaur diabolist... THAT is the way to go.

I've known GMs who didn't allow Minotaurs, but I could never understand why not.
They aren't so powerful as to be unbalancing, and it's not like they can't have skills to contribute to the team.
I've only had one player ever want to run one, but it worked out fine.

Sentinel wrote:I've known GMs who didn't allow Minotaurs, but I could never understand why not.
They aren't so powerful as to be unbalancing, and it's not like they can't have skills to contribute to the team.
I've only had one player ever want to run one, but it worked out fine.

Maybe some video footage of the running of the bulls terrified them and scarred their fragile little mind?

I normally play as a human, or a variation thereof (nightbane, true atlantean).

Wolfen been my favorite.

I'm a fan of the Kankoran myself, though they can be a bit limited depending on the game setting.


Daniel Stoker

humans...for some reason they seem to be my race of choice...
hmmm...
must have something to do with having played most of the others and just being bored with them i guess...(its hard to come up with a character thats not expected to be anything but a 2 dimensional chariture)

I had the opportunity to play a goblin thief once. I would do it again if I had the opportunity. So I voted Goblin.

I almost always test-drive humans first in any game where race is an issue, so I guess they're my favorite race. Traditional elves and dwarves have never really sparked my interest as a player, although I have played them. Despite that, one of my favorite all-time characters is an elven longbowman who was active in my PFRPG campaign for many years. My favorite non-human race is definitely the Wolfen. I really like their concept and backstory, and I think they're tons of fun on both sides of the GM screen. (does anybody but me still use those?) My favorite all-time character from a player perspective is human, but a close second is a wolfen witch I played through 1990 and part of '91. What a badass he was....

I said ogre, but I really meant "1st edition ogre"

MrNexx wrote:I said ogre, but I really meant "1st edition ogre"

What differences were there?

Marrowlight wrote:

MrNexx wrote:I said ogre, but I really meant "1st edition ogre"

What differences were there?

Primarily size. The 1st edition ogre was about 6-8 feet tall, as opposed to 8-12 feet tall. The 2nd edition ogre also loses psionics (but not the ability to take PCCs), but gains skill bonuses. IMO, the 1st edition ogre was a lot more reasonable as a human off-shoot,

Ogre. we must fight the monster races of the elves and dwarves.
and eat them.

MrNexx wrote:I said ogre, but I really meant "1st edition ogre"

I also prefer the 'shorter' more human-like ogres.

AzathothXy wrote:

MrNexx wrote:I said ogre, but I really meant "1st edition ogre"

I also prefer the 'shorter' more human-like ogres.

with psionics.

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:Ogre. we must fight the monster races of the elves and dwarves.
and eat them.

Elf. The other white meat.

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:
Ogre. we must fight the monster races of the elves and dwarves.
and eat them.


Elf. The other white meat.

Dwarf. Its what's for dinner.

lather wrote:

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:Ogre. we must fight the monster races of the elves and dwarves.
and eat them.

Elf. The other white meat.

I thought it was the other other white meat.

Citizen Lazlo wrote:What no Bearmen!?!?!?!?!?!

As far as I am concerned they are one of the most overlooked races.

when I saw Eandroth I thought, hell yeah.
but then I thought, maybe it's just the core book.
bearmen and Kankoran are noteworthy omitions from that list.

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:

lather wrote:

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:Ogre. we must fight the monster races of the elves and dwarves.
and eat them.

Elf. The other white meat.

I thought it was the other other white meat.

Yea, I think you are correct!

Adam of the Old Kingdom wrote:

Citizen Lazlo wrote:What no Bearmen!?!?!?!?!?!

As far as I am concerned they are one of the most overlooked races.

when I saw Eandroth I thought, hell yeah.
but then I thought, maybe it's just the core book.
bearmen and Kankoran are noteworthy omitions from that list.

Agreed.

They're a bit of a loner race though, if I recall right.

I guess that anything is possible, however.

the_canaller wrote:Yeah, but that's their charm! They don't need no stinking friends!

Yes, they stink quite enough on their own.

After all, have you ever been downwind of a wet bearman?

MrNexx wrote:

the_canaller wrote:Yeah, but that's their charm! They don't need no stinking friends!

Yes, they stink quite enough on their own.

After all, have you ever been downwind of a wet bearman?

There's no saving throw for that

Toxic fumes maybe ...

lather wrote:

MrNexx wrote:

the_canaller wrote:Yeah, but that's their charm! They don't need no stinking friends!

Yes, they stink quite enough on their own.

After all, have you ever been downwind of a wet bearman?

There's no saving throw for that

Toxic fumes maybe ...

Another of my Favs is Gnomes. They're about the same height as my daughter, so I can always have good visual in my head of a gnome. Plus, you can use one of my favourite techniques:
1. Gnome Spellcaster makes friends with the tallest guy in the party (6' or taller)
2. Gnome measures distance from the bottom of his feet to his armpits
3. Gnome takes measurements (and big guy) to the local backpack maker
4. Big guy wears backpack with Gnome inside firing his crossbow and tossing spells during combat, sleeping during those long walks, and manipulating (or motivating depending on intelligence) in between naps.

Not a snuggly...a backpack big enough to shoot out of, and then crawl inside and sleep. Big people use animals to transport them around, and miniature riding animals are much more expensive than a horse (I don't care about canon, don't confuse me with the facts, I'm right). Big people have to pay for their horses, I can get mine for just a little sweet talking and worst case scenario, when the party splits the booty, I'll have to give a section of my cut to my...ride.

I actually wrote an article about them for Rifter #34. They've been unused for YEARS (I cannot find a single canon NPC of them), and so I expanded on them where I could.

I voted Wolfen. Truly masters of the wild, as well as their own destiny.

Alejandro wrote:You can't intimidate anything when a battle axe gets wedged in your groin.

This is SO gettin' sig'd.

Are trolls smart enough to track a cow?

Joscap wrote:The only drawback of a troll is no magic and that can be accomidated by magic items or the wizrds in the party.

Who said trolls can't know magic? They don't do it frequently, but they can.

First choice would be Minotaur, closely followed by Gosai, Centaur and High Orc...

If I'm in a 'Pretty civilised races-centric' campaign then I'll grudgingly go for a Dwarf or Human*

Just never a pointy eared pretty boy, or a pointy eared midget... not a fan of Elves and Gnomes

*(no I'm not classing dwarves as 'prettty' but they fit into standard 'good guy' alliance games)

what is a 'high orc'?

They came out in a Rifter several years ago.

What? No Kankoran in the list? *grumble*