#fantash

"Default" races in fantasy is a moronic idea. Fantasy is about imagination and creativity, and to me bolting some cliche stereotypes onto your setting because its what you're expected to do is idiotic, especially considering how rigid and defined some of the defaults are. I dont want to have to world build around the assumption that there are surly scotchviking midgets out in the mountains. I don't like the fact that if I want to use the idea of dwarves or change them up to fit my world/tastes/etc I can't, because otherwise some stupid jackass couldn't show up at my table, turn off his brain, put on a shitty brogue, and start shouting about axes and beards and ancestors instead of actually developing a character or getting immersed in the setting. insisting on playing a cliche default in any kind of developed setting is like going to a Thai restaurant and demanding a cheeseburger. It's kind of dumb, its kind of rude, and it just shows that you don't want to leave your comfort zone