When a game does things different to be different

Okay, I can see how clowns can be some weird fucked up race produced by magic anomaly.

But, why the fuck dullahans and half-devils are (human-based) races instead of being templates added on top of base race?

With rope, duh.

I think sometimes dullahans are a type of fairy rather than a kind of undead. I'm sure that would warrant being their own thing.

That also explains why they're wearing tartan. Closer to the origin.

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Congrats on your immersion fail. Now apply that to tieflings, aasimar, and pretty much every race not from Tolkien

I don't play dnd, thanks. In shadowrun there is no such problem. In gurps dungeon fantasy there are meta-traits for things like that plus there were guidelines for mixing races somewhere.

I don't like that
a: the word metaphysical was used twice, and I don't think they know what that word means
b:clown and card race. The rest is just meh

>How would you play a kitsune luchador who grapples with fluffy tails?
I'd prolly get kicked out if i tried

LOL good to know there's only four games and they all obey you

Dullahans are fairies in Celtic lore. Their heads are detached from their bodies and they travel on a horse-drawn wagon. If they're seen by someone, they douse the person with a bucket of blood.

Dullahans are a type of fairy.

Oh wowee, I loves clowns!

>Veeky Forums will defend clowns and playing cards as races because they're original

There's also that guy in the festhall in Planescape: Torment

>Original

They aren't even THAT. Alice in Wonderland had sapient cards and "clown" is a fucking profession.

>Alright user, what are you playing?
>I'm gonna roll a Firefighter Warlock
>For fuck's sake, user, you're such a powergaming faggot. Play something original like a CPA Barbarian

>That's an interesting variant. Two entities, the head and the body, able to operate independently but still linked. Reminds me of this video pointing out how the two halves of your brain can end up operating the same way if they get separated. Left brain can talk and is traditionally associated with reason over emotion, so the analogy works well for a Dullahan's head vs its body and heart.

I think there was an episode of the Aladdin animate series that dealt with a kingdom like that, where the head of the prince was a ruthless despot that was forcing itself to remain attached (and in charge of) the kind hearted body.

I rather like the idea of card based RPGs (does anyone here follow Thornwatch closely? I would like to know more about it), but this one seems... odd. Though I guess it makes and interesting rules light system. But it seems very... kitchen sink, with races like Clown, Robot, and fucking Puppet; classes like Luchador and Vampire Hunter; and items like chainsaw and raygun. Suppose something like this could help me come up with new character ideas when I have writers block.

Addendum: I just noticed the that cover character gorgon has bands over the mouths of her snake hair.

talesofarcana.com/TalesofArcanaRules.pdf

How is this NOT the laziest, rules-litiest system ever that makes Risus look rules-heavy?

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Why though

What would a half-dullahan be like? Their head is just really lose?

A half-card? A half-clown?

Card people are weird and scary

Death to card people

You think right.
disney.wikia.com/wiki/Heads,_You_Lose

Not necessarily as obvious as that. I'm thinking of Ligers, where the hybrid has a trait that neither parent has.

Dullahan as a race that a person is born into is just a weird idea. Not necessarily a bad one, but a weird one nonetheless.

Those elf faces look really wrong.

Because the dude made it and produced it while you sit in a pile of half-painted Battle For MacCragge minis and unfinished character sheets

...Or they just are a seperate species from other races.

Making a half-baked game is no better.