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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Elves
Elves! No other fantasy race has been loved, hated, redesigned, rewritten, copied and stereotyped as the Elves. They tend to draw all sorts of reactions to their very presence, from amusement to...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Goblins
When there’s Dwarves and Elves, there’s certain to be Orcs and Goblins. And while we won’t be discussing the Orcs just yet, we are taking a look at their partners in crime, the Goblins. The choice of...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Giants
Giants! The name alone inspires all sorts of images, from the fearsome monsters of stories, to the oddly benign jolly green ones in food labels. The giant is by far one of the most well-recognized...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Humans
Let me get this statement out of the way right now: In Fantasy Craft there’s nothing normal or average about Humans… and that automatically makes them awesome. More so than in any other game I’ve...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Ogres
Unlike Orcs and Goblins, Ogres suffer greatly from being underrepresented in popular media. There’s not a lot of them out there, and aside from very specific examples from certain video games, other...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Orcs
Orcs suffer from being the stereotypical antagonistic race in many a Fantasy setting. Ask anyone, and they’ll probably know what an Orc is. Often savage, occasionally civilized, always brutal, and...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Pech
Today we talk about the Pech. Yes, I know it’s a strange word for most people, but I did some research (well, lazy, look it up in Wikipedia Research really, but hey) and it turns out that Pech is...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Rootwalkers
Treemen, Ents, Rootwalkers. This species comes in many names, but everyone can pretty much tell one when they see it. Unlike the famous Dryad, Rootwalkers resemble trees more than people, and...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Saurians
Lizardmen. Of all the fantasy races in fiction, I find the Lizardmen to be the most awesome and under-appreciated. With the exception of the ones in Warhammer Fantasy Battles and the Lizardman guy in...
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[Fantasy Craft] Origin Analysis: Unborn
Automatons. Ever since the whole Steampunk boom (and perhaps preceding it, really), Automatons have been pretty popular in RPG circles. From Promethean: the Created, to Warjacks, Modrons, Golems and...
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