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Thread: Primate races in D&D?
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2013-02-06, 10:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Primate races in D&D?
Hi folks, i'm new here, but since i've been lurking for quite a while i had a question that i was hoping you might be able to help me with.
I'm looking for intelligent primate races (gorillas ideally, other options are nice) from all the editions of D&D. They would most likely be used as a PC and a NPC culture. All the settings and editions are fine, and if possible a short description or at least sources to find more about them would be brilliant.
For bonus points, where would they fit into Eberron?What doesn't kill you makes you... stranger.
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2013-02-06, 10:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
Well, there is at least one an obvious choice. It's even in Core!
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2013-02-06, 10:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
The Hadozee from Stormwrack are PC race gorillas with a touch of flying squirrel
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2013-02-06, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 10:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
Vanara from Oriental Adventures. With the Dragon Magazine updates they are a decent race. If you consider them too weak then just leave the update out and you got a race with 2 boni and 1 malus.
Otherwise yeah Hadozee pretty much. They are even similar to Gorillas and have no la so would be perfect. If you don't like the flying flavour just remove it and add another small bonus.
edit.: Probably give the Hadozee the climbing abilities of a Vanara instead of the Gliding? But also depends on how much you want to emphasize the race upon climbing since Gorillas don't climb that much.Last edited by Siltharon; 2013-02-06 at 10:58 AM.
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2013-02-06, 10:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Savage Species has rules for anthropomorphizing any animal so it can be used as a PC race. Baboons are the only primate example they give, as far as I remember, but there's no reason you couldn't do it to whatever other apes are kicking around in various supplements.
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2013-02-06, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
speaking of Vanaras, i find that the pathfinder vanaras are way cooler, use them if you can.
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2013-02-06, 11:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
Frostburn has stats on Neanderthals; not sure if that counts as "primate" enough.
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2013-02-06, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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I second the human.
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2013-02-06, 01:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
You might also look at the Green Apes from Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene. They're larger than gorillas, with a family-based society and the ability to speak a limited version of Sylvan.
They're actually a better-designed primate than most: tough, intelligent, fiercely protective of their families...and they have quite an interesting breath weapon, too. Definitely worth a look.
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2013-02-06, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
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2013-02-06, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
In Eberron you can find humans pretty everywhere, but almost only adventurers on the most exotic places (Argonessen, Xen'drik, etc)
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2013-02-06, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Seriously, enough with the humans :P
Thanks for the other suggestions. Is there anything from Spelljammer or Planescape?What doesn't kill you makes you... stranger.
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2013-02-06, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
What about Half-elves and half-orcs?
My memory is fuzzy, but I want to say the one gorilla-like Spelljammer race had a bunch of racial hit dice when it was updated in Dragon.
EDIT: After some digging, it appears that the Grommam weren't updated officially anywhere, and the few fan conversions are to 3.0 instead of 3.5.Last edited by Thrice Dead Cat; 2013-02-06 at 08:04 PM.
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2013-02-06, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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yep they are indeed in the primate order, like we homo sapiens are.
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2013-02-06, 08:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Primate races in D&D?
Orcs after 2nd edition certainly temd to look very primatish.