What fantasy race makes for a good Not!India?

>>49868248
Pakistani's

Nagas, garudas, vanaras, yakshas, yakshini, gandharvas, kimpurushas, and kinnaras

>>49868248
Goblins

>>49869451
No Asparas?

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>>49868248
Brown elves.

>>49869525
>elf designated shitting streets

>>49869536
>Not "designated shitting trees"
You had one job.

>>49868248
>Having India in your fantasy setting

No. Fuck off. Don't insert poorfag shitholes in a perfectly fine european setting.

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Dwarves.

Look at this statue.

Motherfucking Dwarves.

>>49869788
Needs more beard to be dorf made.

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>>49869810
That's a female dwarf mate.


Here's a beard.

>>49869684
> fantasy has to be european
I agree though, that its strange to make standard fantasy races into other strange cultures - they are defined by european myth to begin with. If you want an Indian setting, use their own mythology ffs.

Elves, what with the whole vegetarianism and complex cosmology.

>>49869496
I see those more like lesser deities

>>49869460
>>49869525
>>49869788
>>49869907
Fuck off

>>49869929
No.

>>49868248
humans

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>>49868248

>>49869898
>fantasy has to be european

Yes, why are you greentexting?

>>49868248
If you absolutely must have a standard fantasy race, Elves would work.

Otherwise, see >>49869451

>>49870121
*Rolls eyes*

>>49869788
I've never done Indian Dwarves, I did however once have Dwarven!Gandhi in a setting I ran.

>>49870121
Because it doesn't have to be? Why would it? Are you seriously saying that we can't have fictional and mystical settings based on non-european cultures?

>>49868262
brutal

>>49870081
incredible

>>49870233
>Are you seriously saying that we can't have fictional and mystical settings based on non-european cultures?

Why would you? Look at India, Russia, Muslimlands - they're shitholes. Japan is fine, since it's a memeland where monks are from, but aside from Europe and vague weeabooland, why would you have anything else?

>>49870305
European countires were just as shitty. We're not emulating reality here, we're taking it and making it fantastical.

I love the aesthetics of India, but im not going to play out shitting in the streets.

God you're a fucking idiot.

>>49870331
>We're not emulating reality here
Then why having India at all? Make your own fairy tale culture where everyone is happy and healthy and bestest evar.

Then watch players snore.

>>49868248
DANCING ELEPHANT PEOPLE, C'MON.

>>49870349
Because I draw from what inspires me and am not a cynical fuckhead like yourself.

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>>49869451
For those who aren't aware

>Nagas = Half snake people who live in underground palaces and own much treasure. They're heavily associated with water as well. Their arch-enemies are the Garuda.

>Garuda - half bird people named after the eagle god and mount of lord Vishnu. Arch-enemies of the Nagas. They reside on mountains and build their cities there.

>Yaksha - Guardians of earth's bounty. Be it treasures of gold underground or the forests themselves. They love wandering the wilderness. Yaksha are males, being usually portrayed as fierce warriors or short and stout-somewhat like dwarves. The females of their race are Yakshini: beautiful maidens with very large breasts and wide hips.

>Vanaras - Monkey people who make their kingdoms in the forests. Excellent fighters and skilled bushmen.

>Gandharvas - handsome messengers of the gods and expert musicians. Their beautiful wives are nature spirits and divine maidens called Apsaras. Lord Indra likes sending them to tease & seduce men who might get too powerful from meditation and spiritual development.

>Kimpurusha - lion headed mountain people

>Kinnaras - half men half horses (in Buddhist lore half bird). A very innocent and warm hearted folk, they're very fond of music and mate for life. They wear nothing but flowers, and eat nothing but flower pollen. Their scent is fragrant and very pleasant. Absolutely harmless, they're known to care for lost or abandoned human children. Think Hobbits somewhat.

>>49868248
Sentient dung people.

Varnas would make for an interesting game mechanic if done well

And the concept of chakras, siddhars, and prana

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>>49868248
If you want inspiration for an Indian inspired setting, read Lord of Light.

>>49869788
TICC

Check out the Hindu epics

Read up on Buddhism & Sikhism too

Stop using generic western shit for my culture, ffs.
If you're going to even try and make a not! India then at least draw from our own lore.
Ex.
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>>49869451
These are good.

If I had to choose one standard fantasy race, though, I would say Dark Elves.

>>49870305
For the time. :^)
Then the cycle will restart and Europe will go back to being shit, and the centers of power will shift again and again yadda yadda rinse and repeat.
Do keep in mind that Europe was THE shithole prior to ~1600thC, 1700thC maybe, if you push it.

Other cultures- especially India and Russia- have folklores just as deep as European ones. There is no point in dismissing the material, which is hundreds and thousands of years old, simply because of events which have transpired in the past century due to a corrupt leadership in those countries, or to base judgement on /int/ and /pol/ maymays.

If I were to do that, then every story would be about Hans, the Europoor cuckold, on a quest to get a state-approved birth-control pill so that Achmed can cum inside his """significant other""" and not have to worry, but face the issue of trying to dodge the police whenever he uses the words "Brown, Black, Skin, Heil, Government, Refugee(s)," and so forth within half an hour of eachother.

>>49870782
People who try to force Norse mythology on a supposedly non-European setting are like those people who go to an exotic restaurant and demand macaroni n' cheese

Or that guy on vacation who wants to stay in the hotel and watch TV

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>>49868248
>What fantasy race makes for a good Not!India?

Minotaurs.

I've been using Minotaurs for:

Not!India
>A strict religious caste-based society of Minotaurs; where in the holiest cows the "Brahmin" rule at top. Their fascination with mazes has developed into intricate temples and cities.

Not!Korea
>Peaceful, eastern, society of Minotaurs with an affinity for terraces; they're a small nation, but they're well known for their kimchi and advanced rice farming techniques.

Not!Egypt
>A Dynasty of unchallenged, authoritarian, Minotaur rulers; their massive cities and even more massive pyramids belay the intricate labrynths they've built inside them.

Not!China
>The 2nd most powerful Minotaur society; their society is completely obsessed with direction and have some of the best sailors and worst pirates. Their greatest achievement is breeding pugs; small lap dogs with "mazes for faces".

So far everyone I've mentioned or exposed it to has absolutely loved it, so I'm going to keep doing it.

>>49870305
>monks
>japanese inspired

>>49870782
>Other cultures- especially India and Russia- have folklores just as deep as European ones. There is no point in dismissing the material, which is hundreds and thousands of years old, simply because of events which have transpired in the past century due to a corrupt leadership in those countries, or to base judgement on /int/ and /pol/ maymays.

Mighty proud words coming from designated shitter.

>>49871706
Moron

>>49871706
>Mighty proud words coming from a Eurocuck.
I hope you know Achmed isn't done with your Wife, and she really, really wanted you to lick the creampie out.

Aren't /int/ memes so easy to make?

>>49868248
Effectively governing British.

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>>49870639
Hell, if he doesn't want inspiration for an indian inspired setting, he should read it anyway.

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>>49874308

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According to legend a hindu sage and devotee of lord Hanuman was imprisoned by a cruel Muslim king for preaching

As the sage prayed and meditated in the dungeon, an army of monkeys swarmed in to attack the muslims everywhere

None of the muslim soldiers could withstand the fury of the primates and the sage was soon released

>>49874308
Kek

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>>49868248
Mexicans

>>49877415
But why?

>>49875700
nigel farage has like the most punchable face

>>49878037
Because normaly there are no Mexicans in India, duh!

>>49878530
t. Muhammed

>>49868248

Humans. Fantasy races are lame

>>49878530
He has the wanker genes. It's not his fault.

>>49868248
Not!India is a setting in itself

>>49878530
>nigel farage has the most infectious smirk
Fixed it for you

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>>49875623
I always felt that Indian stuff was best suited to Magitech or just super high tech.

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>>49879309
http://nisachar.deviantart.com/gallery/37429163/18-Days?offset=0

Also check out this whole gallery.

Clockwork Buddhabots? Also dudes the size of a planet, dudes with a lot of arms and/or faces, nuclear weapons and Rama telling Ravana to fuck off.

>>49878968
Die

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Make them soldiers in a futuristic post apocalyptic wasteland divided into tribes of warring pale people named after Hindu mythology until a cocoon appears that turns them into cannibalistic demons named after Hindu gods.

>>49868248
Rakshasa.
Somewhat ironically they would pretty much have the stats and description of a playable Orc or Half-Orc race as those are seen and depicted today, so it would look like you're being lazier and less accurate as if you're doing the thing you're explicitly trying to avoid.

>>49879637
How?

Rakshasa are ugly man eating demons capable of shapeshifting, flight, and illusions

Not all of em are bad but most are

Orcs are just uglier barbarians based on a vague Anglo-Saxon word for monster

>>49879787
I always thought "orc" had something to do with the word "ogre".

>>49879881
It does

Both the French ogre and Anglo-Saxon orc come from Orcus, a Roman underworld god

>>49879787
That just sounds like an Oni.

>Shit everywhere
>Filth and corruption
>Overpopulation

Goblins. How is this a question?

>>49879975
Oni are based on Rakshasa though Buddhist influence

>>49879954
Isn't that Pluto?

Romanboos please educate me. Where did the word Orc come from?

>>49880607
Note I said "a" Roman underworld god

Much like Neptune wasn't the only sea god

Orcus punished the damned and especially oathbreakers

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You should have two races for them, the upper and the lower. For the upper some sort of exotic elf sub-type for the lower, awful fecal creature.

>>49880675
Gay

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>>49880607
The Romans had a shitton of gods, mostly because it made for good foreign policy - you conquer a territory, you let the local people continue their worship and slowly introduce your own deities over time. This meant that a lot of cults would eventually form in a polythestic society, even after the religions they were from faded - Epona, Mithras, all that jazz.

And the Romans just liked having a lot of gods for some reason. There were several different gods just for various forms of luck.

Pic not related, I just think it's cool in its own way.

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>>49868248
All of them. Each one becomes its own caste, each variation each own subcaste.

The upper caste is pic related, of course.

It's okay to go crazy with the power levels

Niggas kill elephants bareheaded and destroy galaxies n' shiet

>>49869451
What is this? A list of noises you make when you sneeze?

>>49881079
Giant floating dragon heads? too spoopy

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>>49882427
Dafuq are you sneezing like?

>>49880920
>dat pic
Savitri Devi detected.

>bump

>everyone is a caste
how about some background reading on some indian mythology instead?

>>49870305
>He doesn't like roleplaying in shitholes

I'm sure all your campaigns take place in suburban Canada and involve avoiding parking tickets and winning bakeoffs.

>>49868248
human aliens with tech-derived "magic" and reincarnation engines.

>>49868248

Human mages who view humans as inherently superior to all other fantasy races, their priests are mortal/non-divine human mages. The exsistance of any nonhuman mage is heresy!

>>49868248
I love the rakshasha look?

>>49869460
This

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>>49870782
>Do keep in mind that Europe was THE shithole prior to ~1600thC, 1700thC maybe, if you push it.

Built in 537AD

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>>49885391
Yeah, the REAL Roman Empire wasn't a bad place.
The pretender, on the other hand...
>inb4 we wuz printing press 'n shiet