Human Ethnicities?

>>54040563
Always bring up human ethnicity, and ethnicity in general. It's not only a way to make characters a little more interesting and fit them more into the world, but it also serves to set up plot hooks if they ever go travelling farther afield.

Let me put it like this.

Do you notice people's ethnicity on a day to day basis? Not just whether they're white, brown, yellow or whatever, but nuances beyond that. Do you guess people's nationality?

Of course you do. So put it in, it's part of being human. Unless they're an elf, in which case they probably don't give a fuck.

>>54040609
Okay good, there's a dwarf in my party, though I didn't bring up ethnicity with her because dwarves seem kind of homogenous from what I read, just maybe suggesting a clan would be good enough? I gave her a list of the lands dwarves commonly hail from so is that enough?

You sound like you're doing well if you're familiarizing them with the setting somewhat and helping them immerse themselves.

And yeah, bringing up an ethnicity within a character's race is a sign of a good DM. Hope you have fun in the future.

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>>54040563
I like games where being from a certain region gives you bonuses to certain abilities or skills, regardless of your actual ethnicity.

>>54040563
No, its irrelevant to the plot, setting, and life of the characters unless you plan to bring racism, bigotry, and slavery later on into the game.

Kill yourself OP, /tg/ will not stand in favor of this. Right guys?

>>54041432
moshi moshi baito desu

>>54040563

I generally ask when we're playing in the Forgotten Realms. I find it's a good way to judge how much setting knowledge a player has and what's motivating them to go human. When we're playing in settings that don't have clearly established racial groups I just steal the racial distribution from Earth and presume the character is the same race as the player unless I'm informed otherwise.

In short, if the setting leans on it I lean on it. If the system doesn't bring it up, I don't either.

>>54041432

I like anthropology. So fuck off, homeboy.

>>54041899
>>54041947
he's right though

>>54041972
I don't know, /tg/ seems a little bit mixed on this.

>>54040710
Dwarven clans are a great idea, and I would suggest that each dwarven stronghold is a mix of clans so it isn't so homogeneous. I would also make up some relationships between them the clans so that some are allies and enemies even if they are not actual at war. You could still include certain traits common to certain clans, such as blond hair being common to the Goldhammer Clan, for example.

>>54041432
You probably enforce a single pantheon, if not outright monotheism, for the setting as well.

>>54041947
It's clearly sarcasm dummy