Half Giants: Cookie Cutter?

[Sir Diealot]

Very true, Moe.  For a real world example look at the Mule..  Horse = big, but with sensetive skin.  Donkey = small, but with thick skin and hooves.  Both of the animals are fairly intelligent, when one looks at other large mammals.

Mules are bigger than Donkeys, and have thicker skin/hooves than Horses.  They also, somehow get an increase in intelligence.  So, while certain parts of the Mule's makeup lead them to be an 'average' of horse and donkey, there is another part that is just.. changed.. to be superior to either one due to chance.

Crossbreeding is not an exact science, crossbreeding with the aid of magick is even less of one.

[Rhyden]

And mule looks like mul!

Coincidence?!

[Tisiphone]

I think what actually happens is, whenever you app for an HG and the staff accepts it, they also send you an email explaining that due to the magickal breeding, HGs are actually the -smartest- race on Zalanthas, within or without the Known World. I mean, run logic circles around a brainworm smart. I mean, convert the Dragon into a peace-loving benevolent Lockean anarchist smart.

But they're all acting dumb so they can pervade society. I mean, we've already seen a massive number of HGs in the various militias and whatnot, not to mention occassionally as lower 'aides' to nobles. Now we're even seeing an increase in 'common population' HGs, as usually represented by PCs. THEY'VE GONE TO PHASE TWO OF THE PLAN.

PHASE THREE IS THE GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF PERSONS OF POWER.

PHASE FOUR IS WHERE THEY REVEAL THEMSELVES AS OUR OVERLORDS, HAVING ALREADY SUBORNED SOCIETY TO THEIR PURPOSES.

[IAmJacksOpinion]

It is truely hard to find ways to RP a good half-giant. I've had a few myself and, I'm ashamed to say, I myself am one of the worst half-giant RPers I've seen!  :oops:

It's easy to throw rocks, but once you get behind the prompt of your very own 2,000 pound vessel of destruction, you'll have a hard time finding ways of not being flat out dumber than shit yourself.  And hot DAMN will you be itching to kill eveything in sight, because it's just suddenly SOOO easy. :p

As I said, I've never played a good HG myself, but I have picked up on some things from the better ones I've seen lately that I think will help your HG stand out amongst the other retards. Two things, mainly.

A) A focus. Not to dwarf extent, but something your half-giant likes to do (besides squish things, which was, regretably, the primary objective for my last HG ) or seems to think there's practical benefit to doing. I seen one who made soap religiously, for example. This kinda coincides with the "observe culture" sort of thing, because here's something someone's told your HG about, or something he's seen someone doing that he can focus on as a sort of culture.

B) Use phrases you may not entirely grasp the concept of. Repeat clever things you've heard other PCs say. Little phrases. "I'm gonna beat you like a red-headed half-elf!" or something. This also shows your HG trying to learn traditions and gimicks of culture. Not to mention, sometimes it can be damned funny. My favorite was when a half-giant told someone "You're easier to fool than a half-giant!"

Well, those are my ideas. If anyone out there is truely good at doing the Half-Giant thing, I think they should write up a document, sort of like "The Thieves Bible" and see if the imms'll post it, because the majority of the HG's you see SUCK, quite frankly.

[flurry]

Very true, Moe.  For a real world example look at the Mule..  Horse = big, but with sensetive skin.  Donkey = small, but with thick skin and hooves.  Both of the animals are fairly intelligent, when one looks at other large mammals.

Mules are bigger than Donkeys, and have thicker skin/hooves than Horses.  They also, somehow get an increase in intelligence.  So, while certain parts of the Mule's makeup lead them to be an 'average' of horse and donkey, there is another part that is just.. changed.. to be superior to either one due to chance.

Crossbreeding is not an exact science, crossbreeding with the aid of magick is even less of one.

Just to add another example, ligers are bigger than either lions or tigers (at least, Wikipedia says so).

[Mezzy]

I had a half-giant following me around once, pretty much played identical to every othere half-giant, I got attacked by a Magicker in the 'Rinth, ran and hid in the Trader's Inn, he walks up and says something like  "You should not come in here and bleed this a nice inn for nice folks, not you"

I'm like "Alright" and walk out slightly pissed off that Sloth just insulted my tavern etiquette.

Turns out he followed me all the way to the Bard's Barrel, and stole my weapons while I was sleeping, then sold them in front of me.

I thought about attacking him, but I realized it'd just be to suicide my character who was going down the tubes faster than you can say, "Half-Giants suck."

[Twilight]

Thread ressurection!

Half-giants are challenging.

PS-rent room.  I sometimes wonder if newer players, since the advent of the apartment code, even realize it exists.

[Cale_Knight]

PS-rent room.  I sometimes wonder if newer players, since the advent of the apartment code, even realize it exists.

That's because "rent room" is insanely expensive for those who are newbish/poor enough to sleep in an unsafe place.

[X_Scars]

And the thing with rent rooms...they rent only one room out. Should have a couple extra rooms I'd think so you don't walk in on someone who's payed for the backroom before you...unless through other means.

[spawnloser]

If the back room is currently occupied, you can not rent in.