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    I found a thread like this before but i couldn't find it again. So what is the funnest race to play fluff-wise. i don't care about racial HD or level ajustment, just fluff

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    Add a template from Savage Species, and any race instantly becomes fun to play, especially humans(crunch wise, but that's something else)

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    I don't care what anyone says, dwarf stereotypes will never get old.

    Barbaric humans are probably a close second.

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    Pixie.
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    I love Halflings. Always have, always will. I've played many characters over the years, and I'd say at least half of them have been halflings.
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    Kobolds!
    Little dragon-descended guys that always get stepped on by everyone but still manage to come out on top.
    Plus they are crafty :D

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    I've been having lots of fun with the Twi'lek I'm playing (hey, you never said what game I had to pick from! ), but at times I wonder if a Clawdite would be fun to play.
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    Changelings are the best race for fun roleplaying. Anyone suggesting otherwise has either forgotten or never heard of changelings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enguhl View Post
    Kobolds!
    Little dragon-descended guys that always get stepped on by everyone but still manage to come out on top.
    Plus they are crafty :D
    This. Kobolds are unquestionably my favorite race to play (and potentially incredibly powerful too), although goblins are a close second.
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    Human. No really. I mostly DM, and most of my players never use them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enguhl View Post
    Kobolds!
    This.

    Also, Goliaths (I love playing up the overcompetitive aspect); surly, stereotypical Dwarves; and Whisper Gnomes (because no one expects the Gnome to be dark and scary). I like goblinoids, too, especially Bugbears, and I have a special place in my heart for Half-Orcs, too.

    I'm also starting to warm up to Eladrin, Shadar-Kai, Dragonborn, and Tieflings from 4E, but I haven't played enough of 4E to have a favorite yet.
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    Synd from complete psionics is a personal favorite. Free one round schism is always great, and 3 heads make for interesting RPing. I like to play them as taking a full second before they respond to anything because of all "the voices in my head". I have all the NPCs wondering if i am retarded or psychotic.

    The Gith races are fun also for all the spell-like abilities and the fact that I have to go ape **** when we run into the opposing race or illithid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheCountAlucard View Post
    I've been having lots of fun with the Twi'lek I'm playing (hey, you never said what game I had to pick from! ), but at times I wonder if a Clawdite would be fun to play.
    Jawa's are also awesome, if there was ever another game going for Saga, I would totally roll a Jawa

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samb View Post
    Synd from complete psionics is a personal favorite. Free one round schism is always great, and 3 heads make for interesting RPing. I like to play them as taking a full second before they respond to anything because of all "the voices in my head". I have all the NPCs wondering if i am retarded or psychotic.
    Man, I totally forgot about Synad. I've always wanted to play one, but I've never gotten around to playing in a game that allowed Psionics so I could do it.
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    I personaly like Tieflings, Drow, and any other race that can drop a giant orb of darkness right into the mix of things. Also humans, for the extra feat and skills, I feel it gives my characters more manueverablity.
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    Changeling, hands down. Make him a rogue 1/factotum 9/ ur-priest 10 and make your DM cry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hectonkhyres View Post
    Changeling, hands down. Make him a rogue 1/factotum 9/ ur-priest 10 and make your DM cry.
    Factotum 9 is pretty much a dead level. Swap it for a level of wizard and use one of the cheesy early-entry tricks to go Mystic Theurge.
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    As most of the best ones have been covered:

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    Quote Originally Posted by monty View Post
    Factotum 9 is pretty much a dead level. Swap it for a level of wizard and use one of the cheesy early-entry tricks to go Mystic Theurge.
    Or Chameleon. Divine and Arcane casting? Plus floating feats? Thank you!
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    Quote Originally Posted by monty View Post
    Factotum 9 is pretty much a dead level. Swap it for a level of wizard and use one of the cheesy early-entry tricks to go Mystic Theurge.
    I said make your DM cry... not drop rocks on you.
    I'm pushing things as they are by even mentioning Ur-Priest.

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    I said make your DM cry... not drop rocks on you.
    I'm pushing things as they are by even mentioning Ur-Priest.
    What's wrong with the Ur-Preist?
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    I'd say my Fenneckin homebrew race due to liking playing as naive paranoid characters. If I had to pick an official race, I'd say Phanatons for the same reasons.
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    For me, humans.

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    Jawa's are also awesome, if there was ever another game going for Saga, I would totally roll a Jawa
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    Dvati, my personal favorite. Who doesn't love a single soul split between two bodies?

    My second favorite is Tibbits, because they can turn into a housecat with no LA. That's just AWESOME.

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    DWAAAAAAARVES!!! To hell with elves.

    I don't enjoy playing kobolds myself, but it's always fun to have a kobold in the party. They're all adorable and foreign and kobold-ish.
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    Dwarves hands down. I pretty much love every stereotypical facet of their culture. Beer, smithing, engineering, more beer, beards, bad accents, surly attitude, and beer.

    Close seconds are Pandaren and "Kappas", if I could ever find playable versions of them.

    I also love how no one has mentioned elves yet. Screw them. [Ninja'd]
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    Gnomes, because nothing says welcome to the neighborhood like a barrel of smoke powder with a lit fuse.

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    Half-Titan Halfling, dudes. Nothing is more fun to play than a short person with really weird parents and enough strength to overpower dragons.

    Especially since there's no appearance-based way to tell a basic Half-Titan Halfling from a normal Halfling.

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