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Core classes: Anointed, Berserker, Duelist (formerly Swashbuckler), Pugilist, Ranger, Rogue (formerly Thief), Sorcerer, Speaker, Warlord, Wizard

Planned Expansion Classes: Astrologer, Cognizyn, Eidontalist

I think it's time we WIZ!

P.S. I am now LIVE!
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Stream starting Noonish central time.

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I look forward to seeing you all in chat! I can’t wait to answer your questions and talk games!

I’m still getting used to streaming - LMK what I can do to make it a good experience for you.

My apologies for not following up sooner - here’s the cake in all its glory!

One made-from-scratch two-layer yellow cake, covered in rich chocolate fudge icing, with a light sprinkle of powdered sugar on top!

Turned out absolutely fantastic.

Thank you! I love the look of circuitry and circuit boards - it was a lot of fun getting it all working and then arranging them somewhat artistically!

Well, I'm going to try and keep this momentum going, and do another stream tomorrow, probably around noon Central time.

If you're interested and want to come hang out, I'd be happy to have you! Please excuse the inherent awkwardness as I get things figured out :)

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...and the good news is, I kinda already did it! I livestreamed a bit today, going through my game's Google Doc, reading out about the different ancestries and such, and generally talking world lore.

No one was watching, but it's the thought that counts, right?

that typically ended with my social anxiety, insecurities, and the like being such a massive barrier to entry that I wasn't really able to pursue that desire (in addition to the copious prep time that fundamentally was not sustainable for me at that time).

All that to say, I want to try again.

The last thing I want to do is to just say “this ancestry exists” in my setting and ttrpg (#Underkeeper). Not to say that approach isn’t valid, I (personally) just want more, and not fall back on tired and racist/bigoted fantasy tropes (because there’s so many, especially with Orcs and Goblins).

…history for the “main-player” species on the prime material plane; and establish their niches so I can build different cultures up around these ancestries.

My players will probably not care/investigate the evolutionary history of goblins… but it’s so nice to have a basic framework to fall back on.

…and of course, it’s fantasy - so I have the creative license to embellish a bit (and I *absolutely* plan to do so!) and stretch the verisimilitude of my worldbuilding.

I don’t think this whole evolutionary breakdown will even make it into the book, but it helped me establish a reasonable…

I’m running with this all mostly off the top of my head (and the memory of having watched hundreds of hours of Gutsick Gibbon videos). I am no scientist, just curious; at best an armchair anthropologist.

I’m pretty sure there’s a problem with timing (depending on the age of the setting), and such.

I’m doing my best to have the human+ line and the orcish line resemble the time period where hominins like homo erectus and homo neanderthalensis (I think I’m remembering the correct species?) would have coexisted and shared some mechanical and technological developments (tools, fire, etc).

…larger brain sizes and smaller frames, allowing them access to resources that the orcs did not have access to; leading to the lingering quasi-arboreal gathering lifestyle before the human-halfling+ divergence.

The Orc line and Human+ line diverged the farthest back. Orcs took the role of environmental generalists; they were the dominant hunters across the continents, and had greater success in doing battle with the beasts of the land.

Thus, the human+ line specialized. Evolutionarily, they favored…

The halfling-goblinoid line thrived with a smaller stature because they were more successful in surviving in areas that would accommodate smaller body plans, while the human-line was more adapted to quasi-arboreal life, and specialized resource gathering.

…and that brings us to the orcs in the room