Spirit Folk

Just though of an idea for my dear D.M. so i thought i'd post my thoughts. Thats what this page is for right! =)

Recently my d.m. and I were talking about the new forgotten realms books, and about how he did not like the elemental races because they were clumsy and kind of hard to mold into a conventional setting. Well, since there getting so much support, i thought of a cool way to introduce them to his current world. Spirit Folk. In our campaign setting, we used the Tiger Islands as our oriental settings area. It was really cool, we didnt get to do much there, but what was done there was very colorful and memorable. For me thats something. But I loved the races there, especially the Spirit Folk of the Orientals Handbook, and the Hengeyokai (sp). Obviously the shapeshifters havent been represented, and i'm not sure if they will recreate the spirit folk, but if they dont, i think the Genasi would fit the bill pretty good. More than likely the Tiger Islands have faded away or been merged with another continent during the past thousand years, so most of its traditions and history would be gone, but if some of the tradition and history do exist in some small way somewhere, it would be cool to represent the races that were present at that time. Anyways, its just a thought, but it least it would be a realistic way to get the race into the campaign. You could just tone down the "I'm an elmental powerhouse" mentality to a more spiritual aspect. I dont like str. being one of there big stats, but other than that, i think the race fits pretty good. Again, just an idea. ok, i'll have a post next week on our next gaming session!