What are your favorite races to play? And what are your typical cannon fodder enemies to throw at players?

19 thoughts on “What are your favorite races to play? And what are your typical cannon fodder enemies to throw at players?”

1. I like Sahuagin but they are really dangerous in Dungeon World. 

   Other then that, Goblins. But like this: 

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2. I wouldn’t call them ‘cannon fodder’, but the Blackwing mercenary company in my DW/AoDP campaign are some pretty badass gnolls.

   I love gnolls.

3. Noah Doyle Totally forgot about Gnolls existing thank you!

4. Shadi Alhusary You’re very welcome!

5. I’m a fan of motley assortment of “monstrous” races, and eventually making the PCs realize that these folk have community and society, too. It never gets old.

6. William Nichols Exactly why im doing this! I love the underdogs.

7. This reminded me why i never played a dwarf in DW. 

   The racial moves are just not enticing enough. 

8. Also please make some good Merfolk moves. 

9. Tim Franzke That was one of the first ones I thought of! Got your back on that one.

10. I agree with William Nichols. I’m a huge fan of Number Appearing, and two of my favorite PCs have been an Orc Chief and an Ettin Wizard. The latter adventures with humans, elves, dwarves, and a halfling. It’s a lot of fun.

11. I’d like to see draconians, maybe with some sub-race moves, but without too much book keping.

    And Avians, like the Myrrhn of Elric’s saga.

12. I usually do humans, always have. Still my favorite demi-human race are dwarves. I’ll agree that DW moves aren’t exactly enticing but I love the gruff smiths and always tend to find a nice groove with them.

13. Oh man I love gnolls as bad guys. Anything that attacks in packs and giggles while doing so is damn creepy.

    I also love the idea (from D&D 4?) that they take prisoners and set them against each other, cultivating depravity and savagery rather than just killing their victims.

14. Gnolls are mad fun. I’m also partial to any sort of deep-sea fish men – they seem to have a universal power to fascinate players. Have one wash up on shore, some rumors of undersea empires plotting against land-folk, some people really latch onto that stuff.

    But #1 race is goblins. So much fun. Just raise the pitch of your voice, babble like Beavis, and let your id go nuts – goblins are one of my favorite parts about being a GM!

15. As I’ve said before go Goblin! or Gremlin! A sneaky Gollum pet is fun for a party….A Groot/Ent could also be great.

16. Mark Tygart Ents! thank you and Joseph Madigan Goblins are definatly up there. Im actually playing one right now. 

17. Anyone given any thoughts about Satyrs as a playable race?

18. Yes. The italian ‘zine has cool Satyr racial moves and I also wrote some a few months back. I think Ezio Melega can help with the italian ones? 

19. Satyr Bard from the zine: 

    Add this to the effects of your arcane art:

    – Choose a number of people who can hear you: they explode in a frenzy of chaotic, uncontrolled emotion. Choose between rage, lust, jubilation or grief. 

    Mine:

    Satyr Fighter: When you are drunk or when using your horns to gore at something, you can Hack&Slash using CON.

     

    Satyr Cleric: When you engage in destructive revelry and everyone involved praises your deity for it, you gain a boon from them. 

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