These are the sentient races we know of:

There are 20 playable races. Out of these, 16 are the shards of elder gods. The illithoids are the shards of a souless god. The faelings are part elfen and part fae. The viscanti are descended from members of the other races that became tainted. The humans are shards of the Son of Yudhe.

We know the centaurs are the shards of an elder god, but not playable due to the mechanics of having 6 limbs. The orcs are a degenerated form of the orclach race.

Therefore, using great leaps of faith ( ) and not many facts I submit that:

1. The gnomes are descended from an elder god(ess), with a name something like Gnomogorum, who spent a lot of time in the aetherways
2. The finks are a degenerate form of dracnari, ostracised for not being able to breathe fire (and smelling bad).
3. The giant ants are a Kephera hive that for some reason abandoned their vigil over the illithoids and moved to Lolliprin.

You missed out the ones on Frostica and the ones on Crum... though the ones on Crum are fae ..

Discrimination! This post doesn't mention other sentient species like cobras, dashos, sandojins, coyotes, gila lizards, adders, rabbits, horses, chickens, snapping turtles, alligators and pythons to name just a few!

I was just arguing with a friend about sentience and ethics last night...what a coincidence.

What about shroomies?

Shroomies are the result of a twelve-week bender that Estarra went on, after she looked into the future and discovered all the drinks Arix was going to invent

Maybe I should have defined the way in which I am using sentient more clearly. I am using it to refer to races that are able to pass through the Portal of Fate, and become titans (or ascend to demigodhood/vernal godhood). This excludes fae, animals and animals with a collective soul. I am, therefore, assuming that gnomes and centaurs are able to pass through the portal of fate, though none have in recent times. Degenerate offshoots of a sentient race, such as orcs (and possibly finks) are therefore a bit borderline. I do not know if one of these two sub-races would be able to pass through the portal.



I thought about the shroomies a bit, but nothing I thought of really sounded plausible to me, so I left them out. I think I'll go with Arix on this one.

When Estarra was done with alcohol and weed, she decided it was time to invent shrooms.

Unfortunately, as she was really high on both, it kind of backfired.

Read it here.

Thanks, I was certain I had read it somewhere, but I couldn't find it, so I thought I was imagining things.

I suppose this would be the appropriate time to post my two ideas.

GNOME

Stats:
Strength 11 Intelligence 14 Constitution 11
Charisma 13 Dexterity 14 Size 5

Advantages:
-Can TINKER (requires 5 steel, 5 iron, 1 powerstone) to create an automaton with a base HP determined by the character's current level. It has basic mob commands.
-Improves aethership fighting/healing/speed by 10%

Fink

Stats:
Strength 8 Intelligence 9 Constitution 8
Charisma 5 Dexterity 11 Size 5

Advantages:
-Can STINK. Makes them stink, and throws off a scent if someone's tracking them (because the tracker sprayed them).
-Can CLAW for a moderate set amount of damage.

Disadvantages:
-You're a fink.

Funny how a humorous opinion changed into a fact after a few posts. Please, don't tell me you really believe Finks are degenerate Dracnari.

Note, this is not a troll post.


I really like that in Lusternia, there is a clear distinction between mortal races with divine origin, and just ordinary creations of these divine. One thing I can't stand in RPGs are druidic types of characters who bow to trees and consider animals equal or even better than humans - which has no place in Lusternia, because every playable race is clearly superior to local fauna and flora, and even forestals HAVE to admit that.

Also, Kalodan/Erion has bitchin' great RP.

Sorry, I hate it myself when people change opinions into facts like that. I edited the post so it's not said as a fact anymore.

And while it may be a humorous opinion, its my opinion, and I shall stubbornly believe it.