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== [[Tabletop RPG]] == |
== [[Tabletop RPG]] == |
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* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': [[wikipedia:Elf |
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': [[wikipedia:Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)|elves]], [[wikipedia:Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)|dwarves]], [[wikipedia:Halfling|halflings]], [[wikipedia:Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons)|gnomes]] (in 2e), [[wikipedia:Irda (Dragonlance)|irda]] (in [[wikipedia:Dragonlance|Dragonlance]]) [[wikipedia:Tiefling|teiflings]] and [[wikipedia:Eladrin|eladrin]] (in 4e), etc. |
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** The trope-namer; 1st and second edition D&D used the term "demi-human" to describe the "good" races and "humanoid" to describe the "evil" races of orcs, goblins, bugbears, etc. |
** The trope-namer; 1st and second edition D&D used the term "demi-human" to describe the "good" races and "humanoid" to describe the "evil" races of orcs, goblins, bugbears, etc. |
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*** And Planescape did away with this trope entirely, explaining what the prefix "demi-" actually means. For example, demigod doesn't mean "like a god" it means "half god". |
*** And Planescape did away with this trope entirely, explaining what the prefix "demi-" actually means. For example, demigod doesn't mean "like a god" it means "half god". |
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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* The art of [http://andersson.elfwood.com/profile.html Fredrik KT Andersson] ([[Not Safe for Work]]!): elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs (who look like [[Ugly Cute|cavemen]] with [[Cute Little Fangs|tusks]]), trolls (who look like a human with a lion's tail). Not to mention tons of [[Half Human Hybrids]], many of them the result of a certain bard who gives new meaning to [[Anything That Moves]]: |
* The art of [http://andersson.elfwood.com/profile.html Fredrik KT Andersson] ([[Not Safe for Work]]!): elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs (who look like [[Ugly Cute|cavemen]] with [[Cute Little Fangs|tusks]]), trolls (who look like a human with a lion's tail). Not to mention tons of [[Half Human Hybrids]], many of them the result of a certain bard who gives new meaning to [[Anything That Moves]]: |
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{{quote|'''King:''' No, no, NO! I said ''slay'' the dragon, [[Half-Human Hybrid|not]] ''[[Half-Human Hybrid|lay]]'' [[Half-Human Hybrid|the dragon]]!}} |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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