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Rather than Humans being inferior species that just manage to beat all odds with
the skin of their teeth with their well rounded jack of all trades, are there any games
where they are the "Elves" of the series? The kind where other races see Humans
as the scary elder race that who have unique abilities that give them advantages
over all others?
I was thinking about it in the classic sense based on old folklore, A world where
there is no Humans, only Elves, Dwarves, and Ores. How would they react to
something that deosn' t follow their laws of physics/ magic?
AIE) drome magic immunity, in exchange for limited magical power
mysterious affinity fire and knowledge of "forbidden arts" aka Technology,
forged by Human hands inherits Human properties, "Cold Iron" that literally burn Elves and ether notahuman
creatures
siren is considered term all races (even Dwarves) except Humans
mack of magic is considered the same as lack of a soul, Elves and ethers think Humanity is a Lovecraft horror when they see that,
IT' S LITERALLY NOTHING, AND IT' S LOOKING BACK AT US!"
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User avatar #21 - schmuxy (09/19/2015) [-]
>Iron burns them
>There's iron in our blood

I like where this is going
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User avatar #85 to #21 - cowcubrub (09/20/2015) [-]
So does acid. There's a **** ton of it in our stomach.
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User avatar #113 to #85 - centaurstesticle ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
we gonna cut ourselves open over them?
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#116 to #113 - myreadyassyolk (09/20/2015) [-]
Witnessed!
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User avatar #131 to #116 - centaurstesticle ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
you made my day
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User avatar #48 to #21 - dingdongpancakes (09/20/2015) [-]
the **** are we xenomorphes to them now?
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User avatar #118 to #21 - destismad (09/20/2015) [-]
We're their ******* zenomorphs.
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User avatar #30 to #21 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/19/2015) [-]
A rogue band of Humans known as the Wrist-Slitters, who use their own "life essence" as a weapon against the xenos.

That sounds metal as **** .
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User avatar #37 to #30 - otisriedel (09/20/2015) [-]
*emo as ****
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#38 to #37 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Listen, m8, it's taste, but when people use what keeps them alive to fight, that sounds ******* awesome to me.

So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, shove it up your ass.
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#51 to #38 - homestuckxplain (09/20/2015) [-]
Beyond the Boundary was pretty ok.
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User avatar #52 to #51 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
That's cool, but by "using their life essence as a weapon", I mean, like, they'll hit arteries to use like shotgun blasts to melt aliens or **** .

If that makes any sense.
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#54 to #52 - homestuckxplain (09/20/2015) [-]
Meh, I wouldn't see it working with humans, seeing how we'd only be good to kill 2-3 alien suckers before be bled out.

Not to mention, the original premise wouldn't work. The Iron in our blood that is supposed to be the Elven weakness is trapped in the Hemoglobin molecule in the Red Blood Cells.

Elfs'FW we douse them with a bucket of human blood.
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User avatar #55 to #54 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Medically, it doesn't work, but if we're talking elves and **** , then it's magic, and I ain't gotta explain **** . Just imagine it, a human is trapped by two elves, and he shoves a knife into a bodily artery and shotguns them with blood and they just melt into a pile of blood and failure.

That sounds so cool to me.
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#57 to #55 - homestuckxplain (09/20/2015) [-]
I don't think I know any show where a HUMANS blood is detrimental to others, since that's usually the aliens job. Ah well, perhaps one day.


Unrelated note. You're perfectly suited to being a Mage of Blood. Using blood all smart-like to kill things around you at the expense of yourself.

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User avatar #58 to #57 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Using life to take life is the most metal way to be a wizard.
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User avatar #144 to #58 - nexuslament (09/20/2015) [-]
The book series the seeker has something like that called wizard fire.A desperate wizard can pretty much weaponize his soul and manifest it into fierce blue flames.Basically they kill themselves in a last ditch effort but its like the strongest thing they can do.
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User avatar #153 to #144 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
I like the sound of that, I need to check into that.
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User avatar #158 to #153 - nexuslament (09/20/2015) [-]
thats the first book or a picture of it at least
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#66 to #54 - emperorwatergate (09/20/2015) [-]
What if they're suicide bombers?
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User avatar #71 to #66 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
ACID BOMB.
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#155 to #52 - scrolls (09/20/2015) [-]
have you seen dead man wonderland?
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User avatar #122 to #51 - unikornking (09/20/2015) [-]
Looks like something straight out of Deadman Wonderland
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#159 to #51 - carjriak ONLINE (09/21/2015) [-]
What's that from?
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User avatar #94 to #51 - rattygoner (09/20/2015) [-]
do you happen to have sauce on that gif?
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#135 to #94 - anon (09/20/2015) [-]
The blood sword thing? he said in the comments. Beyond the boundary.
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User avatar #39 to #38 - otisriedel (09/20/2015) [-]
it's called a joke bro.
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User avatar #43 to #39 - boneknight (09/20/2015) [-]
I like rubbing my cock.
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User avatar #67 to #30 - frankwest (09/20/2015) [-]
Or they could be like Beaters or something. They just go in barehanded after dragging a knife across their knuckles to have acid fists to punch Elves into oblivion
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User avatar #69 to #68 - frankwest (09/20/2015) [-]
ANd the more they punch something the more they split open the wounds on their hands and produce more blood. The older fighters would have hardened calloused knuckles from so many battles
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#74 to #30 - epicscorpion ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
So basically Wei from Darker than Black?
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#76 to #74 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Who?
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#80 to #76 - epicscorpion ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
He sits his wrists onto enemies, and triggers it's explosion

Its basically what you described, but with boom instead of toxin
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User avatar #82 to #80 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Nah, m8, it's gotta be acidic, boom's fine for, like, Orcs or Dwarves.
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#83 to #82 - epicscorpion ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
"What are ya gonna do, bleed on me?"
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User avatar #86 to #82 - pyroteknyx (09/20/2015) [-]
Look into deadman wonderland. The ability to use blood as a weapon is pretty much the basis of the entire anime.
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#79 to #30 - probablytruefacts (09/20/2015) [-]
Or...
Just hear me out here...
Or they could not slit their wrists and risk paralyzing their hands
Or killing themselves
Or be emo

Maybe they could be called something like Sanguine Knights
And they fight with blood that doesn't have to be their own.
They can coat their armor in it. They can coat their weapons in it. They can coat their arrows and crossbow bolts in it. They can even make blood-bombs, or put blood in paintball guns ammo.

Just something about people slitting their wrists and running after their enemy like "I'm gonna get you!" sounds cringy as **** to me.
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User avatar #81 to #79 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
First off, >>#67

Secondly, not them running in like *SLASH* "IM GONNA GIT YA", more like, they damage themselves before the fight, like stabbing themselves in the palms to soak their hands in blood, and then they could use, basically, acidic punches, or something like that.

Fighting without your own blood is only reserved when a comrade dies, if a comrade dies, they cut him open, reach their arms in him, and fight with his blood and essence to avenge him, plus, it's ******* badass if you use your own life to take other lives, if you're willing to, say, bleed, in order to kill your enemy, that's hardcore.
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User avatar #73 to #30 - rollmeanddie (09/20/2015) [-]
Bruh. Blood magic.
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User avatar #75 to #73 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
I hear more about this "Blood Magic" and being a "Blood Mage"
BUT THINK ABOUT A BLOOD GUNSMITH, THO.

Y'remember in Hellsing where he had the bullets filled with holy water, what if blood-filled bullets was made, and you could create a sort of special forces hunting the xenos.
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User avatar #78 to #75 - rollmeanddie (09/20/2015) [-]
I once played a character in D&D and d20 modern known only as the 'Gun Wizard'. He was an offensively slavic wizard who could turn pretty much anything into a gun, and it would take aspects from the items used to craft it. His magical reagents were vodka, duct tape, and blood.
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#136 to #78 - lollypopalopicus ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
That is ******* glorious and I want more.
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User avatar #145 to #30 - mion (09/20/2015) [-]
Watch/Read Deadman Wonderland if you're into anime/manga. It pretty much covers what you just said.
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User avatar #1 - thekeeperofthumbs (09/19/2015) [-]
aka HFY, but more fantasy than sci-fi
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User avatar #2 to #1 - kasperfage (09/19/2015) [-]
what does HFY actually stand for ?
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#5 to #2 - homestuckxplain (09/19/2015) [-]
Humanity, **** Yeah!
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User avatar #4 to #2 - boxcarracer ONLINE (09/19/2015) [-]
Humanity, **** Yeah
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#3 to #2 - anon (09/19/2015) [-]
humanity f@#k yea
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User avatar #61 to #2 - thekieran ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Stores written a few years ago.

/Humaity+Fuck+Yeah/funny-pictures/5044220/
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#6 - anon (09/19/2015) [-]
Gate(a anime which came out this season) follows the technology as scary magic to the natives, but they also include native humans who do have and use magic(a few of them do).
The Dresden Files also follow that pattern to a degree, when humans technology and numbers make them a doomsday weapon to bring against supernatural beings.
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#151 to #6 - fukitidk (09/20/2015) [-]
it's was good.
Untill some overpowered Mary sue of a Loli came out of nowhere.
I think it would have been better without her
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User avatar #115 to #6 - fjkabob (09/20/2015) [-]
The Bryyo Lore in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption followed a similar line. It's actually a really interesting read.
metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Bryyo_Data
if you don't want to read it, here's a tl;dr
ancient magic vs new technology, war ensues, planet ravaged, magic kinda wins but at such a price where they become savages, and the last science guy makes what's left of the planet salvagable
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#10 to #6 - anon (09/19/2015) [-]
But don't forget the biggest enemy of them all the straw people , if you want to just turn off your brain and laugh at stuff some of which is actually intended to be funny , it's pretty good. Also, the internal politics is surprisingly realistic but for some reason while Japan is crippled by bureaucrats who can't make decisions, America is secretly ruled by an autocratic dictator masquerading as a democratically elected president honestly, they give us too much credit .
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#22 to #6 - thecypher (09/19/2015) [-]
Dresden Files mentioned. Swell with zombie T-Rex mounts, Succubus bro and badass Santa.
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#19 to #6 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/19/2015) [-]
Novel>Manga>Anime
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#15 to #6 - spaceturtlecadet (09/19/2015) [-]
itami
a true hero
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#18 - agreatusername (09/19/2015) [-]
In many myths and legends of the Fae, iron is toxic to faeries and fae creatures.
Theres a book trilogy known as "The modern tale of Faerie" that does this very very well.
Its worth a look if youre interested.
Its also part of a spinoff to the mortal instruments series.
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#25 to #18 - soyfriedbryce (09/19/2015) [-]
I've been looking for a good book to read, but tell me this, its not some teen romance book right? Iv'e been recommended so many books recently that ended up being directed towards a 14 year old high school girl rather than me. Not that thats an issue, I can appreciate good writing in any form, but I'm a bit burned out on them. Is it a good series in that sense?
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User avatar #26 to #25 - lordmaddie (09/19/2015) [-]
If you're interested, I've read some good books lately. Here's a list of the one's that aren't romancey:

Left Hand of God trilogy (Paul Hoffman)
Demon Cycle books (I think that's what it's called, the first one's The Painted Man)(Peter V Brett)
Gentleman Bastards books (Again, think that's what they're called, the first one's The Lies of Locke Lamora)(Scott Lynch)
Night Angel trilogy (Brent Weeks)
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User avatar #130 to #26 - Thundergod (09/20/2015) [-]
>mentioning Brent Weeks
>Not mentioning the Lightbringer series
>bruh
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#63 to #26 - soyfriedbryce (09/20/2015) [-]
I love the Night Angel Trilogy. Also, I dont really mind romantic undertones, or even a straight up romance, I just dont think I can take another teen YA romance. They're a bit pandering. Thank you so much! I think I'm gonna go for the Left Hand of God trilogy.
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User avatar #60 to #26 - Stamyham ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Demon Cycle is amazing, absolutely love the books and Peter Brett can't write nearly fast enough to satisfy my cravings.
Night Angel is also amazing, and Brent Weeks is also working on a second series called the Lightbringer series with a really creative and interesting magic system going on.
And I think it's the Gentleman Bastard (singular). Not a big deal. I'm just nitpicking.

Would also recommend the Malazan series if you're into super epic fantasy series with a 3.5 million word count over 10 books.
The Fitz series is great too, and is split up into multiple trilogies (first one is the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb).
Would also recommend the Demon Accords series by John Conroe if you like fast paced, gritty urban fantasy (super short books, though, and the writing style is good but not great).
If you want more suggestions, feel free to pm me. I read a *ton* of sci-fi/fantasy and would be happy to recommend stuff to anyone.
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User avatar #138 to #60 - iloveburzum ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
As soon as I saw "resistant to magic" in the original post, the malazan series came to mind.

Those giant crazy ******* , with wooden swords? Karsa orlong is one.

They shrug off 90% of magic.
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User avatar #154 to #138 - Stamyham ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Yeah, the Thelomen Toblakai. I mean, they ingested Otataral on the regular and rubbed it into their swords. Straight magic resistance. Karsa didn't give two ***** about a mage... or anyone for that matter.
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User avatar #160 to #154 - iloveburzum ONLINE (09/21/2015) [-]
The malazan series is straight up my favourite series of books. Haven't found anything to beat them yet.

Really liked the chronicles of thomas covenant, and also R Scott Bakker's stuff, white luck warrior or something.
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User avatar #29 to #25 - agreatusername (09/19/2015) [-]
The mortal instruments kind of shifts towards that romance thing every now and then.
Its like a looming shadow that you know is there, but never actually takes hold of the story.
If thats not your thing then A modern tale of Faerie is better for you.
It may be a spinoff, but if you havent read the previous it doesnt really matter.
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#77 to #25 - anon (09/20/2015) [-]
a series kind of like the afore mentioned series is the iron druid series, written by kevin hearne
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#128 to #18 - metalbeasteg (09/20/2015) [-]
So THAT'S why Fairy types are weak to Steel!!
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#9 - quietspringunicorn (09/19/2015) [-]
The book 'Orcs' is basically that.
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User avatar #24 to #9 - ompalomper (09/19/2015) [-]
imma need a run-down of the setting
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#27 to #24 - quietspringunicorn (09/19/2015) [-]
Still only a few chapters in, but middle-earthy type setting, except humans are expanding everywhere and wherever they go, magic diminishes and eventually disappears. Elder races like elves, dwarves and orcs start to band together to try and halt the humans advance, but rely too heavily on magic, don't understand this new-fangled 'science' that the humans use. Told from the point of view of a motley band of orc mercenaries who like fightin', drinkin' and more fightin'.
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User avatar #156 to #27 - ompalomper (09/20/2015) [-]
sounds pretty interesting, probably gonna order it
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User avatar #11 to #9 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/19/2015) [-]
What's the author? I can't just google "orcs" and find the exact book.
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#12 to #11 - quietspringunicorn (09/19/2015) [-]
Stan Nicholls
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#13 to #12 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/19/2015) [-]
Thanks!
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User avatar #14 to #11 - ithinkimightbelost (09/19/2015) [-]
If it's the same series I'm thinking of the author is Stan Nicholls.
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User avatar #41 to #11 - centraldogma (09/20/2015) [-]
Surprisingly, you actually can You need to login to view this link
I'm not trying to be mean, I honestly didn't expect to get the right book when I typed that into google either. Sometimes we just forget that Google is actually magic
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#44 to #41 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
C'mon man, gimme a break. I just googled orcs.
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User avatar #46 to #44 - centraldogma (09/20/2015) [-]
It's all good man, I just thought it was funny. I ain't gonna try and talk **** to one of the few people I'm subscribed to.
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#47 to #46 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
No-no, i just tried to be funny too, with a bit of self-irony. I probably should have googled "orcs book" instead of just "orcs", not doing so was pretty retarded on my part.
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User avatar #49 to #47 - centraldogma (09/20/2015) [-]
It's okay, just upload more comps and I'll pretend it never happened.
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#50 to #49 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
Will do.
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User avatar #45 to #44 - tenfinnvo ONLINE (09/20/2015) [-]
And by that i mean that i acted retardio. Shoulda probably add "book".
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#59 - hassoutobi (09/20/2015) [-]
>Dwarves
>Iron's toxic to them

what
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User avatar #31 - zomaru (09/19/2015) [-]
OP, Please read
imgur.com/gallery/qOd9N
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#35 to #31 - tulimarito (09/20/2015) [-]
Im not OP but Im in debt with you.
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#95 - krasnogvardiech (09/20/2015) [-]
Humans, **** Yeah.
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#107 to #106 - krasnogvardiech (09/20/2015) [-]
And the magnificent response.
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#112 to #111 - krasnogvardiech (09/20/2015) [-]
This pic is basically mandatory, on all HFY threads.
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User avatar #146 to #109 - thegamegestapo (09/20/2015) [-]
Thanks be the God-Emperor of Mankind!
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#123 - jaaabrocon (09/20/2015) [-]
Off the top of my head I can think of one, it's a pretty good one too. I probably have more i'll just have to do a bit of scrounging.

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#129 to #126 - megayoming (09/20/2015) [-]
I want a book or Light novel that makes humans look like the Elder race.

Damn it would feel cool to be considered a wise old faggot who's also a demi god of death.
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User avatar #16 - xoyv (09/19/2015) [-]
...disc world series?
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#124 - jaaabrocon (09/20/2015) [-]
Oh, I think I know what you mean OP.
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#42 - dubstroyer (09/20/2015) [-]
I'm writing something like that. Not like HFY, but a bit more grounded, except for the fact the story is located in space. I've come a considerably long way with this story, and I've chosen what I want to do with this story.

It's about a first space mission after 14 failures that tried to launch a craft with a man into interstellar space where supposedly a mysterious signal came. The engineering had to be done smart, and had to be thrifty, so the mission sent 10 men into death over the course of 30 years, and destroyed that much crafts aswell, before opting for a thrifty way of recycling spacecrafts and testing pilotless interstellar travel.

In the story the technology that is created to launch the spacecraft over large distances in short time is reffered to just as 'smart engineering', and not much is said about that. The story follows several main characters, one of which is our hero laucnhed into interstellar space and others who make up the mission staff and fill roles that tell the story of a dying earth.

So anyway, upon ariving to a location which is a supposed source of a mysterios signal, our hero is hijakced by an organisation much like galactic control-nazi's. Our hero is being kept as their prisoner in a dark room untill one of this captors decides to confront him and ask of his origin. But our hero presents himself as a tough negotiator and strangles his captor with the same chains he's been restrained with.

There are many more stories like this I have planned, few I have written, and in all of them aliens appear not much different than humans except for in shape and attributes that specifically make them different (kinda in a way that dwarves, elfves and humans are set apart by some differences). And since our hero is the first human ever to be in those parts of the galaxy, he is a complete engima to them, and is giving them a hard time, since he will stop at nothing to find a cure for his dying planet Earth.

Stories are mostly told in restrospect, in a form of a author narrated captain's log or main characters' thoughts. Plotlines of bother the traveling hero and the ones back on Earth are intertwined, both having major impact on eachother despite being millions of lightyears apart. It's a WIP, whacky in it's own way (first shown experience the hero has with other galactic species is confronting an insect-like alen pimp who wants him as an attraction in his pleasure house.
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User avatar #23 - cosmiccactus (09/19/2015) [-]
Just google "HFY" for similar stuff. Generally sci fi.
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#33 to #20 - dragzerg (09/19/2015) [-]
Aww **** man, The Alchemist, ******* loved these books.
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User avatar #36 to #20 - gammarai (09/20/2015) [-]
The Alchemyst mentioned, swell with orange and vanilla scents
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#133 - umbrage (09/20/2015) [-]
Mass Effect did something similar to this. Sure, it looks like humans are the underdog because the Council hates you, but talk to enough aliens and you'll realize humans are taking over the galaxy. You know those Batarian asshole terrorists? They only became evil outcasts because they were the only species that said hey maybe it's not a good idea to give the humans a ton of planets to colonize. And they routinely get their asses kicked by the younger humans.

Humans also managed to fight off the most powerful military in the galaxy immediately after making first contact. That's right, seconds after discovering alien life, humans kicked it's ass. Then we proceeded to make improvements to that military by introducing carriers and co-designing the greatest stealth ship ever.

See while each species has it's area of expertise, the best humans can equal them in it. Asari have biotics, turians have tactics, salarians have intelligence, but you'll meet humans who are just as good. Essentially the game takes the standard 'humans are average' trope and makes it incredibly powerful. Throw in more ambition and curiosity than any other species has, and it's no wonder the reapers are interested in humanity.

And that's not even touching all the crazy **** Cerberus is into.
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User avatar #137 to #133 - fuckberries (09/20/2015) [-]
Reading through Mass Effect Revelations right now. Just got the part where Humanities ambassador was meeting with the council and she realized that the council was scared of humans.
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User avatar #166 to #133 - ompalomper (12/24/2015) [-]
not to mention the human motivation.

when liara went "humans are going so fast, the rest of the council sees you as a bully" i thought "hay, not our ******* fault for being ambitious. you want a piece of the cake? fight for it, race us for it."
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#17 - anon (09/19/2015) [-]
Who still has that 4chan picture about the whole Sci-fi story about humans coming back against all odds as a interplanetary race of world conquerers/destroyers literally sucking every plant dry of resources in a great planet rush.
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#7 - anon (09/19/2015) [-]
I think Pratchett dabbled a little in that.
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#152 - lolollo (09/20/2015) [-]
Humans being "jack of all trades" WAS a hilariousl advantageous trait in almost every fantasy setting involving both human, and nonhuman races. The elves would be able to specialize in magic, but would be considered **** in everything else. Orcs and ogres would be wildly brutish in nature...but that's it.

It's also heavily implied in these fantasy world that the races would be wildly xenophobic, where elf/orc/dwarf alliances were nothing short of a miracle. Meanwhile, a near literal bear of a human would often partner up with a twig of a wizard as well as a moderately fit rougish type to have specialties no party of orcs or elves could ever exhibit. A thugish human donned in magical armor and weapons would have an edge over any average orc while a human mage would have a physical edge over any elf.

That and it's typically noted that humans are psychologically, and thus morally adaptive as well. A human mediator is just as likely to throw both warring parties under the bus just because he's annoyed to no end at the bickering. An elf requiring more physically inclined help might get along better with a human than with a dwarf, and vice versa with a dwarf requiring magical aide.

As well, it would also seem humanity has this innate sense for practice over natural skill. While the other races would be born with an innate proficiency for certain skills, its implied that you're born with whatever innate ability you possess. Humanity, meanwhile, can practice any skill they might be inclined to and have the potential to surpass any innate ability with practice.

Note how in the "The Lord of the Rings" universe, all, if not most, of the wildly powerful, and respected wizards are humans, not elves. It's because Gandalf will pick up a sword and slap a bitch if need be.
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User avatar #164 to #152 - tacolishous (10/23/2015) [-]
I know this comment's old, but Gandalf isn't human, he's a Maia. They're kinda like angels, I don't really know how else to describe him. But he's not human.
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User avatar #165 to #164 - tacolishous (10/23/2015) [-]
*them, not him. Sorry.
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