Aeridian wrote: Have you thought about Owlbears? It's just like the name sounds like, a bear-like creature with owl features mixed in.
They sound pretty cool. I'll have to think about using them, but they'd definately make it more interesting

mpoh98 wrote:I think it would be funny if you had a race of not very smart bear/dog/ape like creatures, that are evil, but dumb, called Qeq. The name implies just sounds like a race that is not so smart.

Haha! I have actually considered that kind of thing, and your name 'Qeq' brings them more to life!
OverLoad wrote:You could bring some old folkloric beings back to the surface in your stories. Old, old creatures, long forgotten and pushed out of the limelight by Orcs, Elves, and Dwarves, which don't get me wrong, were folkloric at a point in history, but are now nearly synonymous with the works of Tolkien and his interpretation of them. Not Tolkien-bashing either, but the tried and true interpretations of the races can get a little, well, tried.
That being said, I think it would be easier to gauge what sort of creatures fit into your realm if there was a bit more information regarding how your fantasy world is.
I'm staying away from a lot of the classic Tolkien fantasy, only because it's used so much.
Living in Cornwall (England), pixies appear in a lot of old stories

See the next post for a more detailed description of the world.
Tower of Iron Will wrote:Well, off the top of my head...how about if dinosaurs had not died out so long ago and competed with the race of men...and/or comets that are thought to have brought water to our early earth, a few rare comets brought magic to your world, giving birth to dragons and/or other dinosaurs and humans the ability to use magic... Just thinking out loud.-Tower
Some nice ideas there
