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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bell of Lost Souls] D&D 2024 Edition Heads Back To Greyhawk,
 Makes Aasimar A Default Option
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:19:23 +0200
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On 5/21/2024 3:31 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 5/20/2024 4:20 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
>> On 5/17/2024 10:44 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 May 2024 07:53:37 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
> 
>> I find the choice of goliaths a bit weird. I would have thought they'd 
>> choose something they can trademark, but I doubt you can properly 
>> trademark a character type based on a biblical story, wihthout even 
>> the name changed.
>>
> 
> They seem like they're just 1e's Half-Ogre with a different skin and 
> origin.  Also not really trademarkable.
> 

I would actually trace them more to Dark Sun's Half-Giants.

Although the true genesis most likely was "hey, we have a book called 
Races of Stone coming up and one of the things we deal with is dwarves. 
What else do we have?"