Imagine the modern world, but populated by the classic Dungeons & Dragons races: Humans, Dwarves, Elves, etc.<\/p>\n
Now: Imagine professional sports. What races would excel at various sports? Which ones would they enjoy? <\/p>\n
Of course, hockey would be a Dwarven sport. They already enjoy wearing lots of armor. Their large mass, durability, low center of gravity, and tolerance for low temperatures make them ideal for this game. <\/p>\n
Rugby would be all orcs, and they would probably play to the death. <\/p>\n
Euro-football (Soccer) is fierce, but the players are lithe and speedy. This is an Elven sport. Perhaps there would be some humans in the league, as goalies.<\/p>\n
American football would be primarily a human sport. I can imagine some of the linemen being Orcs, but runningbacks, quarterbacks, tight ends and other positions could only be filled by humans. Dwarves are too short. And elves? They would shatter a few seconds after the snap. Okay, maybe your punter could be Elven. Now that I’ve described this, it sounds really cool. <\/p>\n
Tennis? Elves.<\/p>\n
Golf. Now this is a tricky one. Halflings seem like the ones most disposed<\/i> to this sort of sport. It’s just their sort of thing. They would be unbeatable putters. However, their limited stature and strength will hamper their ability to drive the ball. On a par 3 you’d never beat them, but on a par 5 you could out-drive them. Hmmmm. It would be interesting. Well, more interesting than regular golf, anyway.<\/p>\n
Baseball: This might be the most diverse of all sports in our imaginary world. I could see just about any race (aside from Dwarves) finding a position that suits them. Although, if they get rid of designated hitters, then Halflings would be screwed.<\/p>\n
Boxing: There would be a seperate boxing title for each race. If Don King had his way, there would also be a seperate belt for every alignment and weight. So, someone would have the Orcish Heavyweight Lawful Neutral Belt and someone else would have the Elven Welterweight Chaotic Good. And good luck trying to unify those<\/i> belts.<\/p>\n
When it comes to horseracing, Halflings would make unbelieveable<\/i> jockeys.<\/p>\n
What about Gnomes? Gnomes wouldn’t play sports. Gnomes are geeks. Gnomes would work at NASA. Lawful evil ones might work at Microsoft. Chaotic good ones would work on Linux variants and obscure open-source projects on Sourceforge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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