Avians are just men with wings' date=' in most cases.[/quote'] Are they? Are they just people with wings on their backs? I kinda assumed they were more bird-like. Yunno, covered with feathers, has a beak, talons, etc. Anyone have a solid idea of what one looks like?
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IMO (and this is just my opinion), if a race isn't one of the common races that people will already know of the stereoptyical appearance of (Human, Elf, Dwarf etc.), and if the help-files don't explain much, they're open to your own interpretation. Storm Giants. We know they're big and that's about it. So unless you're trying something radically different, you could have a tall, quite slim (muscular by human standards, but slim to giant standards) Storm Giant with pale blue leathery hide. You could have a tall, muscular Storm Giant with hairy black skin and four fingers.
Avians I see as the same. Some sort of humanoid with flying capabilities. You could have just a plain human with wings (feathered wings, or maybe those wings that bees/flies have), maybe a creature that resembles a bird. Wings could be on their back, on their head, etc etc. Could have multiple sets of short wings, one set of large wings with a huge span.
If there's no real definition of these features, use your imagination. Unless you're going for something a little off-the-wall, providing you stick within the realms of what a race should be like to some degree in accordance with their stats (no ten-feet tall halflings with huge rippling bodies and fully functional wings). Although some races are taken from allsorts of traditional fantasy settings, some are a bit more 'generic'. Although many fantasy settings have an 'Avian' or 'Giant' race, I don't think FL's are taken from another fantasy setting, rather just their own version of a Giant or Flying creature. Hope that makes sense; I find it really hard to explain something without circumventing. 
Dey
I've rolled up a few avians, and none of them have been the same. I've had humans with wings - some feathered, some batlike, some insectoid - and I've had birdmen, similar to Aracoix from Shadowbane. I've made harpy-like avians, winged serpent avians, and even tried an angelic type being (which never made it past 15 - that's where I learned about the 'no angel in FL' rule)
None of my chars ever made pinn, and these ones were done during my first attempts at learning the game, so I SERIOUSLY doubt anybody would even recognize the names. The point, however, is this:
Avian means it can fly. Everything else is up to you.
Um... How did the first avian come around? Was some human feeling a bit lonely and decided to take advantage of his parrot? :confused:
Any one read Jonny the Homicidal Maniac?
That the cartoon with the kid in hell?
Been a long time - and i thought it was crazy twisted back then, too...
Feed the Nailbunny!
Dam, this reminded me to try the power house of my life.
Avian .... 
Hum better start rolling.
Oh man, I had to run home and post on this topic.
I was walking home today from karate, still in my suberb butt kicking attire. When there was this large shadow that went over me. I looked into the sky, and I seen it, an avian.. And I was right, they are just men with wings. NO feathers.
I think you took to many kicks to the head.
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You are affected by the following:
Spell: Punch Drunk : -10 intelligence for 4 hours
: -10 wisdom for 4 hours
: -4 dexterity for 4 hours
Spell: Delusions : for 4 hours
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You are affected by the following:
Spell: Punch Drunk : -10 intelligence for 4 hours
: -10 wisdom for 4 hours
: -4 dexterity for 4 hours
Spell: Delusions : for 4 hours
I think he's been suffering from Delusions for a helluva lot longer than that...
My prediction is that there will be no change in 4 hours.
Well its a short-term delusion, that fades for a tick, but is replaced within the next hour. They're reoccuring. Kinda like the drain affect after you've taken a standard.
I've always seen avians as angel-like. Humans with wings. Good avians, white looking feathers, Evil avians, black feathers. Neutral, whatever...
Though only feathers on their wings. The rest would be human... And let me take the time to say, anytime I have ever read an avians description and basicly saw "A talking bird" I got annoyed.
Birds don't wield weapons. Birds don't have guilds. Hah! I win.