Editing Amazon (section)

==Possible Amazonian Races==
Whilst the iconic Amazon is a human, in a fantasy setting, nothing takes an enterprising DM (or /d/M) from taking the archetype and applying it to another race. Some of the best candidates for this include:
* [[Elf]]: They're already an extremely effeminate-looking race who tend to be egalitarian, so making women the martial caste for religious reasons is a fairly simple and believable tweak. Plus, the race's association with high levels of cultural magical proficiency means not only are warrior-women perfectly believable (just relying on eldritch knights, [[swordmage]]s and [[bladesinger]]s rather than common fighters), but so is the idea that the race is all-female and uses magical means to procreate.
* [[Orc]]: Standard fantasy portrays orc women as being just as strong as their men, but treated like absolute shit by them. A "rogue tribe" of orc women who killed off their males and now fiercely retain their independence is a perfectly believable idea.
* [[Halfling]]: Since they're already a race that relies on stealth and trickery, making them matriarchal on top of that wouldn't be that implausible; halfling fighters don't rely on getting toe to toe with their enemies anyway. Plus, if one wants to use their caravaneer lifestyle from 3e and 4e, making them a species of [[shortstack]]s who show up, trade on their looks to be welcomed, and then move on is quite believable (if a little [[magical realm]]y).
* [[Gnoll]]: They already look like spotted hyenas, a race of mammals who actually practices an matriarchal social hierarchy in real life. It's such an obvious tweak that many anons wonder why they haven't gotten an official makeover like this already - it'd certainly make them different to the distinctly patriarchal orcs.
* [[Rabbitfolk]]/[[Ratfolk]]: If one tweaks the rabbitfolk race or the ratfolk race (or both) to make males a rarer sex than females, then they actually can be made to fit the amazonian mold pretty well; after all, given that A: one male can impregnate many females, and B: either race is renowned for its breeding abilities, females naturally become the "expendable gender", because it only takes a handful of breeding females to replenish and expand their race.
* [[Beastfolk]]: A race of equine beastfolk would actually make very appropriate amazons for much the same reason as gnolls; real-world horses and other equines are matriarchal, with stallions being more glorified boytoys for the herd than leaders. Lion-based [[catfolk]] also make for a distinctive fit; there are men and they are important, but most of the actual day-to-day work and combat is handled by the more numerous females.
* [[Lizardfolk]]: Did you know there are a few species of lizard that can reproduce without males at all? In fact there is one species, the New Mexico whiptail, that does not have any males at all? They reproduce via Parthenogenesis and lesbian sex, and no we are not bloody kidding about that. 
* Insect people: If you think about it, any sentient fantasy species based on a Eusocial insect, (ants, bees, wasps, termites and so on) would be amazons since in those real life examples, the workers, soldiers and queens are all female. [[Pathfinder]] even includes a race of amazonian bee [[monstergirls]] in the form of the [[Thriae]] race.

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