Fluffy Warlord

Battle Stations! - Castle Rivergate

I'm thinking of jumping in if that's alright with you.

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SyrianHamster said
They already exist in the D&D universe, you may as well copy and paste it or just link us to the wiki page. Would save you some time.

But if I did that I couldn't make them super long lived masculine beasts with radioactive blood, laser vision, and frost breath...

Okay fine, I'll be boring and sensible.

Half-Orcs from Pathfinder

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Okay, I am giving up on my previous idea and saving that for a later date, after I have fixed the flaws that it has.

As for this roleplay I have decided to go with a half-orc since they have captured my interest quite a lot as of late. I'll be working on a race description and post it here soon.

Warfare Scenarios

This was an idea that was posted on a different forum a while ago and I thought that, since I can't see anything quite like it on here yet, I'd bring it up.

Basically it is a system where the OP posts a scenario that lists the different factions in use and the units from a unit guide, and then explains what the goals of each side are, as well as the terrain around the area and the condition of the soldiers. For example, a unit of thirty knights are holed up in a fort and need to hold it against a force of 100 conscripted farmers and ten knights for three days while reinforcements arrive. The fort itself it in fairly good condition however the wall on one side is weakened and it looks as though it wouldn't take a lot to bring it down.

The unit guides would contain different factions and a list of the units available to that faction as well as their strengths and weaknesses so they would be easily accessible for anyone who wanted to try their hand at the scenario presented.

The original poster is the one who decides if the tactic the player uses works or not or if there are multiple turns to it the OP will then have his turn and see how the player reacts until the goals are completed.

I was wondering if this would be the right forum to get it started or if it should go somewhere else, but what do you guys think about this?

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Primal Conundrum said
I've chosen to not use my lizardman in this RP, since he's a dick and would probably succeed at fucking up everyone else's goals forever.

Actually the whole panther thing was inspired by a lizardman unit list I created for someone for a wargame roleplay on a different site.

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SyrianHamster said
Just abandon ship man, choose an Elf or something!

Never! That would be submitting to the clever option and is something I am too stubborn to do. I want my flame wielding panther. And I want it nao.

If I have no idea how to rework it then I will give up and swap to a lizard man brawler which I do have a little bit already written about.

Actually, what about if I say what I originally meant, that they are a race that evolved in the forest and that they built a temple to the first flame underground because they wanted it away from the elements so they could keep it alight?

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Primal Conundrum said
You based them on panthers, which are jungle predators. Having them come from underground just doesn't work.

Yup, it was originally panthers which then evolved into the panthera class of big cat. But as I wrote this pretty quickly, my thoughts weren't meshing together properly. Therefore I will rewrite it and make it make sense. Until then bear with me.

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Primal Conundrum said
I... find this questionable. If they evolved underground, then they wouldn't end up looking as though they were patterned after jungle predators. The more I think about it, the more full of logic holes that entire premise is.

Damn looks like I may have to re-work this quite a bit.

Well if I'm being honest here I didn't intend them to be underground creatures to begin with. If we consider that they came out of the ground a looooong time ago then it does make slightly more sense. I think the largest flaw I had was the complete weakness to water since as you mentioned above they would dehydrate rather quickly. As for them being patterned after jungle predators I hadn't actually said that, even if I did certainly think it.

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Added in how they drink water into my previous post at the bottom.

Primal Conundrum said
I'm interested to know why a race that adapted to thrive in the darkness would worship fire and the sun, as they take away the cloak of shadows that would otherwise work to their advantage?

While they did live underground they were never a race that could truly live in darkness. When the first flame was created, the Panterians crowded round it and then fell in love with the great warmth and bright light that it gave them, and it was shortly after this flame was created that the Panterians discovered the surface. The flame lit a nearby vine on fire and it burned extremely quickly, acting like a fuse as the flame moved toward the thick undergrowth that covered the cave entrance. Once the entrance was cleared a handful decided to venture past the smouldering plantlife and were astounded to see the sun rise over the horizon and cover the landscape in a warm glow that was even more beautiful than the first flame. In this instant the Panterians moved from their cave and moved as close to this new flame as possible and settled themselves in the treetops of the nearby forest.

Some however did not want to leave the first flame behind and would often come back to it and offer fuel to it in a closely guarded religious ritual, and it was here that the Goddess first revealed herself to the first Mage, granting him both understanding of her magic and the means to pass it on to others.

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Race:

The Panterians

The Panterians are humanoid and generally stand around 6ft tall and are covered in soft short fur, with variations in colour depending on their tribe. Almost every Panterian have semi prehensile tails that vary in length but never reach further than their knees. They have pads on both their hands and feet, with retractable claws at the end of each digit. All Panterians have very flexible bodies and are fast at reacting to any threats that they can detect. They are however fragile creatures and it does not take very much to subdue them; most Panterians rely on their speed to avoid blows and wounds instead.

The Panterians are a fairly religious race and they all pray to the goddess of fire and think of her as the one true god. They don’t hate other races for not believing the same however and do accept other religions; they just see them as inferior underneath the goddess. They believe the sun to be the collected spirits of all the dead who have been embraced by their goddess’s spirit. Their feline eyes mixed with the goddess’s blessing allows many Panterians to see very well in the dark and dim lighting, however even they cannot see in pitch black lighting.

All of their races magic stems from their strong faith and the runes that they transcribe onto their mages by drawing them in ash collected from the first flame which is located in an underground temple. They are capable of feats such as: short range teleportation, creating fireballs, being unaffected or strengthened by flames, heating their bodies from within. All of their spells and feats require the use of magical energy and most Panterians naturally generate it at a slow pace but they can create more of it by meditating in the sun’s rays. A novice mage is only capable of a limited number of feats as they do not have very large magic stores. The only way for them to gain more is by using magic daily and forcing their stores to increase with demand, this is the reason the strongest mages are usually older Panterians.

Due to their power stemming from fire, all Panterians have a weakness to water in all forms, and being in contact with water actively drains their strength and magical stores. Most Panterians have a strong fear of running water and often refuse to cross rivers and oceans on ships or rafts in fear of it sinking. While they are sapped by the rain, it doesn't draw much out of them unless it is a torrential downpour. The Panterians homeland has fairly wet weather and they have slightly acclimatised to it, but have been unable to move out of it due to the first flame’s location.

The Panterians can consume water and do so regularly, but like all water it does weaken them. To minimise the effects as much as possible they only drink from still pools and heat the water to decontaminate it and help keep their core temperatures stable. If travelling long distances they collect water in a specialised flask which contains a small compartment in the bottom that allows them to heat the liquid inside with a small flame.

How's that?