Primal Conundrum

Superpower RP, anyone?

What about telekinesis that functions by creating almost a sort of high-powered atomic wind? Too powerful and not only will it shred whatever is trying to be manipulated, but it'll also tear at the caster like they were being hit with a sandblaster. Higher control would let them reduce the damage they take and exert more force on something before they started to tear at it, but they would always have to be careful with it no matter how much control they have.

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SyrianHamster said
It's okay, having seen that I've opened the gates of Hell, I will renounce my sexy hamster race and revert to a human. Possibly a soldier of some renown, maybe even a wayward Prince, serving one of those city-states you mentioned. I'll decide once more details become available.

It's appreciated, even though yours was probably the most acceptable furry race. I'm toying with the idea of just saying "No furries or creatures parodied in the Twilight novels" on the front post.

I mean I'm kinda hoping for a tone vaguely similar to that of a D&D world, I just didn't want to put hard limits in because I (perhaps naively thought) that others would be on the same page as me.

I mean I love monstrous races and stuff, but there are monsters other than "humanoid version of _____"!

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ActRaiserTheReturned said
The Strigoi. . . an old fashioned vampire. He was once little more than an ape when he became a vampire. Eventually though, he survived for hundreds of years to become a sinister, manipulative and extremely powerful warlock, and is a lord of his own court of vampires. He appears ugly, but can magically transform himself into a very handsome looking man. He is strong, fast, and viscious in combat, and when he can't reach his prey with his claws he can appear in front of his victims like those monsters in slasher fics. . .He can conjure malevolent spirits to serve him, he can feed on others and make them his thralls, he can mentally dominate others into being his slave, and raise undead from the grave. He can even victimize his enemies and others by feeding on their very soul, delaying or even devouring an entire soul. He almost never does this unless desperate or enraged, since stealing souls from the dead can lead to trouble with the Reaper, lords of the Underworld sending their minions after him, or even gods. Those he devours without turning languish in their graves in torment for centuries until finally being able to pass on to the afterlife. Those he devours in their souls become a part of him and gradually become his slaves after death. Lastly, those he completely cannibalizes in spirit experience a hellish nightmare unless Stefano is slain. As a warlock he has some power over shadows, fire, lightning, and ice.

Sorry, that's kinda broken OP, so no.

Ugh, almost nothing but furries and vampires... this is not looking like what I had in mind.

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Fluffy Warlord said
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?

What's with the whole first flame thing, and why is it underground? I mean, a cave-in is going to mess it up just as well as the elements would have, and if there's a flood they wouldn't be able to save it. Still not sure why you want a panther to be using flame.

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.

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Fluffy Warlord said
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.

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

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Fluffy Warlord said
Added in how they drink water into my previous post at the bottom.While they did live underground they were never a race that could truly live in darkness. When the first flame was created, the Panterians crouded 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, after the flame set alight a vine that burned away the thick undergrowth covering the cave entrance. (there is a little more to come shortly)

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.

Too Old 4 This said
Might I recommend a map, even a blank one. People are going to go their own merry way with every race and not design them with intertwined histories unless you force them to acknowledge the fact that their race does not exist in isolation. If they have to pick a spot on a map and say 'THERE That's where my not at all furry race lives' then they are forced to contend with the fact that some other player's race is adjacent and must therefore write them into the history and culture of their own race. Doing this would make the world feel more real and organic and less the result of a random collection of ideas.

Yeah, starting to see what you mean. I'll try to get a map going in the near future here.

SyrianHamster said
I ... I just wanted to be a large hamster with a hunger for human flesh chained up in some dungeon with a bunch of a leopard-thong wearing pony men and what not.

Furcadia is THAT way :P

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Fluffy Warlord said
Race:How's that?

Looks interesting, I'd just like some clarification on a couple points:
1. 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
2. If they have that much of an aversion to water, how do they drink it? Everything needs to drink water.

TJByrum said
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First up, the word your looking for to describe their legs is "digitigrade". Anyway, they seem neat, and I like that you included the kinda inspiration sources for them. They do seem really powerful though, and I'm a bit skeptical on the thousand year lifespan. If you could either dial them down a little or include some weaknesses, that would really help.

SyrianHamster said
With the influx of custom races, I just want to be clear: The Mesocricetians are not furrys. That is all :)

I know, they're hamsterfolk :D

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Fluffy Warlord said
I'm thinking about going with a humanoid panther. Panther morph? So would you like a race sheet for them or would they be generic enough not to need one?

I'd want a quick description of them just so that they have established strengths and weaknesses, and aren't just human brains in enhanced bodies.

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Steel fist said
Well Primal, you know me, I probably just gonna be a Minotaur :)

I expected nothing less :P

Too Old 4 This said
Yep.That's the biggest problem with allowing total player creativity. It's an open door to shoehorners who want to play the same thing regardless of setting whether that be vampire, werewolf, pokemon or gelatinous cube. Depriving them of the vampire/werewolf option by submitting both as an unplayable monster race is an admittedly devious preemptive strike on my part.

I just don't want to punish good players because of what bad ones MIGHT do. I'm going to keep an eye on submitted characters, and if they do seem questionable then I'll be doing background checks on the player's RP abilities to make sure they aren't going to be horrible.

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SyrianHamster said
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Hamster men, I like it! For what it's worth though, you describe them as being smaller then ratmen, but you say they're still around six feet tall- I think that even particularly tall ratmen would be like tops five feet or so. If you want them to be human sized fine, but I don't think comparing them to ratmen that way is accurate.

I ♥ Skaven.

Too Old 4 This said
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Could well exist somewhere in the setting! That said, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of there being werewolves or vampires, but if anybody tries to submit a character like that I'm going to do some background checks on their RP ability to make sure that they don't become a problem with it- a lot of people RP that stuff quite poorly.