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No. 17312 ID: 9cb4b3

Alright, I'm going to say this here because I see this happen a lot more than I would like.

Just because you can have an established race or character in your quest, doesn't mean you should.

I thought that I nailed this into people's heads with the original Silvermoon threads.

There is a proper way to have established races or characters, and a bad way, and both can be determined through intent.

Ask yourself, what is gained by having this established race in your quest?

This isn't for people who are making a quest in a particular world setting, like Vilous or Riarda or the DEEP rock-world that the race is native to. This is for people that are taking that race from that setting and putting them in another new setting, usually one that has an amalgamation of various races from various worlds.

Let's look at two very different quests and compare their uses of races, Cutebold Slaughterfest and Diana, Vyt's latest abortion of a quest.

Cutebold Slaughterfest has no races that are original to the setting, yet every one of them adds something to the setting. The Moks act like Moks, the Dorfs act like Dorfs, the Sergals act like Sergals and the Lorhke act like Lorhke. This isn't to say "hurrhurr all members of a race act the same" but the characters are all distinctly different and have personalities that reflect their racial abilities and culture. For example, Emma solves her problems through her strengths, her mental intellect, and Cheren solves her problems through her strength, her physical prowess and marksmanship, while Amadoobus solves problems through his strength, the power of song.

In Diana, none of the races exhibit any abilities, features or aspects of their personalities that reflect their race, which leads me to believe that Vyt has included these races not to add anything to the story, but to sort of Epic Movie-style latch onto the success of better quests, an accusation that has been said before. There is no purpose behind making any of these characters the races that they are, no thought put into them. The main character of Diana is a rat because Nezu was popular in Gnoll's quest, and Vyt seems to be trying to mimic Gnoll's early success by having plenty of pictures displaying the main character in a sexual light, especially the opening of the quest which has her masturbating. Gnoll's quest, however, was primarily humorous, and the sexual humor was part of the quest's wacky nature, where Vyt's quest has no humor, and the sexual attraction this rat girl has seems to be the quest's overall plot, making sex the entire point of the quest, and unabashedly so.

The Nedynvor seems to be there simply because there was a nedynvor in some text quest I don't read that was a jerk, or perhaps to be there because there was one in Dive/KB. I don't know why the Nevrean is there, even if drawn horribly off model (unless that thing is a MALE nevrean, in which case it still has lips instead of a beak and incorrect... pretty much every part of it that was shown). There is nothing about either of these characters that makes them being of that race worthwhile, and so, why bother if not going for the visual appeal of that race and the popularity that race brings because of the original quest or quests that had them.

And the worst part?

The very worst part?

This quest, which examplifies the very worst of /tg/chan, the Transformers 2 of quests if you will, is getting more replies than some of /tg/chan's best quests that people spend a lot more time and effort on than Vyt does.

This has caused a lot of people to consider stopping their quests and considering whether or not they want to stay on this website, because they don't want to associate with people who enjoy a thoughtless piece of trash like Diana. Cockhole has already left for greener pastures, and if this continues, more are sure to follow.
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No. 17560 ID: 6550ad

>>327359

Man, what are you even talking about? I don't know if you're trying to be funny, trolling or just discussing with yourself, because that's not the point here.
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No. 17561 ID: 34470e

>>327359
>I don't want to hear any CAD hate on this board ever or your post will be deleted and you will be banned.
>Buckley is a Dick.png

I find this amusing.
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No. 17562 ID: 8ce2bf

>>327358
>>You're still going to get insane, creepy, and/or sexual suggestions time to time. The author does have a lot of control over it.
Not having control over it and not enforcing it are two very different things. The second is what is actually happening, quest authors have always been able to control it, they just don't.
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No. 17563 ID: 55c4cf

>>327362
I agree with you for the most part, but not enforcing it still means it is in your control, you're just not doing anything about it. Good point though.
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No. 17564 ID: 0f9dad

Informer, you no say
that's who I'm gonna blame
a licky boom boom down
Detective man said Daddy Snow
I stabbed someone down the lane
a licky boom boom down
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No. 17566 ID: bffa2a

While we're discussing the glory of "serious" quests compared to one liner suggestion shit quests. I would like to say something that I've wanted to say for a long time but haven't because I didin't want to destroy the peace we had at the time.

I don't like our new stress balls quest, I dislike most of Gnoll's quests and pink dragon is an abortion. But I can say that in their respective /questdis/ threads or as anon on /meep/. None of them make me rage and as far as I'm concerned they're not destroying anything.

I'm more annoyed about "serious" quest quitting before they're even finished or updating so slowly you don't give a shit anymore (Hi ClockworkSeal and others, you know who you are). You get into it, make suggestions that you actually think about and try to keep track of everything. Then your reward is a big stinking pile of shit. Pretty much burned out on Tgchan for couple of months. Now I'm finding it hard to start suggesting again even when there's been many good quests that actually finished since then.

So, glory to shit quests. If I actually liked them half as much as the aborted quests of those who started this drama I would have no problems. Much easier to let go of quests that require no effort.

But that's my pet peeve.
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No. 17567 ID: 426169

>>327366
Yeah sorry 'bout that bro.
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No. 17568 ID: 9cb4b3
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17568

>>327366
Hatch is updating. It's only ever had a month between updates (besides the initial three month hiatus), and this dry spell is partly due to me being busy IRL, partly due to April Fool's Deep, and partly due to me hating my own art and erasing near-complete updates. Which I'm starting to not do at last.

The only two other offenders besides myself seem to be Seal and Sigma, who need to GET ON THE BALL!

Everyone else has been updating pretty frequently.
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No. 17569 ID: 2fa60a

>>327368
>>Everyone else has been updating pretty frequently.
Not me!
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No. 17570 ID: 8c0848

This isn't about update rates or art quality or what characters are used.

This is about hating a coattail riding train set squarely on the tracks to Lowest Common Denominatorville.

Also, you're all gay babies and that's just my opinion. >:3c
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No. 17572 ID: b4b04d

>>327344
>You're deliberately misunderstanding my point
>People should not be expected to think a quest is "good" just because someone likes it.
And shit is always shit, even if some people like it.
No, I'm pretty sure I've got your point. "Even if some people think something is good, it can be objectively shitty, because I say so".

You can dislike a quest others like, sure. You personally don't have to think a quest is good just because others do. But no, shit is not always shit just because you say it is.
Especially because the same people who make such unquestionable judgments about others will do the opposite for themselves.

Take this for instance:
>>327304
>There are some very good quests here that rarely if ever got activity (I remember I had to samefag on the first quest I wrote because no one cared before I eventually dumped it)
This guy's point is objectionable because it implicitly states "My first quest was very good".
He objects to it getting few posts because to him, despite the fact he had to samefag and no one was interested, he states outright, as objective fact, that it was a very good quest.
Do you see where I'm going with this?

The problem, I mean the real problem with criticism around here is that people who make the point you do can so rarely help themselves from presenting it as a hostile, unhelpful, and offensive manner. Even teamsleep, who I just quoted, was detailed in his criticism of the example fanfic even when it was strongly-worded. He at least pointed out one aspect of why it was bad -- a schizophrenic writing style. Even when real critics speak badly on something, calling it dreck or whatever, they point out why. They say what it did wrong, and even if they're really harsh about it, it's constructive criticism because it points out what was wrong, how it was wrong, and in what ways it could have been improved.
Conversely, around here, you'll see a lot of THIS QUEST IS SHIT, EVERYONE WHO READS IT IS SHIT TOO. And when that type of criticism is attacked, the people making the criticism will inevitably turn around, as Squeegy did here >>327359 and say "OH WHAT SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE ANYTHING, IS THAT IT?"

So to wit:
Criticism is fine. It doesn't even have to be lovey-dovey, pulled-punch soft criticism that avoids hurting feelings. But if you're going to make the argument for criticism as a vital component of the board, you need to be able to recognize the difference between useful, constructive criticism (which CAN be harsh) and just shitting on something you don't like. If you can't recognize the difference, you need to stop.
Telling someone to stop shitting on something is not the same as saying "you can never criticize anything, ever".

And lastly, if you feel something is so bad it CAN'T be given constructive criticism, so that all you can really do is rant about how shitty it is to all the people who gobble it up, then no amount of criticism you give would ever turn it around and you're probably just best hiding it forever.
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No. 17573 ID: 8ce2bf
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17573

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No. 17574 ID: 0f9dad
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17574

>>327372
I didn't realize I stuck my quest in the "very good" category. It wasn't, my oversight.

I agree with everything else though and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz
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No. 17575 ID: b4b04d
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17575

>>327373
Sorry you got that wrong let me just
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No. 17578 ID: e3f578

Weaver are you going to have that gag where Nan opens a door and a train is heading right for it?

You see, I don't give a damn about shit unless it smells and looks like shit and is literally a piece of shit in its brown and smelly glory. An ass has to birth it in order for an object to qualify as shit. Then I'm offended. Because it came outta someone's ass and is subjecting me to it.
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No. 17579 ID: 2fa60a

>>327372
I'm not saying I know what's objectively bad. Or that anyone knows. But it should be discussed actively, even if we'll only reach consensus when the Republicans and Democrats merge into a superparty, name it WANKERS and stop being assholes.

And when I say "criticism" I DO mean criticism, not just saying something's shit "just because it is".
Although some people are so thick that unless you beat the shit out of them they won't even notice you. Then again, said some people can take simple lack of mindless praise as a personal attack. I hope there aren't any here.

If I do consider something bad I will explain why, although if I just don't like it and can't really say why I'll just leave it be.
But I do believe that serious discussion should be encouraged, even at the expense of some perceived "civility". For one, tones are lost in text communication, so an emotionally neutral post might seem like aggression - or the opposite.
I feel people posting pictures of rappers and vuvuzelas with lyrics or poems about peace and such (or equivalents thereof) are just trying to extinguish serious debate. Besides, as they say, you can't make an omelette without offending some zealous lunatic.
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No. 17580 ID: 0f9dad
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17580

>>327379
I was just posting vuvuzelas because the world cup is on, sir. I've already made my stance.
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No. 17581 ID: b4b04d

>>327379
>we'll only reach consensus when the Republicans and Democrats merge into a superparty, name it WANKERS and stop being assholes.
new quest idea found
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No. 17582 ID: 2fa60a

>>327380
And posting unrelated "funny" in a serious discussion is not really a welcome distraction. Especially if someone tries to change the subject as a result.
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No. 17583 ID: b4b04d

oh wait
>>327379
>I do believe that serious discussion should be encouraged, even at the expense of some perceived "civility".
Again, even harsh criticism can be made with civility. Pointing out the flaws of something in a reasonable way is not uncivil. Calling something horseshit is.

If you're incapable of making your criticism seem civil you're probably not being as reasonable about it as you think you are.
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No. 17584 ID: 0f9dad

>>327382
I can't hear you over my BRRRRRRRRRRRR

Carry on, I've ran out of vuvuzela images anyway.
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No. 17586 ID: 2fa60a

>>327383
Well, sometimes one can lapse, even if one normally is civil. And sometimes some consider anything against their view(s) to be uncivil.

My point is that some arbitrary notion of politeness shouldn't be allowed to get in the way of actual discussion or debate.
I'm saying this because I do actually see it a lot, especially on the internet - and very especially in more compact communities.
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No. 17587 ID: 35cea2

Criticism can be as harsh it wants so long as there is a good reason behind your complaints and you express it clearly.

Beakie's original post of this thread is a bit on the harsh side, but it clearly states why he feels this way about these quests and thus is a good example of this.
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No. 17588 ID: 2fa60a

>>327387
I like seeing that kind of harshness. It makes one's stance that much more clear and - when applied properly - has a certain impact to it.

Naturally, it can be done wrong.
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No. 17590 ID: a594b9

>>327344
>And shit is always shit, even if some people like it.
THIS THIS A THOUSAND TIMES THIS.

That is my main problem with the original argument here. Saying "shit quests shouldn't get as many suggestions" is implying that I shouldn't post in those quests. You can dislike other quests all you want, but don't EVER tell me I shouldn't be suggesting in those quests. I'll post wherever I want.

Hey, speaking of where I want to post: quest authors' attitudes have convinced me more often to stop posting than the actual content of the quests. Don't be rude to your players, don't whine (very much) when you don't get as many suggestions as you'd like, and don't trash talk other authors or their quests. Just generally behave yourselves, please.
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No. 17592 ID: e31d52

>Hey, speaking of where I want to post: quest authors' attitudes have convinced me more often to stop posting than the actual content of the quests. Don't be rude to your players, don't whine (very much) when you don't get as many suggestions as you'd like, and don't trash talk other authors or their quests. Just generally behave yourselves, please.

This a million billion times. Though I'm nopt any less inclined to post in Hatch, or Rat Quest, I certainly stopped posting in Durandal's quest when he got bitten by a were-troll or whateverthefuck happened to him.

>>327387
This is true. Beakie has a point: Don't use races if there's no point to them. However, there IS a point to them in Rat Quest: Nedynvor are pretty large creatures, and can be imposing, but also are known (so far) for being generally nice folks. Throw that together and hey, you have half a character already.

Cutegal was a much better example of DOING IT WRONG, in recent memory.

I'm all for criticism. Just make sure it's constructive.
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No. 17593 ID: a220fb

Cutegal was actually created as a result of Beakie criticising BG's sergal drawings, and BG created the quest to troll him as a result
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No. 17594 ID: 8e18cd

>>327392

Why use a creature from another setting, disregarding all backstory or behaviour patterns tied with them and then claim it was 'because they're fitting for a story'.

Why some of the species were recycled by various quest authors is because they are/were popular. I really find the constant reuse of Nedyvor without Lucid's permission (quote by various people "It's not like Lucid would mind!") and with total disregard of Lucid's setting, especially insulting to him. I'm pretty sure that he would provide all information behind the Nedyvors and help gear them to how they'd REALLY behave.

Instead what we get is 'men in funny suits'. The characters are usually throwaway or so bland that you could replace the species with a sea cucumber and it would still be the same character. If you want to make a good character, instead of just yoinking other people's stuff, then totally disregarding any backstory to it or basic info, contact, research, read and ask. It never hurts and it's a better 'homage' than rip-offs and 'I'm sure (s)he doesn't mind' borrowing.


Just saying.
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No. 17595 ID: e973f4

>>327394
>>313155 is Lucid's official statement on the matter. Although I wonder if Vyt actually gave a heads-up first.
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No. 17596 ID: 8e18cd

>>327395

No he didn't. Actually most of the people that included Nedyvors never did.

The premise was still "HEY THIS LOOKS COOL AND JOURNEYQUEST IS/WAS POPULAR, SO I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN MY ORIGINAL QUEST DO NOT STEAL". Which is still bad.
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No. 17597 ID: 8c0848

>>327396
The really offensive thing is that every instance of a Nedynvor has been the polar opposite of the canon. They're always depicted as large, vicious bullies akin to ogres, trolls and giants.

It really shows that the person knows nothing at all about the species and that they use them solely to gain fame for themselves. It seems like a dick move.
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No. 17600 ID: bde1b8

>>327397
>They're always depicted as large, vicious bullies akin to ogres, trolls and giants.
That certainly is interesting. Makes me wonder how Tav would react to seeing other Nedynvors, since Demesi was such a pushover.
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No. 17601 ID: 1ac39d

>>327400
i think he is saying other quests show them as bullies.
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No. 17603 ID: bde1b8

>>327401
Ah, I had misunderstood.
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No. 17604 ID: 1ac39d

yeah, but that still doesn't make sense, rat quest has the ned as a nice guy who just LOOKS scary.
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No. 17605 ID: 8b7db1

>>327397
I think that's because people like IRONY. The only canon Nedynvor we know [and remember, we only know the one, maybe the race IS bullies for all we know] is a soft spoken nice guy. So, the first thing people will think of when making a character based off of that is to make him... not.

Think of how many times someone has made a PC that was a 'good member of an 'Always Chaotic Evil' race. And how often people make bad guys out of 'Always Lawful Good' ones as well. It's a really simple trick to create drama, but it can still work.
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No. 17606 ID: 8c0848

>>327405
Given the mental processes of most of the authors that have used them, it was probably more along the lines of "IT HAVE SWORD FEETS, IT MUST BE STABBY MEAN THING."
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No. 17607 ID: 1ac39d

>>327406
can someone link me to where a Nedynvor is depicted as big and mean? i haven't actually seen any.
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No. 17608 ID: 8c0848

>>327407
http://www.tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/188568.html#i189104

Not to mention Footsies from Knights Blade and whatever that swearing, fighting one from that text quest is called.
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No. 17610 ID: 1ac39d

>>327408
the guy from rat-quest is a nice guy that just has a hard time talking righ, the guy from the text quest just like yelling but is a good person. footsies, sure i'll give you that one. so 2 of your examples are actually nice.
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No. 17611 ID: 34470e

>>327408
>>327410
Not trying to be mean, but the name your looking for is Carg.
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No. 17614 ID: 8c0848
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17614

>>327411
I'll be sure to care about that if I can fit it into my schedule.

(I will now avatarfag full time to incite more rage. Thank you and have a nice day!)
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No. 17615 ID: c4c313
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17615

MasturbRatquest sucked because I ruined it with my stupid triangle political soapboxing. Hopefully Vyt can recover. I see no reason why a nedynvor couldn't go to high school.

>>327411

Carganus, to be specific. <3

There are some quests that clearly use the races in the wrong ways. It's when a species acts as just a shape, and not also a mindset, and culture. For example the recent Sergals in Space quest, and that one After Quest about a talyxian that was just jury rigged into making them the toughest baddest minimaxed thing to menace the earth, quite unlike any other talyxian. (Thankfully the author went on to use their own species and stop raping the cute cuddly talyxians)
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No. 17616 ID: e973f4

>>327411
Hey, as long as we're yelling at people. I kind of gave up on following your quests sometime early in Mana Ritual after whatever-his-name-was refused yet another suggestion in favor of just moping a lot, but I still see them from time to time since I don't generally hide things that aren't obnoxiously explicit porn, and uh.

What is with the guy who uses "fuckin" every three words? Is he a middle schooler trying to be edgy?

Not trying to be offensive or anything but it's really grating to even look at.
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No. 17618 ID: 34470e

>>327416
I noticed the overswearing a while back and have cut back on it. At least he's better at talking than Grek. And yes, he is trying to be edgy and/or reinforce his perceived personality.
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No. 17619 ID: 8bdb6a

>>327415
>cute cuddly talyxians
I don't follow.
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No. 17626 ID: bde1b8

>>327419
I think Mneme was trolling.
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No. 17631 ID: b4b04d
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17631

I don't think it's fair to say Footsies is an example of Nedynvor being completely off-canon, because that conversely suggests that Nedynvor are, as a species, incapable of being criminals/lowlifes. He's one individual and hardly typifies the species. Consider: If Voltos were generally nice people, Muschio would be an exception, a bad apple, not a sullied mark against canon. He's just one man.

Actually this brings me to another point:
I still feel REALLY bad about Ashedel, more specifically, that I introduced her to the story without asking Lucid. When confronted with this I reacted the same way most people usually do when someone calls them on doing something dumb and snapped back. But yeah, I fucked up. Talked to Lucid about it later but that was obviously past the point it would have been a good idea.

I still try to use her pretty sparingly just because I feel so dumb about her character.

Incidentally I don't think she is particularly off-model, but if someone feels otherwise I'd like to hear that criticism.
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No. 17632 ID: b4b04d

Although as an afterthought it occurs to me that I personally hate the oft-touted "racial mental traits" staple of the fantasy genre. The idea that a whole race (NOT a culture) thinks and acts similarly. I mean, assuming it was capable of sapient thought, couldn't an orc or goblin raised in an educated, polite society from birth fit that type well?
I don't like the trope, really, and try to treat racial individuals as individuals, giving more thought to their region and culture than their species.

I mean, take a look at real-world examples. It's that kind of thinking that gave us racism.
Reds and blacks are mindless savages incapable of higher thought, jews and chinamen are crafty and sinister, you get my point.
in b4 obvious racism joke
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No. 17633 ID: e31d52

>behaviour patterns tied with them

BECAUSE ALL OF RACE X ACT THE SAME AMIRITE

Even in my OWN quest, none of my races have 'racial behavoir patterns'. Rather, they have CULTURES. Kobolds in Hatverse are mostly community-oriented, meek, and subservient, but some defy this. Goblins are mostly HONURR and COMBAT, but Ysl is very much a sedentary housewife. Humans in Bardic are warlike and paranoid, but Frederick is a smooth guy who doesn't hurt others unless he's pushed.

Like Weaver, I find the idea that a race as a whole thinks one way or another is silly at best and disturbing at worst.
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No. 17635 ID: 8bdb6a
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17635

>>327431
>>327432
Yeah, I agree that species shouldn't be stereotypes. On the other hand, if a bunch of quests had Volto named characters, and they were all overly cheerful, monosyllabic nincompoops (IE: the approximate opposite of the original example), you'd probably be pretty cheesed. Ashedel is the only nedynvor we've seen outside Journey that had a character other than "Big mean jerkface." (Though the KB one was just a midboss so hey)

(PS: Subjective subjecting subjectivity)

>Incidentally I don't think she is particularly off-model, but if someone feels otherwise I'd like to hear that criticism.
Disregarding the index talon thing, which you've already heard about, her legs bug me.
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No. 17637 ID: aeade0

>>327435
The one on the left reminds me of the things from condemned.

1ac39d is me.
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No. 17638 ID: 2a421d

>>327432
>try to treat racial individuals as individuals, giving more thought to their region and culture than their species.

I actually noticed this most with Arabella. She's an Orc, yet every time we see her she's usually lying around reading.
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No. 17640 ID: 8e18cd

>>327432

> treat racial individuals as individuals, giving more thought to their region and culture than their species.

That's why you get "Men in funny suits syndrome". The race doesn't matter since it's pretty much the same thing sans +1 or -1 to the stats. "If race X lives in a region X culture defines it" is flawed thinking, pointed out by many DMs as just "don't".


Every race has a lot of little things that make them different from human race.

Why Gnolls are matriarchal? Because hyenas are? Why hyenas are matriarchal? Because that's how their biology works.

Why humans find two meatbags in front of them attractive? That's because how our biology made boobs a distinctive sexual characteristic amongst ourselves.

Will Orcs eat vegetables if they have clearly carnivore teeth?

If you come off that "Racial behaviour = racist stereotyping", you really need to look into the fact that anatomy and biology differences between two fantasy species are way different than between humans living in different world regions. It really doesn't have to be a major thing everytime, but it could just be little things there and there.
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No. 17641 ID: aeade0

>>327440
hello said more thought to culture, not 0 thought species. so a ned that grew up in a bad place would more likely be bad then otherwise.
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No. 17643 ID: 1a99f0

>>327432
the reason that other races have specific mental characteristics is the same reason humans do. While you can't say that every person has certain personality traits or any sort of mental characteristic, there is definitely a pattern. The reason that an entire other species rather than just another race of humans would be different is a different biological heritage leading to a different outcome. Culture and upbringing also play an important part in shaping a personality, but genetics do account for a lot of an individual's personality. There is still room for variation, but there are definitely patterns. It can be hard to see them in people without taking a step back, since we're the only fully intelligent race we know of, but they're there. That's not to say that there aren't exceptions and such. If biology were fully in charge of our behavior, there would be no asexuals, suicidal people, homosexuals (chill, I'm just saying it doesn't have a chance of making babies), or anything else that didn't involve surviving, making babies, and then dying.

tl;dr
An individual is individual, but brain chemicals predetermine a decent portion of behavior.
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No. 17651 ID: b4b04d
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17651

>>327435
Duly noted. This diagram actually helps a lot, and I will be using it in the future as my cheat sheet.
Thanks.

>>327440
This is pretty stupid, if you ask me.
>Every race has a lot of little things that make them different from human race.
This especially, because such races don't actually exist. It's all speculation anyway.

It's lazy writing, more often than not just an effort to write one culture per race. In such fantasy worlds, there can be no distinction between "race" and "culture" because every race (save maybe the humans) only have one culture. The most you'll get is different tribes, who are usually about as variegated as their warpaint, and that's it.

>>327443
Your point is valid, but even the most basic human instincts are often overridden. What's one of the most basic possible things you can say about humanity? We are social animals. And yet, there are always hermits, loners, shut-ins, recluses. Some cultures are warlike. Some cultures are peaceful. Trying to write it all in to a single mantra is bad enough, but then (to get to the point I was making in the first place) detesting things that break this mold for being "inaccurate" is even worse.
The problem is that so often, in fantasy, a race IS a culture, and vice-versa. The few rare exceptions are anomalies, and even those are usually played for laughs.
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No. 17653 ID: a594b9

Hey how come people are accusing Halting State of having a sergal for no reason? It sounds like people just looked at the discussion thread or the last few updates and went "Wait why is there a sergal" instead of actually reading the quest and seeing that we created the character's appearance ourselves.

Also it's just a custom body, so it only makes sense that he acts basically like a human.
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No. 17655 ID: bf1e7e

>The target demographic for Romanticar, Valley of Love, Pink Dragon, Masturbating Rat Quest or whatever obviously has a higher number of people on tgchan. These people I guess get off on that stuff, but goddamn, just showing up for that is horribly horribly shallow.

Welcome to the entire goddamn point.

>I'm more annoyed about "serious" quest quitting before they're even finished or updating so slowly you don't give a shit anymore (Hi ClockworkSeal and others, you know who you are).

Until recently, I was running on a backup computer that sucked. To clarify how much it sucked, it takes about 5 minutes for it to begin accepting inputs once windows starts. It takes two and a half or so just to open Sai, and drawing in it usually gets about 3-8 seconds of lag between the actual motion and the lines actually starting to follow the cursor.

Here's the thing about Deep.

I hate it. Most of the suggestions that it gets are mind-numbingly retarded, but that's not even the suggestor's faults. I fucked up the entire presentation, didn't give a clear goal, and made a thousand basic mistakes in actually running the quest which caused it to pile up into a ridiculous mess. I'd like to finish it, but I honestly have no idea how to salvage it without railroading it with the heaviest of hands.

Chasing Stars is a lot of fun, but it is entirely too much work. The animation involved is incredibly time-consuming, and I actually have a job now.

Silhouette is basically right out. I had some plans for it, but I spent two days running the quest for one guy because nobody else bothered to post.

Boon is a good quest and I am interested in continuing it, but I don't like leaving Deep off in the middle of a 'part' like that to do it. I want to at least get to a pausing point in Deep before continuing Boon.

Clefable Quest (IE Pokemon Quest Gaiden) was intended to just be a goofy one-off for Pokemon Day that was mostly a Clefable being a jackass. And it succeeded about that! I could see myself picking it back up at some point in the future, but it works as a completed quest as is.

Plessy Quest is finished.

I want to finish the Cutebold Slaughterfest chapter, but I feel terrible posting art far below the quality of that in the quest proper and I'm terrible at coloring (and the quest is colored). It takes me an extremely long time to draw updates for it, and I have a job now (mentioned again for clarity) and Monster Hunter 3 came out just a few months ago. It might sound like a lame excuse, but I'm not getting paid for this. I do this as a hobby, because I enjoy it.

That's why Deep doesn't update, I'm still not sure how to get it to a point where I can enjoy it again. I don't WANT to abandon it and just leave it unfinished, but I don't have a clue how to continue it. I have tried to bring this up several times, but the community has invariably decided to talk about dicks or some text quest instead, and the subject has never actually been clarified. So don't even fucking TRY to tell me 'WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO,' because I fucking did. And the faggots who brought about ratsturbation quest and advertise Shoujen as 'A quest about lesbians! We helped one reach her first orgasm!' decided to bury it in shit.
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No. 17656 ID: 9cb4b3

>>327453
Halting State is fine with me for that very reason, the only problem I have with it is that the main character is a herm because herms creep me out.

I read it anyways, though.

>>327451
I'd like to point you to Vilous.

Sergals actually act differently than humans because of both biology and culture, and the Vilous continent is small enough to where there are two macro-cultures and many smaller cultures within. What most people think of when they say "Sergal culture" is the Northern Sergal Clan Shigu, of which Goshen and Aruuchi are both from. Sergal sexual dimorphism is practically non-existent, the only real difference seems to be a slimmer waist and slightly broader hips in the females, like in humans, but sergals have no difference in muscle mass between them, and sergal pregnancy doesn't hamper them nearly as much as it does humans. Plus, the infamous PCH gives females a little more power in the bedroom as well.

All this results in a complete lack of feminity among sergals and a society very, very different from ours from the get go. From here it is more effected by people and their decisions resulting in a more violent society than our current one, and somewhat similar to the mongolian society of old. Still, this was in turn effected by a stronger need for meat in their diet than in ours, which in turn effected some of their customs.

Nevreans have a bit of a stronger case: Their genders are switched compared to humans. The males are the fairer and weaker (muscularity wise) sex while the females have tough, strong bodies with bigger teeth and horns on their head. Yisi is actually a better example of a nevrean male than Liam is, as Mick and Kiki and I talked about this long after Hatchquest was underway.

What I think you have confused here, Weaver, is not having them act like a human, but act like a sapient. A sapient anything will make their own decisions and find their own path in life, like humans do, but this is the point: If you don't make use of their culture, biology and upbringing in their characterization, what is the point of making them an established race in a different setting? Like others, I feel like having a race in a new setting and then taking away everything that makes them what they are save for their appearance is rather insulting.
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No. 17657 ID: 10c20a

If I'm one of those quest abandoners people were talking about, I apologize. I've been dealing with some personal shit lately and have since tried to force my way through said shit. I'm trying to update Riarda more, I just frequently get the feeling that I've run myself into a corner or wasted updates and such. I'm workin' on it.

>>327431
>Incidentally I don't think she is particularly off-model, but if someone feels otherwise I'd like to hear that criticism.

As pointed out before, the legs. Ashedel's legs are plantigrade blade feet rather than digigrade blade feet as is the canon, as well, Nedynvor do not possess mammary glands in the canon setting. It is actually worth noting that Ashedel's crest design DID actually influence the canon design for female Nedynvor's crests.

That being said, I've talked to Weaver already regarding this and there's no real problem here. Ashedel is basically his take on the Nedynvor concept and thus slightly altered in design to fit the Dive-verse. I'm coo with it, He seems coo with the whole situation, so it's not really a big deal. I'm going to end this now as I'm operating on about 45 minutes of sleep in the past 48 hours and I get the feeling that I'm rambling.
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No. 17658 ID: 10c20a

>>327432
after thought; I agree with the silliness of "This race is evil because they're ALL dicks, no exceptions" thing that seems to happen a lot in fantasy settings.

People making Nedynvor be mean, or jerks, or what ever doesn't break any sort of racial paradigm or something for them, as there are canonically dick Nedynvor in Layridin since their personalities are INDIVIDUAL personalities, there's no specific way that Nedynvore as a whole act
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No. 17659 ID: 2cbe3e

I would never ever use someone else's races in any of my quests. Ever.
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No. 17660 ID: 0c9b6a

>>327459
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No. 17661 ID: 8ce2bf

>>If you don't make use of their culture, biology and upbringing in their characterization, what is the point of making them an established race in a different setting?
The point is because they look neat, or it's a slight nod to another quest.
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No. 17662 ID: 9cb4b3

>>327461
That's complete bullshit.

If all they like about the race is the physical appearance they should not be using the race at all. Make a similar race, call them something different or for goodness sake, make up a race of your own. The ONLY reason someone would use a specific race in this situation is to try to ride the coat-tails of another quest, as there is literally no excuse for it.

ANY quest author that uses a pre-established race SIMPLY for it's physical appearance and removes all other attributes of the race is an unimaginative fuck who I will make no effort to feel welcome here.
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No. 17663 ID: 2fa60a

>>327462
Just for the sake of the argument, name some quests that a) borrow a race properly, b) borrow a race improperly and c) are an exception or just have some acceptable reason/excuse for not being fully proper.
Preferably with critical commentary.
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No. 17664 ID: 8e18cd

>>327463

a) borrow a race properly

Cutebold slaughterfest.

b) borrow a race improperly

DiveKnightBladesQuest

c) are an exception or just have some acceptable reason/excuse for not being fully proper.

NORTHERN SERGAL!
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No. 17665 ID: 9cb4b3

>>327463
A & B I did in the OP (CSF and Ratsurbation Quest, respectively), and C I did in another post, Halting State.

But to clarify, Halting State has a reason for it in quest, and the main character admits his/her new body was based upon the sergal design in the questdis thread I believe. Unlike some people I have had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting, he is literally a human in a sergal body, and his new external appearance doesn't change who he is.

I have to say, it's somewhat refreshing.
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No. 17666 ID: e973f4

>>327455
If you're tired of the quest and you hate it, just ham-handedly railroad it into a conclusion. Or completely abandon it, since odds are by now no one has the slightest idea of what the hell we were supposed to be doing anyway.

Really, any option that leads to you bringing back Boon is okay with me. :V
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No. 17669 ID: b4b04d

>>327456
Your point is noted, but I said "most" fantasy settings. I'm sure there are some that make the races more in-depth and culturally relevant to their upbringing.
To restate more clearly most fantasy worlds disregard the influence of culture or mash it down to only one culture per race. Instead of the "men with funny suits" trope, it becomes a "one particular type of foreigners with funny suits" situation.
My point is that in such worlds, there's no consideration for individuals. Like you said, race, culture, upbringing should all be considered. These worlds only consider the first one. Orcs are orcs. Goblins are goblins.

Admittedly such a world has a lot of benefits. In an RPG setting it's easy for the players to know right away what they're dealing with if they run into members of a given race, monstrous or civilized. It's easy to write for. It makes clear delineations.
But for more in-depth projects, I feel far too many worlds take this path, and it feels like just lazy writing. Every individual acts the same way because they're influenced solely by their race, their culture is homogeneous, and individuals are never exceptions (except again, for humor value).

>>327459
>I would never ever use someone else's races in any of my quests. Ever.
I get the joke!

>b) borrow a race improperly
>DiveKnightBladesQuest
Man
are you serious
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No. 17670 ID: 9c4fd2

>>327469

I think he's quite serious, Weaver. I know Lucid is ok with that character existing, but the fact of the matter is that you just put a big-titted quest race in there so your self-insert could bone it. I honestly liked Dive until that.
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No. 17672 ID: e1c432

Oh and also Weaver you only asked "permission" after you inserted the character already. Lucid's a nice guy and isn't gonna say no when asked after the fact like that.
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No. 17673 ID: 2fa60a

>>327464
You forgot your critical commentary.
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No. 17674 ID: b4b04d

>>327472
>Oh and also Weaver you only asked "permission" after you inserted the character already. Lucid's a nice guy and isn't gonna say no when asked after the fact like that.
I know. I already conceded this point. I still feel bad about it. I've since tried to adapt the Dive interpretation of Nedynvor to a more tailored means (as I've done with all the other races, too) but I still try to use her sparingly because the way I introduced her was just so stupid. I didn't know anything about them, I just stuck them in as a sort of shout-out and I fucked it up awfully. She even has tits because I didn't know they weren't supposed to have any. It's just terrible.
I'll admit that.
I have admitted that.
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No. 17675 ID: a136dd

Now Weaver, in penance, don't update DiveQuest anym-

Oh wait beat me to it.
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No. 17676 ID: 407b5b

>>327470
I don't even... whut?

Self-Insert? Unless Weaver desires to be a failure and mockery of a Machiavellian leader, an accidental mass murderer, and socially inconsequential lunatic who spends his time plotting in a cave except to troll the neighboring civilized folk I think I may be seeing some problems here.
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No. 17677 ID: 21bba9

>>327476

Weaver DID just admit it. (lol)
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No. 17678 ID: 8ce2bf

>>327476
Weaver's self-insert is actually Finesse.
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No. 17679 ID: b4b04d
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17679

>>327477
>>327475
>>327472
>>327470
Damn your IP changes fast.

Anyway in response to these criticisms I thought I should leak my newest character design, Bonkers the Sergal.
Actually he's just 1/3rd sergal, he's also 1/3rd hedgehog and 1/3rd mewtwo (the mewtwo part is also a vampire)

he uses one uzi and one desert eagle and he has a katana made of souls from the one million people he's killed
but he's light hearted and a practical joker and really sensitive to what other people think about him, he's also reclusive and seems like a shut in but when people get to know him he's a true friend
he has god like powers because of all the gods he killed, he can be hurt but regenerates health faster than a bullet
age 15

i fucked up his sunglasses so just imagine they're on there
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No. 17680 ID: 2fa60a

>>327479
You didn't spell it "DEAGLE", what the hell is the matter with you? You have shamed your family!
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No. 17681 ID: badf27

>>327479
oh god he's mpreg
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No. 17682 ID: 9cb4b3
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17682

>>327479
truley a master after my own heart
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No. 17683 ID: f98e0b

>>327479
that reminds me of drizzt hes my favorite book character
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No. 17685 ID: 90ba0f

I wonder if that thing is related to the half volto from Mudy Quest 2. Maybe they'll team up to fight crime!
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No. 17687 ID: 1a99f0

>>327479
sometimes it's hard for me to tell if you're an artistic genius or the greatest troll of all time.
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No. 17688 ID: badf27
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17688

>a whole bunch of nonsense

Ruby thinks this is STUPID. She blasts off with a stolen ROCKET PACK.
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No. 17691 ID: c4c313
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17691

>>327426

No, I'm-

>>327435
>>327431

DANCE YOUR CARES AWAY,
WORRY'S FOR ANOTHER DAY.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY
DOWN AT FRAGGLE ROCK.

ok now I'm trolling.
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No. 17692 ID: 8c0848

It's not that Nedynvors are depicted as being criminals or bullies, it's that they're depicted as large, brutish creatures with huge pummeling fists when they're actually lightweight and somewhat frail. It's not a matter of personality, it's a matter of completely ignoring their physiology.
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No. 17699 ID: d560d6
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17699

>>327488
Ruby, wait! You've forgotten someone!
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No. 17700 ID: d560d6
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17700

...
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No. 17701 ID: d560d6
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17701

..?
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No. 17703 ID: d560d6
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17703

BEST END
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No. 17704 ID: 1a99f0

>>327503
*applause*
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No. 17705 ID: b4b04d

>>327492
>It's not that Nedynvors are depicted as being criminals or bullies, it's that they're depicted as large, brutish creatures with huge pummeling fists when they're actually lightweight and somewhat frail. It's not a matter of personality, it's a matter of completely ignoring their physiology.
I'm pretty sure this again comes down to the idea of exceptions. Especially if they work at it, I'm sure there can be physically-intimidating Nedynvor fighters, just like there can be pansy-ass scrawny orcs. There can be dwarf giants and dwarves with giantism.

Unless you meant Ashedel. She's not really brutish with pummeling fists. In fact the most combat-worthy thing she did, besides getting thoroughly beaten by Coriander after her surprise attack was shrugged off, was rough up an old man.
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No. 17711 ID: 1a99f0

>>327505
I don't even think it should come down to exceptions. Just a list of generalities that can be followed but also diverged from. We know that the average person is social, brash, and always striving for more. But luckily we aren't all cookie cutter pieces (though too many people are for my liking). There's a whole decent-sized portion of the population that doesn't like socializing, though. There are an infinite number of mental and physical anomalies that any person, or member of any sentient species can poses. And any given individual probably has hundreds. So I guess there SHOULD be a rule, but "exceptions" should actually be more common, with the rule still being the biggest group but nowhere near an overall majority.
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No. 17712 ID: a594b9

>>327505
They have to be lightweights in order to fly. Although even then it's just barely possible.
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No. 17716 ID: f58d30
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17716

>>327503
Holy. Shit.
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No. 17735 ID: 9cb4b3

The thing is that Nedynvor wouldn't be threatening in the punchy sense, rather they'd be threatening in the "our feet are blades and will kill you dead" sort of way.

I still kinda cringe a bit when I think about how Deme pumped his leg into The Admiral over and over and really skewered his guts like that.

He'll be avenged. One day.
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No. 17775 ID: f95872

I'm late here, but

>b) borrow a race improperly
>DiveKnightBladesQuest
Borrowed races there work just like all the other races. Which is to say, they say very little about a character, except sometimes cultural background (all cats are criminals, all Voltos are nobility) affiliations (goblins seem to be fairly isolationist societies, largely ignoring other settlements) and often mean basically nothing (the Nedynvor and Mudkip, and to a lesser extent, ogre).

This is not a realistic take on racial differences really, but it doesn't have to be. The races are primarily visual differentiators, which aid the more simple art style in effectively conveying information. There is no complicated racial politics nor real biological logic, but there doesn't have to be. Not all quests need to emphasize that sort of thing.
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