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wheals wrote:Rename them Godlings? Halfgods?
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nicolae wrote:wheals wrote:Rename them Godlings? Halfgods?
Dalflods.
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Berder wrote:The other point is that they themselves are part god.
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basil wrote:Berder wrote:The other point is that they themselves are part god.
That's the flavour of Dg, not their point or purpose.
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Sar wrote:None of the names you suggested is better.
Furthermore, the real question is, is a race that cannot worship gods at all interesting, and for many people the answer is yes. Demogods role is unqiue and making them play more as Dr/Ds (as you yourself mentioned!) would make them less unique!
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Lasty wrote:XuaXua, thanks for linking to some of the previous iterations of this suggestion.
Lasty wrote:I, of course, still am absolutely opposed to renaming or giving new mechanics to demigods, because a) they are a fine species mechanically as-is, and 2) the only "problem" is that a few people think that something called "demigod" would be more cool if it were a holy demonspawn instead. I've posted before on why I think demigod is an apt name for the species as it stands, so I won't repeat myself on that point. I haven't yet heard any name or lore that seems more interesting or compelling.
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Sar wrote:People regularly complain about ogres being glass cannons (not necessarily true) and mummies being shit.
Sar wrote:Edit: also about Vp/Gh/Ds/Mu not being modifiers to existing races.
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Vampires
Vampires are another form of undead, but with a peculiarity: by consuming
fresh blood, they may become alive. A bloodless Vampire has all the traits of
an undead, but cannot regain lost physical attributes or regenerate from
wounds over time - in particular, magical items or spells which increase the
rate of regeneration will not work (though divine ones will). On the other
hand, a Vampire full with blood will regenerate very quickly, but lose all
undead powers. Vampires can never starve. They can drink from fresh corpses
with the 'e' command. Upon growing, they learn to transform into quick bats
and, later, how to draw potions of blood from fresh corpses.
Vampires
Vampires are a peculiar form of undead reborn from Humans: by consuming
fresh blood, they may become alive. A bloodless Vampire has all the traits of
an undead, but cannot regain lost physical attributes or regenerate from
wounds over time - in particular, magical items or spells which increase the
rate of regeneration will not work (though divine ones will). On the other
hand, a Vampire full with blood will regenerate very quickly, but lose all
undead powers. Vampires can never starve. They can drink from fresh corpses
with the 'e' command. Upon growing, they learn to transform into quick bats
and, later, how to draw potions of blood from fresh corpses.
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Sar wrote:I've seen a suggested mechanic to make mummies randomly "remember" their past lives in forms of random apt buffs or random skill buffs.
Mummies
These are undead creatures who travel into the depths in search of revenge,
redemption, or just because they want to.
Mummies progress slowly in levels, half again as slowly as Humans in all
skills except fighting, spellcasting and necromancy. As they increase in
levels, they become increasingly in touch with the powers of death, but cannot
use some types of necromancy which only affect living creatures. The side
effects of necromantic magic tend to be relatively harmless to Mummies.
However, their desiccated bodies are highly flammable. They also do not need
to eat or drink and, in any case, are incapable of doing so.
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crate wrote:But it's less silly than literally making demigod into the opposite of what demigod is supposed to be, which is a much more common suggestion.
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PleasingFungus wrote:imho just shuffle all races' names at random and come up with new flavor justifications for each
a fun exercise imho. try it at home!
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PleasingFungus wrote:imho just shuffle all races' names at random and come up with new flavor justifications for each
a fun exercise imho. try it at home!
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duvessa wrote:kenku
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johlstei wrote:Rename felids to "mountain dwarves"
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berder wrote:what else would you call a race that can worship itself?
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