Spider Stomper
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Joined: Saturday, 25th December 2010, 20:02
Rename Formicid to Dwarf
1) We have no basic dwarf anymore despite them being a staple of the genre.
2) We are getting to where the animal-hybrid species are getting stupid. Admittedly, I'd rather play an ant-man than a sentient cat, but this just feels out of place.
3) Admittedly, I've not gotten past about D15 in a while, and was on a hiatus from the game, but I don't think I've seen talk of Formicid enemies, so there's not really a place for them anyway.
4) Why wouldn't Dwarves be able to dig? Most of the benefits Fo get could easily apply to a Dw species. Earth affinity, shield affinity, good Strength. Hell, it makes more sense for Dwarves to have built the dungeon than intelligent ants anyway.
Now, I admit, I haven't done a whole lot of research. I may have missed some reason why this can't or won't happen. But as I didn't see such a proposal on here yet, I thought I'd put it out there.