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by Feawen » Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:18 pm
by Throttle » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:38 pm
by Feawen » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:45 pm
by Emilio » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:58 pm
by Throttle » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:04 pm
by Emilio » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:23 pm
by Nimrod » Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:41 pm
by Icristhus » Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:10 pm
One of (but not THE) worst cases wrote:A particularly ugly, floppy-eared snaga says, "Here boy! Fetch the pinky!"
A barrel-chested, yellow-furred warg wags his tail at a particularly ugly, floppy-eared snaga.
A barrel-chested, yellow-furred warg leaps up and charges at a wimpy human farmer's corpse.
A barrel-chested, yellow-furred warg lopes back to a particularly ugly, floppy-eared snaga and drops the corpse of a wimpy human farmer at his feet.
A barrel-chested, yellow-furred warg asks a particularly ugly, floppy-eared snaga, "BACON! BACON BACON BACON! GIVE ME BACON NOW!?"
by Eugene » Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:12 pm
by tehkory » Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:05 am
Eugene wrote:Wargs were clearly not sapient, conscious creatures.
by Drew7uk » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:10 am
by Throttle » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:18 am
tehkory wrote:Eugene wrote:Wargs were clearly not sapient, conscious creatures.
Tolkien's wargs were explicitly described as having their own language which Gandalf understood, though he likely couldn't speak it.
by Feawen » Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:30 am
by Throttle » Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:52 am
by Hawkwind » Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:29 am
Throttle wrote:I remember on Arm if you owned a slave NPC you were allowed to basically play it when in the room, using 'command'. That would be cool with wargs, but as entire autonomous PCs I think they're just too alien and unable to add enough to the game.
by Drew7uk » Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:56 am
by Octavius » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:23 am
Hawkwind wrote:I would agree with Throttle, there is just too little depth to them. The only thing that would separate which warg was which would be success since at the root of it they would nearly all be plotting, merciless, violent killers unconcerned with shinies, politics and material gain.
by Throttle » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:46 am
by toofast » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:42 am
by Tepes » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:45 am
by Drew7uk » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:47 am
Octavius wrote:Lets explore this assumption.
What roles ARE possible for a Warg? Much of it does come down to being a heavy RP role, and player portrayal as stated above, rather than skills. So what functions would they serve? Hunter/scout, war leader, pup-rearer (husbandry to allow the NPC mounts), pack alpha, pack omega? Could they have a healer? A howler-of-memories with the music skill? What else can you come up withn orc or warg society?
What warg-specific craftsets would be needed or desired? They wouldn't necessarily use common crafts with the opposable-thumb crowd, but what would they do? How would having scent, rather than sight, be your primary sense change your view of such things?
by Octavius » Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:43 pm
Drew7uk wrote:After reading this my initial feeling was that while absolutely great questions with potentially great answers and depth, it feels to me that we should spend the same energy doing the same for other more "viable" races or roles with less restrictions - Elves, Dwarves, Humans.
by Yoink » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:34 pm
Droll wrote:You know they are going to sic an ent on us right?
Forest fire prpt tonight. Bring torches.
by Tepes » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:14 am
by Octavius » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:17 am