New races and things

I’ve had a little list for a while of races I think would be fun to play but aren’t currently in LotJ and am [i:2ypf2kip]delighted[/i:2ypf2kip] to see most of them listed here already. I know a lot of stats have already been laid out (and I’m way too intimidated to suggest a showrace sheet of my own) so I’m mostly just gonna focus on things that would be cool racial attributes other than their stats for the races that have already been posted.

[b:2ypf2kip]Anzati:[/b:2ypf2kip] They’d need a racial command very much like the Balosar one that would bring out their creepy face-whiskers. It would be -very- cool if they could be used to perm somebody who’s either unconscious or has no movement and less than X% HP (so they could witness the awesomeness that is having their brain slurped out through their nose, but not so that Anzati could just walk past somebody and perm them). But definitely on the echo thing.

[b:2ypf2kip]Fosh:[/b:2ypf2kip] …They just look so damn cool. A "skin"color command to change the color of their feathers between green, orange, and grey — similar to the skincolor command for Faleen/Firrerreo, rather than stylehair (ie. with echo) — should be added if they’re implemented.

[b:2ypf2kip]Umbaran:[/b:2ypf2kip] Reverse flashlight syndrome. They should need darkening glasses in order to see in lit areas, and should see perfectly (as though a flashlight were on, not as if they have infrared) in dark areas. In bright areas without glasses they should be dazzled and only able to make out shapes rather than actual figures.

[b:2ypf2kip]Elom:[/b:2ypf2kip] See above.

[b:2ypf2kip]Tynnans:[/b:2ypf2kip] Aquabreath, please~

[b:2ypf2kip]Nosaurian:[/b:2ypf2kip] Silent communication unlearnable by other species, like Lorrdian, but, unlike Lorrdian, giving a room echo to those around them. Instead of the usual (semi-intelligible) keyboard-smash of most foreign languages it should just echo "<character> emits a brief series of bright flashes from $s mouth." without giving away the tone or length of the message. (On a side note, give this to Twi’lek too).

[b:2ypf2kip]Herglic:[/b:2ypf2kip] Undecided on whether or not they should get aquabreath. They do actually breathe air, but they do it like whales, through a blowhole, and it’s implied that they can survive underwater for extended periods of time. So… probably makes sense for them to have it.

[b:2ypf2kip]Anx:[/b:2ypf2kip] Another color changer. The crests of their heads can change color. Shades of red, green, brown and possibly grey, judging by pictures.

[b:2ypf2kip]Ruurian:[/b:2ypf2kip] These are creepy and gross. Does not want.

[b:2ypf2kip]Vratix:[/b:2ypf2kip] Another color-changer. Also another creeper. Their skin color is "greenish-grey", I can only assume they can change between the various shades that fall within that spectrum, since no other mention of it is made and I can’t find a picture of one being a different color.

[b:2ypf2kip]Kiffar:[/b:2ypf2kip] YESSSSS. This is the one I want the most. I have nothing to add, I just wanted to voice my happiness.

[b:2ypf2kip]Mirialan:[/b:2ypf2kip] See above. Only, wanted the second-most. …Except that the skin-tone list is way too long. Keep them between yellow and dark green. Almost all the canon ones are light green, but we can give a little "wiggle-room"… just not all the way to blues and what-have-you.

Misc. bits for races currently in game will be mantis’d as requested.

(Unrelated: Of the two rat-like species in Star Wars, one is called "Ryn" and the other is from "Rinn"….)

To Fishy: The large assortment of races to choose from is what attracted me to LotJ in the first place. There’s nothing wrong with having a wide variety. Unless you were trying to articulate the same thing Kirash was in between the parts of your rants where all I heard was "I’M ANGRY", in which case, see below.

To Kirash: I agree completely. All the races I looked up to see if there were any abstract qualities had a decent amount of information posted… certainly more than Zelosians had. Which explains why they’re gone. But new races (especially Kiffar and Mirialan!!!!!!) are fun.

I just see a lot of terrible ideas for gimmicky races that have no real RP beyond "LOOK WHAT A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE I AM HERP DERP DERP! I’M A REALLY AWESOME SPECIES BUT YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF ME. WE WERE COOLER BEFORE WE WENT MAINSTREAM."

What are you worried about, Fishy? That you’ll have to read Wookieepedia, or that you’ll be forced to play one of these races? =p

Soooo maannyy raacessss! Thanks to everyone for all the submissions. I also got a 29 page word doc of race options (half of it is pictures) to choose from. I’m going to compile all this information into a big old spreadsheet and we’ll see what happens.

I think protocol droids would be great. Pretty much allow them to know a set number of languages with potential for upgrade via a capable engineer thus expanding their knowledge base. Make them a diplomacy class, or maybe just classless. Oh, and I guess application only.

I would like to see playable droids other than astromechs again. Protocol droids would be a nice addition, but please no more HK droids. The ones I had to listen to last timeline during Czerka made me want to strangle babies.

The BHer droid I trained last TL was pretty awesome. I still regret not dressing it up like a Companion Cube.