pe·dan·tic  Audio pronunciation of "pedantic" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (p-dntk) adj.

    Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: marked by a narrow, often tiresome focus on or display of learning and especially its trivial aspects.

And that deals with influencing a denizen how?

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I really don't get how Magnagora can focus upon beauty when the Taint twists and corrupts things into twisted/ugly manifestations of its former self. Almost everything that describes the Taint does so in a fashion that makes it out to be *everything* but attractive. Hell, the help scroll for the Nihilists even makes it clear that the priesthood is more concerned with greed than catering to the Demon Lords... again, I don't see anything that remotely signifies beauty.

I suppose one could argue that they wear lots of makeup, thick cloaks, and just claim to be beautiful when they are in fact hideous (what's kinda funny is that they walk about with "hideous archdemons too"...). However, I've always gotten the impression that this would be Viravain-ish and as such, it doesn't happen.

All of you are thus banished to Angkrag.

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I think its funny the Viscanti basically ended up as a race of its own by interbreeding. That's just sick.

I'm sorry if you don't like to engage is discussion. You are free to leave this thread.

Narsrim just has this idé fix of "evil can't be beautiful", that's quite clear.

Viscanti are beautiful, to viscanti.. and Elfen are butt ugly, to viscanti.

There is no roleplay reason whatsoever, for viscanti to have low charisma.. it's pure game mechanics and shuffling around stat points, since they have higher constitution.

No role-play reason? They're intimately associated with a society that prides itself in lack of empathy. You can't identify with people, you can't get in side their heads and persuade them. What better RP justification could there possibly be for an entire race to have low charisma?

Hitler was evil to the core and had tremendous charisma.  You are confusing empathy and charisma.  Charismatic people can be cruel and inconsiderate- it has little bearing on their personal magnetism.  Remember Charles Manson and Jim Jones?

Also, charisma does not = beauty.  There are plenty of people in real life who are very attractive but possess zero charisma, and vice versa.

Try it. It's fun. 

Just to try and get this thread back on topic...

I have a gradual description change for Kymir. His standard aslaran description is fairly ordinary: just a normal-sized aslaran with black fur and large ears. However, as an undead, I have a rather gruesome description for him, and as time goes by I'll update this description to represent his gradual decomposition. As of current, he's on stage two, his flesh just beginning to dry out due to constant exposure to the wasteland climate of Magnagora, and his skeleton beginning to enlarge itself, causing his flesh and fur to slough off.

This will eventually (5+ IG years) culminate in Kymir losing all flesh and becoming the ultimate symbol of undeath as a skeleton. As time goes on he'll begin losing all emotions and intellect, finally existing merely to kill.

Try it. It's fun. 

I'm an undead loboshigaru. Elfen are ugly to me, hairless, skinny things they are. They don't even have tails, and they've got stubby things that pass for teeth. Mugwumps are worse. Damp skin, webbed feet, no teeth at all. Faelings are like elfens, but appetizer-sized. Still ugly. Don't get me started on merians.