Touche. The only reason for the name is that I screwed up. Apparently I have an account here, but I guess I lost the user name. So when Anclagon went through, it didn't work. The name can't be used now, and this was what I thought of.

A'aight, this be my first post, so I'll ask that everybody go easy on me. Now, down to business.

Before I start a description at all, I need a few questions on the races answered. In specific, I need to know more about the Furrikin, and what animals they can have a resemblance to. Can they be feline, or does that privilege belong to the Aslaran alone? I know Furrikin can look like "small bears" and "miniature tae'dae", so one might assume they could be small cats (as in, domesticated ones) as well. They certainly could have crossbred with Aslaran at some point, even if none of the original Furrikin that splintered from Bollikin were feline.

Now, I have nothing against the Aslaran. I seriously considered having Rie step through the Portal of Fate as one. What made me select "Furrikin" instead was looking at this board, and seeing the way the Aslaran description starts. There's absolutely nothing "regal" about Rie. She's a ball of patchy fluff and is the size of a six-year-old human child. I just can't imagine a grown Aslaran would look like that. I don't think I've ever seen them pictured as ragged little domesticated kittens.

So after that's all sorted out, I'll happily get to scribbling a description for her. Ye shall be hearing from me again very soon, I'm sure.

Edit: Mmkay. Since I've found where people have mentioned the existence of cat furrikin (among other things), I'm going to assume it's alright. Better safe than sorry, right? No? Ah, well, sorry for taking up space. I'll edit in Rie's description once I stop procrastinating.

I think there's a felinesque furrikin in Estelbar already. In any case, it's already been proven that furrikin can look like species that Bollikin didn't make, so you don't have to worry there.

There aren't any NPC cat furrikin (unless they've been added very recently), but it doesn't mean you can't make one.

Just as an aside, I'm fairly certain that only humans are capable of interbreeding with other races. (You could have a half-human, half-Dracnari, for example, but not a half-Trill, half-Dracnari.) Naturally, quite a few people ignore these little details, but I see no reason why you couldn't have a kittenish furrikin.

Viscanti can, too. And Faeling may be able to interbreed with Elfen, but I'm not sure about that.

Anyway, I know people have played felinoid furrikin before, because I remember we had one in the Totem Tribe for a while.

Hum. I seem to remember something about... any amount of human blood in any race would allow crossbreeding. So, say, if a Merian had a great-great-great grandfather who was a human, they could produce offspring with any other race of their choosing. But since I'm not perfectly familiar with the time-line, and how long it's been since Humankind entered the Basin, I don't know how diluted that human blood could get. In any case, the things I've read give the impression that everybody's interbreeding all over the place. I'unno though, 'cause I could've misread it.

Back on topic, I've finished Rie's description. Did it in five minutes flat, and still not very happy with it. I have a horrible habit of making things longer than they need to be. So even though there are a lot of details to Rie's appearance, I still get the distinct impression that i could've done better. Meh, well, here goes.




Is there maize in Lusternia? If not, I can substitute that for something else. Oh, and if you were wondering about the dirt theme, it's because she's a Geomancer. Gotta show Guild pride some way, la? Then there's the mismatched eyes thing. All the certifiably insane kids used to do it. And no, she doesn't have multiple personalities, just horrible mood swings. I'm not that cliche, you know.

Edit: Fixed the part about her tail.

Half-somethings don't exist. A human-other race crossbreed will either be a Human or an Other Race. It may have traits from both races, but should be treated as one of the above.

As for maize existing or not, it doesn't have a difference. The player is reading the description, and not the character. I remember a fuss someone made when Ialie had "chocolate skin" in her description - "Wah! Wah! There is no chocolate in Lusternia!" Well, but you do know what color chocolate is, don't you? Then be quiet.

Okay, I got offtopic. The description is good and detailed enough. If I were to nitpick...

Sounds awkward for me, but I am not a native English speaker. What I mean is the "possessed of" part - "possesses a rich muddy tint" would sound better.

That wasn't really what I was talking about, but the point is taken anyways. I know that, technically, you'd have to be either one race or the other. Else we'd all be confused as heck as to what statistics and characteristics our characters are supposed to have. However, I'll give you an example to better explain what I was talking about earlier: You can have a Boxer with Collie blood in it, but if the Collie appeared in the family tree over a generation ago, and there have been more Boxers bred into the line, you're still going to have a Boxer. And even if you're talking about the direct descendant of the Collie and the Boxer, that descendant is still going to have traits of one parent that dominate the traits of the other. Now, it's kind of hard to compare dogs to the Lusternian races, because as far as I know, the races in Lusternia are all completely separate species from each other. Also, there's the Lucidians to account for. They're an anomaly, since it should be impossible, by our standards, to cross creatures made up of such completely different elements. So, if Lusternia worked like Earth, there would be no such thing as a Lucidian and Human cross. But there are.

And I think I just nullified my own point. Gah. I pity the person who tries to figure out the genetics behind all of this. I truly do.


Back on topic, I fixed the problem with Rie's tail. I originally used "possessed of" that way because I'd seen it in a book, and thought it was spiffy. Now I know better.

Tall and very well built. He stands at around seven and a half feet, his height exacerbated by long spines that jut in a crest from the top of his head. His face is draconic and somewhat bestial, a long muzzle with long, very sharp-looking teeth and two flared nostrils at its end. His eyes sit just above the muzzle, and are long and narrow, with slitted pupils and bright red irises that fill his eye completely, with no white visible. His scales are a dark, dark green, almost black, and shining with a bright polish, reflecting light in all directions. Long, sharp spines appear in a line along his head, starting with longer, more backwards sloping ones to the front, shortening and becoming more upright to the back. They continue down his back, poking out of the clothes he is wearing. His figure is very muscled, with wide shoulders and long, ropey arms, ending in hands with very short fingers, but long, wickedly pointed claws, able to be used reasonably well manipulate tools and very well to shred the skin of those who are his enemies. His torso narrows to a slim waist and hips. His legs are placed on either side of his body, rather than below it, and stand straight, with no angle. His long, sharp claws click on hard ground and sink into soft ground. His tail is unusually long, over one and a half times his height, with spines down its length ending in about a foot-long spine with a dangerously sharp tip. As a result of this tail, and his legs, he stands with a forward-leaning posture, making a roughly 150 degree angle with his legs. As such, he walks with an unusual gait, a half-stalking, half-stomping gait.

Well I got tired of going the norm so I decided to make something odd and chose to make an Illithoid. This description is a work in progress and I have a sketch to go with it once I get home to scan it. Anyone that knows anything about the race have any suggestions thus far?

is a thinly built, well curved figure with a complexion akin to fresh plaster. Pale skin with a thick stony texture is riddled with veins of a semi-luminescent violet hue, causing her form to resemble a statue carved of marble. Spiny ridges of a gray tone that vaguely resemble a humanish brow lie above her large, alien eyes of a deep cobalt. Small spikes that appear scale like radiate from her brows edge, across her temples and along the top of her skull. Her sinewy muscle structure is well defined with edges carved deep into her skin despite the slimness of her form and her thin hands sprawl into fingers with a narrow claw like shape.

He is a regal archlich aslaran and covered in heavy armour. Long years of
exposure to the taint make him appear slightly.. off, warped. Covered in matte
black fur, his head has a short, squashed muzzle and pointed, somewhat ragged
ears. His eyes are flat white orbs, shining with an internal luminescence,
sitting in deeply recessed sockets. From the neck down he is encased in black,
heavy square steel plates, each one covered in vaguely malignant appearing
runes, hiding his body completely from view. The shoulders rise in heavy
obelisks with slits cut into them, designed to protect the sides of the head
without interrupting visibility. On the heavy gloves, eyes of varying shapes
have been etched all over the square plates encasing the fingers. Splashed
across his chest is a painted Amaranth in bright red, along with some illegible
scribblings at the base. At the back of his waist, a small, stumpy tail, hacked
off at some time in the past can be seen, a tuft of black fur growing over the
area it was cut in. When viewed from the corner of the eye, his body appears
slightly transparent, though the armour he is encased in remains solid.


Perhaps a bit overblown, but damnit. I've been a tainted lich for yonks, and a Necromancer. I'm going to say I'm just extra malleable. Slightly transparent from all the ghosting, the eyes as a manifestation of reserves that he can't be stuffed hiding anymore.

Last snippet from trusty HELP DESCRIPTION

He is
wearing a massive suit of full plate armour, a black leather and silk backpack,
4 hardened leather frogges, a silver helm in the shape of a wolf's head, an onyx
engagement ring with an opal moon, an onyx and garnet ring, and an onyx and
pearl ring.

Not much to work with, dear. If I want to describe myself as sealed into a cursed suit of armour, I bloody well will. Especialyl when that's the entire covering.

Or have the armor look like you want it to come across as? Cartels are about for that reason.

Sorry, dear, was just pointing out a reference, as so I've seen in these dear IRE Muds, Lusternia included (more so, so I've noticed), that describing the garment in your description is a bit of a no-no.

Because, dear, it doesn't make much sense to show much that isn't exposed by the armour in the first place. If I can't put on something without taking it off, then it's obviously covered. I could do everything, helm and rings included, but it's long enough as is.

Most just comment on "what can be seen" - and, thus, the focus is on the character. The armor carries more of the focus in your description, and that is what I'm commenting on. The armor could be mentioned, yes, but not the focus as it is now.

Personal semi-poetic justice ensues, complete with one rewording, strike-throughs and a few comments;

Boredom. Anyone feel free to tweak mine.

He is an ordinary human and fairly average in stature, though abnormally,
almost comically thin. His features are consequently pointed and pinched,
seemingly carved with scientific precision: a slim, aquiline nose, hollow
cheeks equipped with high cheekbones and deep-set eyes which glitter with a green
luminescence. His ebon hair is matted and spiked with dirt, sprinkled
haphazardly with bird feathers and shorn close to his skull. His arms are like
sticks, terminating in the bony, long-fingered hands of a natural musician. His
flesh is deathly pale, the arteries beneath his skin pulsing and twisting like
thin blue serpents. Light shadows flutter and dance across his skin, as if tiny,
invisible creatures swarm 'round him perpetually.

I'd question how pale a person can be while also having visible veins, and I don't think arteries should be visible ever. Also, the last sentence is a bit eh.