I can dream, but it isn't happening.

BRIAR FAELING Nekotai spec Faeling



And DREAD VISCANTI Ninjakari spec Faeling



Hrmmm. . . not sure that I see these monk org specs working out over balance bonus or weapon bonus races.

Estarra already vetoed default spec races for monks, though it was never explained why.

This. It would make slivven tracking when I'm empathing so much easier. I currently do keep count, but I can't subtract from it and can only reset back to zero.

Not a close enough tie to the orgs themselves, I'm thinking. Which is why kephera and illithoid get their native bonuses instead.

Well how about that.

Well, I've always wondered... why do they need the same strong tie?

I mean why can't a monk guild, having trouble finding it's place in the Commune or City it's in decide, "Well, we'll just put the guild first." Sure, they'll defend the Commune/City and the people in it and obey the laws and so on because it's their home and all, but their goals, their purpose, etc. That's their own.

Just once, I'd like to see a guild (or Order for that matter) put itself ahead of the org, philosophically. I think it would be interesting, and honestly, since the monks have such a strong perceived disconnect, why couldn't they be the ones to at least try it?

I'm personally against the idea of extended org race specs to also cover monks. As was mentioned before, monks are a completely alien entity to the basin having emerged from the depths of the UV. This is reinforced through the foreign sounding kata specialization abilities and the limit of spec races to illithoid/kephera.

The limit on monk racial specs gives some racial diversity to orgs, and establishes a loose allegiance with the respective illithoid/kephera axis. There are some neat outcomes as a result (for example, guild/commune laws that regulate the hunting of the UV, joining monk guilds, etc).

Also, this foreign racial representation allows for alliances outside the org and in alignment with corresponding race. For example, the Ninjakari and Nekotai share a social clan. We've managed to have a shared treaty for a little while (until Glom & Mag completely went separate ways). Not sure if the Shofangi and Tahtetso also have any similar arrangements based on their kepheran similarities.

I don't ever predict the Nekotai pulling away from Glomdoring. That being said, we do hold a reverance for the Great Spirit Scorpion who is not wyrded and chooses to remain separate of the forrestal communes. Pretty sure something small is in the works to gently push us back towards worshipping Crow/Night. As was mentioned elsewhere and before, it would be interesting if G'ma Scorp ever gets aggressive against Glom.

All in all, illithoid/kepheran monks have the ability to mix it up in a positive way.

Plants versus Zombies-ish Arena Game! GO! GO! GO!

You, sir, are my new best friend. Of course choosing sides would be super difficult. Walnut or Dance Zombie.

Cob Cannons!

Cherry Bombs!

Cat-tails!

Anyway, Lusternia's Plants versus Zombies game could be a Gnomes versus Finks thing. It could involve firing canons from a distance using arena ammunition which requires x number of y thing to create. I miss that cannon-thing on top of Smoke Mountain.

Brilliant work. Now envoy it somehow?

Part of me just doesn't want to see that can of worms opened, either. As lulzy as I'm sure a faeling monk spec would be, uh... no.

This would be amazing.
.
.
.
...ly broken.

You mean the merian spec that Celest would get?

No, the already-powerful Faeling monk speed.

Now with more dexterity, strength, and con!

While we're on the topic, can we get Serenwilde racial specs for Faeling and Glomdoring racial specs for Elfen?

why