I chose a Rakash for thier history and strong charater. I liked the ideals behind thier culture and thier way of life. I see the change as the one drawback to a perfect racial choice for me. I feel that while it is a very unique chararistic to add to a race it is somewhat childish.

My orignal post was to let the rakash have thier moonskin back. As a Rakash I want my moonskin back.

So I will learn Plague of Scavangers. Because as a player of a Rakash I want my homeland back and will use any advantage aginst the undead. So likewise I will use any advantage to get back to what i consider to be normal. wait...not just normal...our freaking birthright.


Scout Alexii.

>snugg racc
I think you've been out hunting too long if a baby raccoon is starting to look like good snuggle material.

>>Let me first say that I'm all for an enchantment or something to help Rakash stay furry. But since the burning of Katamba happened in the Age of Legends, it's really hard to call it normal and sort of a stretch to even call it your birthright. I mean... it was thousands of years ago and Rakash have been living with the half-and-half (or rather more like 1/16-and-15/16) ever since.

Wow...Birthright is a very touchy subject...but I must say, it was used quite WELL in context.

Traditionally speaking, a birthright is something promised to you at creation(or prophesy) but which is withheld from you.

For instance,

Abram's birthright was an heir. He didn't have a son with his wife untill he was well into his 90s. At this time he became Abraham.

Jacob's birthright was Israel. However, this never occured in his lifetime. By the time the tribes of Israel were killed and the Levites took over, Jacob had long passed, and his people were lead by Moses.

These are merely two instances. Just because it isn't there, or doesn't appear possible, doesn't mean it isn't a birthright. Abram had given up on having an heir, when he was given his birthright. Jacob was the father of nations, but never came to know the lands that God promised him.

It was still known that this was promised them by God. Mrod gave his people Moonskin - and when his strength was shattered he lacked the strength to maintain it. When his strength returns, his people will once again enjoy a full-time Moonskin.

Fateweaver Meerc
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And the light of a fading star
Is what you wear is what you are
Like the glow that cristens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
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"Don't be an Airplane." - Baelor

>>>theological data

Too late, Anji. We've been arguing his slightly skewed theological bent for a while now, and still haven't made a dent in the armor surrounding his logical holes.

So whenever Meerc's player starts spouting theology, I tend to simply scroll past unless it has garnered some discussion. You know, that's pretty much what a lot of people tend to do with my WTH chart.

Amagaim; the player of,

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Don't write it if you can say it.
Don't say it if you can whisper it.
Don't whisper it if you can imply it.
Don't imply it if you can nudge it.
Don't nudge it if you can wink it.
Don't wink it if you can help it.

>So is there any reason in particular why the Rakash don't yet have any real benefits (or deficits) to moonskin?

Of course there is. Just things not usually considered important by most players.

>I'm sure after all these years, the list of basic wants is pretty well known.

Oh yeah.

Ilanya, devotee of Anji

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Because Trading is an art, baby.

>I'd argue that the racial feats that were talked about some time ago would be considered important.

Seconded. Has that system been completely scrapped, or does anyone know?

>Sadly, many of those people who supported/encouraged those discussions have left the game.

Or just given up. I know the few times I bothered making suggestions or giving ideas, I was usually quite uncerimoniously shot down, and by people who weren't even players of Rakash for the most part. Kinda draining.

-Vorgahf

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The last time Mr. T went to McDonald's, Ronald McDonald greeted him. What occured next proved to be the most violent beating of a clown ever recorded in human history.

>If you don't like the way your races books read, perhaps you should talk to your team about getting them rewritten.

No need to.

>Logically, then, he has always granted it. Since the Age of Legends. And, Logically, his strength must have been broken, for him to not be able to provide Moonskin full-time

All conjecture. And if we're making conjecture, we might as well go ahead and assume that when Anji said, "Make sure your facts are straight," that she was implying that none of the above is true, be it 'logical' or not.

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-Fuquois-

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire

"Barbarians should not have a bonus to forging."
- DiminishedAngel

>Again, the way the books read.


Books are based on culture and peope from the culture retelling their tales. Not the actual "truth".

Much like if I said "Well, obviously the sky has to stay up somehow. So logically a large man MUST be supporting it on his shoulders." That tale becomes widespread, is told all over, and for a number of years. People believe it either because it's been told for so long or because they have the inherent need to believe in something for that purpose.

It doesn't make it true.

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Huldah: I heard the new Ferdahl was fat. Me: How fat? Huldah: So fat, her coronation has to take two days. One so her stomach can show up and the other two days later so the rest of her is there too! HAR HAR!
AIM: Huldahs Pal

You're right,

But to expect someone to know something thats never been laid out in the player knowledgebase is redunkulous. The player knowledgebase constitutes these boards, the website, logs of Elders(far and few between), and of course in-game literatures.

If you intentionally misrepresent something in a book, don't be annoyed and snipe when someone builds an understanding or point based on that misrepresentation that was originally presented by you. THAT is my point, Huldahs-Pal(btw, I love your sigs)

If what I have said is a misrepresentation, then the books are misrepresenting.

Fateweaver Meerc
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And the light of a fading star
Is what you wear is what you are
Like the glow that cristens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
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"Don't be an Airplane." - Baelor

Meerc, there is one slight problem with your logical procession. You are under the impression that every detail is part of the cause and effect and you have forgotten Divine Whim. You assume that Mrod tied the moonskin to Katamba for some legitimate reason. Why? The Rakash form got changed for some reason during the magical battle with the World Dragon. The now different Rakash prayed to Mrod for thier form back and he chose to grant it on a part time basis. The easiest method to do that would be to tie it into a regular event and he for whatever Divine Reason chose Katamba being full. The in game documentation is good and proper, the error is in how you choose to apply the facts presented in this particular case.

GM Oolan Jeel

"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time." Aneurin Bevan, May 1945, on World War II rationing and shortages in England.

I'm a bit glad the GMs didn't hop into my atheism discussion now.

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Rev. Reene

Khaman says to Mandorsgar, "It would be like finding out that stars are simply great gasfires, symbolic of nothing."

I like Oolan...


Fateweaver Meerc
_______
And the light of a fading star
Is what you wear is what you are
Like the glow that cristens the moon
You shone too soon, you shone too soon
_______
"Don't be an Airplane." - Baelor