(06-24-2013, 11:16 PM)Rhio Wrote: The Ul'dah storyline presents us with a lalafell that is older, distinguished, polite, and also hard as a rock. Â Pugilists deal with a pair of lalafell students that are both presented as serious physical threats, not as simple punchlines. Â That's not even counting the number of other non-cutesy lalafells I've encountered in-character, or the darn Sultana herself.
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I noticed the pugilist ones, but didn't level pugilist at beyond the first quest to see their story to see if they had a more pronounced role or not. But that's good, but at the same time we lost the mining twins so that balances out maybe a bit. Don't know the other lalafell you're talking about, unless it's the mustachioed one from the very beginning? That collects the debt? If not, got a name or picture of this lalafell?
And I don't count the Sultana, as any strong leadership she might impose, she negates with her extreme perpetuation of cutesy stuff. But she isn't bad, but not really what I'd like for a prominent lalafell figure.
(06-24-2013, 11:23 PM)Uther Wrote: That's a damn shame. I guess the most you can do is kind of bite the bullet and give it your best shot. One of the reasons I wanted to make a serious lalafell was because as someone who is short IRL I hate the short-cute-physically-inept stereotypes that run rampant in games like this, and I wanted to take a shot at breaking the mold. Of course, you seem to be already working on that, Ship, but the more the merrier IMO. Another reason is because I like the idea of the world seeming bigger and more dangerous. Sure, lalafell are just as skilled at combat as anyone else, but even the most serious and hardcore lalafell still has a shorter reach and a frailer body than everyone else.
I could easily go on a tangent on how arguably lalafell possess a superhuman level of strength. They would already possess at least twice the proportional strength of Hyur's according to the Square/Cube Law as it is, then factor in that we've seen them lift and throw objects of much greater weight (normal sized Hyurs in this case) meaning they're actually incredibly strong proportionately. So this puts them on equal strength with races that can be close to 4 times their size.
So to put it into perspective, it'd be like a human capable of lifting and throwing around 500lbs(226kg) rather easily. Certainly sounds pretty damn capable as a race if you ask me.
