(11-25-2017, 06:20 AM)Stormblade Wrote: So, aside from Au Ra and miqo'te, are the other races significantly different from human/hyur biologically? For example, are lalafell basically small humans, or do they have a higher/cooler body temperature, or lay eggs instead of live births, or does their hair sense vibrations in the air?
Are roegadyn basically just tall hyur, or is there something different about them? They have blue or red skin, depending on whether they're from the sea or the mountains - maybe it's because they have a gradual adaption of camouflage when they live somewhere across generations, or maybe it helps regulate body temperature? Do they have a higher metabolism, to support their large size? Or do they have a lower metabolism, but need to sleep longer per day and get tired more easily, like large mammals?
Do lalafell mature faster than humans, becoming adult-size in fewer years? Could you mistake a 10-year old lalafell for a 50-year old one? Maybe other lalafell can tell the difference, but other races can't - cue the 60-year old claiming with a straight face to be his own 20-year old son for tax evasion purposes?
Can lalafell survive a fall from extremely high distances? Do roegadyn have extremely strong bones? Are roegadyn agile and fast, in spite of their size, or are they slower and ponderous compared to humans and miqo'te, and even more so to lalafell?
Based off nothing but assumptions, I'd say a lalafell and roegadyn can jump only slightly into the air, while a miqo'te can jump very high, elezen and hyur somewhere in the middle. Or is this wrong?
Do miqo'te grow fur, or do they have mostly hairless skin except for their scalp and face? Is their scalp hair like human hair, or is it coarse like animal fur? Does it continue growing out like hair, or does it grow to a certain length and then shed, like fur?
Hellsguard Roegadyn live in high mountains - are they accustomed to thinner air? Can they hold their breath for longer than other races, because sea level air is much thicker to them?
Do miqo'te use their tails for balance, like large cats? If a miqo'te lost their tail, would they become clumsy and disoriented?
Per the 2014 Las Vegas Fanfest Lore Panel, all the races are more or less biolegically the same. They age at the same rates and will have the same general life expectency, assuming other natural causes don't do them in faster. The only exception to this is that Elezen have a longer puberty and live -slightly- longer. Like if the mac was 100, they live to 120, but their "teen" phase would go until the low 20s.
All of the "races of man" have a common ancestor, although we have no idea what that ancestor looked like, or when each race diversified. They're all still considered "people" as opposed to "enlightened beasts" like the Goblins, Qiqirn, Amal'jaa, Mamool Ja, Sylphs, and other "beast tribes" who can also communicate in the common Hyuran tongue.
The individual quirks and strengths/weaknesses for each of the playable races is a heavily debated topic steeped in more fanon than canon when it comes to RP. Some will say that because game mechanics allow all player characters to be equal, the races are all equal in their abilities to carry out the same task. Others will use real-world physics and examples to claim otherwise. However, it is still important to note that all of the playable races, despite their differences, can theoretically spawn mixed-race children, although our only example of this so far is a Hyur/Elezen "mongrel" and likely a collection of Garlean/Hyur children who all basically look inditinguishably Hyuran (and use Hyuran models in game).
