(07-02-2013, 02:16 AM)Naunet Wrote:(06-28-2013, 09:21 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Also, if the devs add subrace-specific quests or items in the future, you may have to do some serious tapdancing in your RP to explain that.To be fair, in my experience it's not common for roleplayers to incorporate quest storyline into their RP in general. So this wouldn't really be an issue.
Oh, I'm not referring to that. I'm referring to, say, a piece of armor that's Keepers of the Moon specific; it can't be used by or earned by anyone else. If you wear that, then assert IC that you're a Seeker of the Sun, you need to either tell people to ignore what's visible on their screen (not a good idea, IMO) or figure out a way to explain why you have that armor. That said, I don't feel it's very likely that the devs will release such things, but you can never know what their plans are.
As for ignoring quest storyline generally, I personally feel that ignoring it out of hand leans towards lore breaking (after all, the quests establish a lot of the lore). It's a fine line between incorporating the storyline and the lore it contains into your story and using too much of it to become The One True Hero. In my experience, rejecting quest storylines entirely is only really common in some MMOs, but that's a topic for another thread.
Also, on the topic of identifying subrace, I meant that people will identify them by their looks, so I agree about making assumptions based on appearance. If you make a member of one subrace that looks like another, in absence of other information, people will assume they are what they look like, which gets back to the OP that it's probably fine to do what they're planning.
In terms of playing one race that was raised as another? There's no problem there, as long as there's an explanation. Go for it.
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