Ezma - Work In Progress Race Concept

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I'm semi-reminded of Phyrexians in Magic the Gathering goshimanerd.

 

[Gabauchi]

The original concept I brought up was a race of salvagers born from genetically collapsed dwarves utilizing remnants of dwarven technology to augment themselves in the place of more twisted limbs and the like. A race of survivalists and machinists that just understand the technology that allows them to function. I wouldn't go as far as mechanical lungs, as much as a frame around a malformed body, maybe spliced with stranger machinery. I like the path you've taken them, even noting the idea of re-use of death, it's nice that that remained. The migration from caverns to the sewers seems easier to explain in a backstory, however. Try and focus more on clockwork, tension wires, and kinetic mechanisms over steam and electricity.

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this one's great ngl. i like how it parallels the usual "descending into the ground means descending into barbarism" type shtick. where instead here, they cling obstinately to their technology and use their understanding of themselves to survive.

 

[Gabauchi]

Even Altalar and other Nelfin races, who are described as looking like aliens, get smoothed out and beautified by players.

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to be fair, all the elves on the wiki are super hot

 

[Gabauchi]

also j/c @conflicttFTW i can't find anywhere it says elves look like aliens. (with the exception of saivalthar, who look like aliens because of incest)

 

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@conflicttFTW
Will post thoughts tomorrow, but I drew this up for you. I really like the general aspects of the race.

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luv it

 

[soapboxstage]

@conflicttFTW I was wondering, would there be any mental capacities for these characters? they spent their pasts underground so wouldn't they be stupid? also, good idea just came into mind, maybe they interracted with the circci, or possibly even the secret to circci reproduction