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Also, I feel like (if you that's what you meant) Skythrone is probably a bit shorter these days than it used to be.
Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
In response to @Kelliara's question:
Mount Redwing does not have the correct descriptions to denote it as the highest point. It simply refers to ascending or descending as being an athletic activity.
The Pillars of Rahn are described as rising from the Tarean peaks, but also show other peaks in the distance. I'm going to assume these to be the Three Widows.
While Mount Heylai and Mount Hubride never reach any real heights, the top of Mount Humgurd claims the view is unobstructed, showing off the eastern part of the Tundra, and distant valleys and forests. I am assuming this means it rises above the Pillars of Rahn and everything else around it.
Stormcaller Crags offers a magnificent view of the tundral landscape all the way to Spinesreach, which sounds to me as if it reaches higher altitudes than even Mount Humgurd.
Mount Sheine, which houses the community of Grecht in Arget Massai, is described as a "lofty perch atop the Siroccians". It can still house life, and running water in the form of small streams run through the settlement if you look at the descriptions, but at the same time, the aeries around the place speak of thinning air.
My bet is going to be on the Vashnar mountains. There are many locations where one can see evidence of its height:
- In the Eastern Itzatl rainforest, the mountains are explained to be above the clouds, barren due to the colder temperatures. One can see several peaks above the clouds from here.
- The range also has a long-inactive volcano inside it, atop which perches Dun Fortress. It never speaks of reaching heights to compare with the mountain range, and only describes leaving the stifling air of the jungle behind while climbing up to the fortress.
- The Vashnars have several rooms describing the climb to the very top inside the resort area, with a natural transition from plantlife to barren rock. The very top of the peak claims to surpass the rest around it with a good view of things as far away as Spinesreach's spires.
My theory is that Albedos became Steam-punkish out of necessity.
What I mean is that Albedos had been traditionally free of the following: Ylem. Gods. Mystical and magickal forces that the folks of Sapience have woven into their everyday lives. Due to this, they've had to come up with alternatives avenues of advancement. Literally every class in Sapience (except Wayfarers now, but they were Albedi originally, so they don't count) has some sort of mystical/magickal thing going on somewhere.
The Albedi don't have any of this, so they've advanced in a different direction, which is why they appear more advanced in terms of technology, but couldn't sling a lightning bolt to save their lives.
I could be wrong, but that's what I deduced based on the information I have.
Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
What's the average height of all the playable races? (to clarify, I don't mean the combined average height, but rather the average height of each individual race)
Do vampire minions (the new ones) have sentience, or are they just blood animated corpse puppets?
What about golems?
Are monks telekinitic as well as telepathic?
How long is a piece of string?
What exactly is a raloth?
Is the gender of a God defined by Their vessel, or preference, or something else entirely?
And finally,
Why ARE Nazetu so darn slimy?
Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
- Arqeshi, Horkval, Nazetu, Ogres and Trolls stand about a head to a head and a half taller than the average human.
- Grecht, Grook, Orcs, and Rajamala stand about the same height as the average human.
- Atavians, Kelki, Mhun and Tsol'aa are almost the average human height, but perhaps half a head shorter.
- Dwarves stand about a head to a head and a half shorter than the average human.
- Finally, Imps stand about two heads or more shorter than the average human.
2) Yes. They are sentient, and they exist under the sole dominion of their creator.3) Golems are not sentient, but they also exist under the sole dominion of their creator.
4) Yes, as explained by Kerryn.
5) As long as you need it to be, as explained by Teani.
6) There are ways of finding an answer to this question IC, which I invite you to pursue.
7) Gods are above such things as gender. Many fit some standard of masculinity or femininity, while others - like Slyphe - are more difficult to categorize. Shell, while influencing a God's expression of gender, is not the sole determining factor.
8) The Nazetu are indigenous to hot, humid tropical islands! The sliminess is a hypersecretion mechanism that prevents them from overheating as easily. It is for this reason that the level 75 racial abilities for both Arqeshi and Nazetu involve cold in some fashion.
Certainly, in those Aetolian cultures that are clear parallels to real-world ones (e.g. the Rajamala follow Aztec cues, the Indyuk follow Inuit cues), you can draw the reasonable inference that their music is along similar lines to that of their real-world counterparts. Where comparisons are less apt, err on the side of caution, or assume that the races in question have multiple traditions and be sure that any RP you create around a musical tradition is potentially open to the existence of others. In many cases, Aetolian music will break down by region more so than race; each of the cities have distinctive styles that thread through the lands they control.
Whereas tells is more like getting a phone call. Which you then ignore, and send to voicemail (i.e. messages)
Cute-Kelli by @Sessizlik.
However, prior to this, did the Tsol'aa have any kind of faith or elements of their culture that have been lost to time? My assumption was that Tsol'aa put emphasis on ancestor worship, if anything, but mostly only cared for living in communion with the area around them. Any clarification on this would be appreciated.
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