I've always wondered...

[Sabaron]

Re: I've always wondered...

Can Tarutarus swim, and if so, how well?

Tarutaru are a rather "plump" folk which gives rise to natural buoyancy. Therefore, they don't really need to swim, just paddle which is why they like mage jobs so much--they can equip a staff or wand and use it as an oar. Incidentally, you also now know the origin of the famous "wand" shape.

How exactly do Galkas "procreate"?

Galka claim that old Galka go out into Altepa Desert and then "something" happens and a child comes back. I've noticed that older galka have a tendency to wear S&M gear, and I have theorized that Galka reproduce through some form of S&M/B&D ritual involving Rosie O'Donnell.

Where is teh Mithran males?

They are kept in the secret Mithran sex slave compound ala Futurama:

[amusinginquiry]

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In any case they're not fictional - there's a male Mithra NPC in some WotG cutscene.

This suprised me! I stopped playing a while before WotG, so I was unaware of this.

Found a ss of the male Mithra you spoke of:



I honestly really wanted to play a Mithra when I first started, but I didn't really like the idea of playing a female character (my masculinity is far from secure).
I would have totally chosen the male type if it had been available though.

and thanks for that post Sabaron, I lol'd

[Losrase]

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This suprised me! I stopped playing a while before WotG, so I was unaware of this.

Found a ss of the male Mithra you spoke of:



I honestly really wanted to play a Mithra when I first started, but I didn't really like the idea of playing a female character (my masculinity is far from secure).
I would have totally chosen the male type if it had been available though.

and thanks for that post Sabaron, I lol'd

I wanted to play a Mithra when I first started too. I have no problems with my masculinity but didnt want to be "hit on" every time I leave my MH.

[Potemken]

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Can Tarutarus swim, and if so, how well? I've always assumed midgets irl wouldn't make very good swimmers, and tarus seem like they would fare about the same.
And if they can't swim, why is there a distinct lack of railings in Windurst? Railingless piers, with tiny people (who possibly can't swim) running around on them just seems like an accident waiting to happen.

Perhaps that's what those water-Dhalmels were for? Lifeguard Dhalmels!

How exactly do Galkas "procreate"? It had something to do with reincarnation, but it's all very vague. Is there anything in the game that ever references or answers any part of this?
Aside from:


Where is the Mithran males? On some distant What was the exact reasoning for their non-appearance in the game? Besides possibly to balance out the male only Galkas. Are there a miniscule number of males and they're kept hidden? Sex slaves? Are mithras actually some new form of cylon sent to infiltrate us?




Most of these are probably left vague intentionally by SE... whether to keep things mysterious or just because of a lack of drive to work out all the details, I'm not sure.

If anyone else has some pointless ponderings, add them to the thread!

This whole post is a direct rip off from allah. The bolded being WORD FOR WORD.

Fail.

[Lunaryn]

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Geez, not this again. Tarutaru have knees. This can be easily observed in two ways:

1) Model Viewer. Take a taru model, face them to the side, and put them on run motion. Step through the frames if you have to.

2) /sit

There is some potential confusion due to a few anatomical differences from other races. In addition to the legs being rather short which helps to obscure things, the knees on a tarutaru are not half-way down the leg as might be expected, but are more like two-thirds of the way down the leg; the distance between knee and ankle is actually pretty short. Also, the running motion can look misleading if you don't watch closely because Tarutaru have an extremely long stride length, seeming to have a good deal more flexibility with leg muscles and joints than is typical of other races. This helps explain why they can manage to match the running speed of races with much longer legs.

[Potemken]

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They also do not need rails. They are short. They have better balance due to the increase center of gravity. They would not fall off the piers. Well I could, but is unlikely. Mithra are also dexterous and surefooted, with the tail, that again, is used for balance. No one is drowning.

[amusinginquiry]

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This whole post is a direct rip off from allah. The bolded being WORD FOR WORD.

Fail.

/sigh
In reply to the first sentence: no.
In reply to the second sentence: no.
In reply to the last bit: why do you always jump to such strong conclusions when you lack any evidence to support those conclusions? although I guess it would be asking a bit much for you to ever actually provide a simple link before making a wild claim.

Unless me and some random poster on Alla managed to produce, independently of each other, the same exact frivolous post.

And why would anyone "rip off" anything that was posted on Allah?

A new wondering: Why is Potemken always so angry?
/endcomplaint

On topic: Does anyone remember that one NPC in Port Bastok, near the regional vendors, that had this interesting blue-tinged metal armor? I believe it was a female character, Hume, and it had been there at least since RotZ.

I don't think that armor was ever available for players to wear.

[BurningPanther]

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I will never attack another worm again...

It's fine as long as you don't use Hand-to-Hand. Or Headbutt.

[Elwynn]

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This whole post is a direct rip off from allah. The bolded being WORD FOR WORD.

Fail.

Link or gb2Halvung

[Balfree]

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Guys...

[Auro]

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This suprised me! I stopped playing a while before WotG, so I was unaware of this.

Found a ss of the male Mithra you spoke of:



I honestly really wanted to play a Mithra when I first started, but I didn't really like the idea of playing a female character (my masculinity is far from secure).
I would have totally chosen the male type if it had been available though.

and thanks for that post Sabaron, I lol'd

/shudder

Is it just me or is that thing creepy as hell. I got a shiver when I saw it lol.

Not at ALL what I was expecting.

[TheGrandMom]

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LOL I agree. Not what I was thinking of when I thought of a male mithra.