underrealm race design speculation and hopes

ArchivedUser

So I am curious what everyone is thinking the underrealm race would be like or if we know anything about it that would be awesome to add.

I personally would love to see
<img src="http://www.balamiere.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/no-game-no-life-11-14.jpg" alt="War Beasts" />

some form of animalistic dark beasty race with humanoid esque form would be amazing maybe even glow in the dark tattoos or something that you could customize.

It could potentially be similar to standard D&D races though due to there being mainly elves humans dwarves orcs etc though it would be fantastic to create a really unique race that breaks the mold in a good way or is an enhanced D&D style race.

Other potential races:
goblins
trolls
ogres
cave lurkers
some sort of moss or fungus race
rat men
lizard men
slimes(lol)
etc

ArchivedUser

yah it would be cool and has a high chance to be implemented, because the game dev's made it that every class or race has different sets of abilities like an assassin class has parkour skills that any other class don't have.
here's a link for that vid
https://youtu.be/Ehx6mQ-EiW4

ArchivedUser

Apparently I may be right about glow in the dark tattoos or something similar as in the latest update there was a point about the underdark
"The Underrealm will be a rich environment where bioluminescence abounds in the fauna and flora that exist here."

Bioluminescence in fauna and flora, meaning glow in the dark tattooed beast race is even more likely!

ArchivedUser

I might be the only one but I'd love to play a Ratman/Skaven(Warhammer) :D

ArchivedUser

[quote quote=21318]So I am curious what everyone is thinking the underrealm race would be like or if we know anything about it that would be awesome to add.

I personally would love to see
<img src="http://www.balamiere.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/no-game-no-life-11-14.jpg" alt="War Beasts" />

some form of animalistic dark beasty race with humanoid esque form would be amazing maybe even glow in the dark tattoos or something that you could customize.

It could potentially be similar to standard D&D races though due to there being mainly elves humans dwarves orcs etc though it would be fantastic to create a really unique race that breaks the mold in a good way or is an enhanced D&D style race.

Other potential races:
goblins
trolls
ogres
cave lurkers
some sort of moss or fungus race
slimes(lol)
etc

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Yes plz use his form of beast race from no game no life!!!!!!

ArchivedUser

ratfolk or goblins are my preferred but anything will be awesome. and if i don't like it i'll stick with being a dwarf haha

ArchivedUser

Shapeshifters.
Creatures from dreams and nightmares.

ArchivedUser

I would love some rat/mouse folk! Whether they just stick with ears and tail or go full furry it would be cool! Also yes to the glowy tattoos, that'd be awesome ;u;

ArchivedUser

Glow in the dark tattoos that sound awesome :D

Though I can totally see that abused. . . a huge radiating aura around someone's, well, inappropriate area.

ArchivedUser

Rat people are definitely the vibe that I got from looking at the image used in the kickstarter for the underground race. I really would prefer to them to go full out with it. Like a TMNT Master Splinter look.

ArchivedUser

I'm interested too! Usually, I would choose to play an animal character, but not too scary. I hope they release some art on the races soon as I'd like to know if it's something I'd like or look for another race to play.

So far I've read on discussions, most think they're either rats, monkeys or reptiles. Any is fine, depending on the art, but I'm sort of leaning towards the rats or monkeys for their fur.

ArchivedUser

actually i get quite lizard feel from the preview on kickstater, and have to think of lizardman from soul calibur
<img src="http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/lizardmanfx.jpg" alt="Lizardman!" />

ArchivedUser

I thought either rat people or lizard people. Both of which appeal to me (if I didn't have pet snakes, I'd have some pet rats)

ArchivedUser

I'd like something as the girl in the picture OP posted.
Personally I think lizard/dragon-head creatures look kinda silly as players. Elves, dwarves, orcs - they're all similiar to humans when looking at face. And then boom -> lizard head.
I don't understand why every game right now wants to include dragonborns, lizard people, pandas, khajiits and other weird stuff.
I'm not strongly against it or anything, I just don't get that trend. I'd much rather see halflings or something like OP posted, anything with human-like head.

ArchivedUser

I'm hoping we get something similar to these guys. Was sad to watch eqnext go down after we voted to get them added.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/EebmjLb.jpg" alt="Everquest next izkar" />

ArchivedUser

I'd like to see rats or goblins.
I'd be ok with lizard types.
Even mole people would be interesting.

ArchivedUser

Don't think you need a lizard head. Just the tail and reptilian eyes should be enough.

ArchivedUser

seeing as how it is an underground race i would like to see an insect race. More along the lines of a human form with insect like head and overlays of bioluminescent carapace.

ArchivedUser

<blockquote><div class="d4p-bbp-quote-title"><a href="https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/underdark-race-design-speculation-and-hopes/page/2/#post-26856">crymthann wrote:</a></div>seeing as how it is an underground race i would like to see an insect race. More along the lines of a human form with insect like head and overlays of bioluminescent carapace.

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no....just no, i still have nightmare from dark souls insect humans......
<img src="https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/darksouls/images/f/f9/Locust_%282%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170331151535" alt="" />

ArchivedUser

<blockquote><div class="d4p-bbp-quote-title"><a href="https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/underdark-race-design-speculation-and-hopes/page/2/#post-26856">crymthann wrote:</a></div>seeing as how it is an underground race i would like to see an insect race. More along the lines of a human form with insect like head and overlays of bioluminescent carapace.

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no...just no, i still have nightmares from dark souls insect people

ArchivedUser

<blockquote>seeing as how it is an underground race i would like to see an insect race. More along the lines of a human form with insect like head and overlays of bioluminescent carapace.</blockquote>

no....just no, still have nightmares from dark souls insect people......

ArchivedUser

I think playing monster warg in lotro and druid bears in wow has shown that playing creatures that don't walk upright can be just as much fun... so how about proper lizard people....scuttling is probably not the right word, but I'm sure you get what I mean.

Though I'd prefer them as mole like personally :)

ArchivedUser

<blockquote><div class="d4p-bbp-quote-title"><a href="https://www.ashesofcreation.com/forums/topic/underdark-race-design-speculation-and-hopes/page/2/#post-26856">crymthann wrote:</a></div>seeing as how it is an underground race i would like to see an insect race. More along the lines of a human form with insect like head and overlays of bioluminescent carapace.

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I act really like this idea but sadly I don't think that's how it will turn out :(

I have no idea how it will look I just think beastly ^^ dark scaled skin rat like features who knows xD

ArchivedUser

With the concept lore being that humanoid races are just returning to the world after a world shattering great calamity and millennia of absence - I'd think the Underrealm race wouldn't be just another anthropomorphized mammal-like race such as something like kobolds or other rat/bat/wolf-people. It would be far more different and strange. Maybe a mix of insect, reptilian and earth-elemental or demonic features. Part organic and part inorganic bound together by the elemental magic that exists in the world.

ArchivedUser

After checking as closely as I could at the Kickstarter illustration, I'm leaning towards it being a rat or skaven type race.

ArchivedUser

A rat race, that would be actually amazing.

ArchivedUser

well khajit and argonians in elder scrolls have been around since 94 with Arena.

ArchivedUser

I am hoping for a lizard race. Just not enough of that in games.

ArchivedUser

i wish if the underrealm race is a succubus/incubus race
<img src="http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g419/Veradalycan/S-I%20smaller_zpscynmwk3x.png" alt="null" />

ArchivedUser

I'm not sure what I would like to see as the new player race. Lizardmen or similar would be fitting as they are often portrayed in other games/settings as ancient race who have access to some powerful primal magics while remaining rather primitive at the same time. I think lizard-like race would be really cool and fitting if they are implemented well as they are a bit "exotic" when compared to the usual humans, orcs, dwarves and elves.

However in the KS page they used word "beast like" instead of "reptilian like" when describing the attributes of the race which kind of makes me belive they meant something such as gnolls.

Another scenario could be that the people who escaped the calamity to the underrealm were still exposed to the calamity. Then 1000 years of crossbreeding with different races (I'd guess it was not only humans who fled to the caves) and some level of exposure to the calamity would have resulted into a humanoid race with pale skin, tail, fangs and claws.

Anyway I hope that any race they implement is in line with the other races. With that I mean that the race is not too snowflakey and would fit nicely among other races and in their towns and other way round (yes I can't help myself not to think that some races would get better along than others).

ArchivedUser

I personally Would love something like what @LunaArctica posted on the picture personally not huge fan of the whole lizard theme, but thats more likely what were going probably get!

I play WOW for 11 year's when they added Pandas / Worgens it kinda for me was a turn off....


@Nare makes a great point you can't just add a cute anime girl and extect it to go well with the other races lol so got to take that into factor as well