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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 1065219" data-attributes="member: 8158">[PLAIN]Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [AU] Arcana Unearthed Questions[/PLAIN]I suspect that if you do further research you will find that the cultures that came up with the idea of totems did not think that a lizard can have an eagle spirit and that an eagle can have a fish spirit and that a fish can have a horse spirit. Moreover, you will also find that those cultures' mythologies for the most part do indeed indicate that man was put on the earth in a somehwat different way than other animals, that their gods are largely anthropomorphic, and that by and large they place themselves at the top of the heap.But as far as this discussion goes, that's all off-topic and the research is unnecessary. The only relevant culture is ours, because it happens to be the one where most people don't consider themselves to be anthropomorphized apes, and where many gamers will find themselves rejecting the mental image of a litorian turning into a snake. Well, maybe that's why your analytical approach to this is not helping you to understand why people have conceptual problems with the litorian totem warrior. You're applying a biological analysis and coming to the conclusion that other people's opinions are illogical. It should go without saying that a thorough scientific analysis often is not what governs a person's impressions about what is or isn't lame. Psychology's probably the most relevant science. Common sense helps too, because understanding why people reject a given concept is a matter where Wisdom is the relevant ability, not Intelligence.Here I can only restate the obvious and wait to see if you'll reply with a bunch of question marks again like I'm saying something outlandish: the basic design of the litorian was clearly inspired by the idea of a lion in humanoid form--in other words, a "lion man". If they had been given a more human countenance--if they lacked body hair, or had a more human face, or didn't have paw-like hands and feet--then perhaps it would not be so easy to identify them as lion-men so readily, and thus have problems identifitying them with sharks, bears, and snakes.Right, the way I see it there are already rules pertaining to fatigue, exhaustion, and sleep deprivation.</blockquote>

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