I guess I'd direct you to Bastion's Oathbound MB, you might get more help there.
http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=112
http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=112
What's up with Jellyfish from Oathbound?
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Pielorinho
Iron Fist of Pelor
Re: Pack, Herd, Pod, what is a group of Ceptu anyway?
A bicker of elves.
A quarry of dwarves.
A rumble of half-orcs.
A parliament of humans.
A lounge of hobbits.
A scuttle of halflings.
A snack-pack of gnomes.
Daniel
Dr. Strangemonkey said:
A bicker of elves.
A quarry of dwarves.
A rumble of half-orcs.
A parliament of humans.
A lounge of hobbits.
A scuttle of halflings.
A snack-pack of gnomes.
Daniel
Jeremy Ackerman-Yost
Explorer
Re: Re: Pack, Herd, Pod, what is a group of Ceptu anyway?
A stench of bugbears.
An angst of half-elves.
A stench of bugbears.
An angst of half-elves.
Dr. Strangemonkey
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A doom of dragons
A terror of tarrasques, also appropriate for the singular.
A visage of Beholders
A levy of lichs
A morgue of Illithid
A doom of dragons
A terror of tarrasques, also appropriate for the singular.
A visage of Beholders
A levy of lichs
A morgue of Illithid
Dr. Strangemonkey
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Revisting and revising
Props to Canis, I just noticed the mosaic comment and I think it is dead on. Not having hands and having a much wider perspective, I bet mosaic is simply a much more intuitive mode of producing art.
The image of the 'caveman' ancestor of the Ceptu patiently creating their first art by arranging colorful pebbles and shells on a bed of clay and then sun-baking the bed into a monument that will last through the ages delights me.
Props to Canis, I just noticed the mosaic comment and I think it is dead on. Not having hands and having a much wider perspective, I bet mosaic is simply a much more intuitive mode of producing art.
The image of the 'caveman' ancestor of the Ceptu patiently creating their first art by arranging colorful pebbles and shells on a bed of clay and then sun-baking the bed into a monument that will last through the ages delights me.
Dr. Strangemonkey
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As written the race makes a lot of use of decorative and constructive pets. But I would guess they'd like permanence for the same reason people from the desert love fountains.
I can easily see the sort of art your describing working for them. Did you catch the earlier postings on perspective and art you could move through?
BTW, I finally have my own copy of Oathbound and I like this race a great deal in terms of its role in the world and general abilities. They've got very interesting combat abilties that really give their wizards an advantage. And are a very interesting alignment case, being generally good, near as I can tell, but very expansionistic so that noone trusts them.
I can easily see the sort of art your describing working for them. Did you catch the earlier postings on perspective and art you could move through?
BTW, I finally have my own copy of Oathbound and I like this race a great deal in terms of its role in the world and general abilities. They've got very interesting combat abilties that really give their wizards an advantage. And are a very interesting alignment case, being generally good, near as I can tell, but very expansionistic so that noone trusts them.
Well, here's a thing I've been wondering about with all the people talking about the huge consequences of 360 degree vision...
Are you assuming that this is perfect 360 degree vision, as in, they don't have to focus on some specific part of the image? If that's not the case, then I don't think the difference in their perception of the world would be nearly as profound.
After all, humans do have an about 180 degree field of vision, but we need to focus on a small part of it, and any creature with "normal" eyes, even more of them, and pointing in different directions, would have to do the same.
If their perception of the world was "extrasensory", that'd be another matter, but then we'd be talking blindisght, which I just don't see for a +1 ECL race...
Are you assuming that this is perfect 360 degree vision, as in, they don't have to focus on some specific part of the image? If that's not the case, then I don't think the difference in their perception of the world would be nearly as profound.
After all, humans do have an about 180 degree field of vision, but we need to focus on a small part of it, and any creature with "normal" eyes, even more of them, and pointing in different directions, would have to do the same.
If their perception of the world was "extrasensory", that'd be another matter, but then we'd be talking blindisght, which I just don't see for a +1 ECL race...
Dr. Strangemonkey
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Where are flumphs from? I like the name. At this point I like the Ceptu best for their personality, however, so I'd be interested to hear what the Flumph were all about. Or are.
Does anyone know if literary present tense applies to RPGs?
Ceptu see via three eyestalks. I imagine their eyes are a good deal more individualy sophisiticated than human eyes or they would have abysmal depth perception.
I think the perception even if they could only focus on two different points would still be a major factor. What really makes a difference, IMHO, is the fact that the Ceptu are radially symetrical which means they have no front or sense of front. I also think a floating and telekinetic mode of moving through the universe would create very different base attitudes from those of human beings.
Not to say they are totally beyond the experience of humanity, just trying to project some interesting cultural differences and role-playing potentials.
Does anyone know if literary present tense applies to RPGs?
Ceptu see via three eyestalks. I imagine their eyes are a good deal more individualy sophisiticated than human eyes or they would have abysmal depth perception.
I think the perception even if they could only focus on two different points would still be a major factor. What really makes a difference, IMHO, is the fact that the Ceptu are radially symetrical which means they have no front or sense of front. I also think a floating and telekinetic mode of moving through the universe would create very different base attitudes from those of human beings.
Not to say they are totally beyond the experience of humanity, just trying to project some interesting cultural differences and role-playing potentials.
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