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<p>Created page with &quot;Originally Posted : Mon Apr 22 00:36:13 2002&lt;br&gt;Posted by : Alexi&lt;br&gt;Title : thrikheen and ghants&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After carefully studying the mild reaction that the Tsunami populace h...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Originally Posted : Mon Apr 22 00:36:13 2002&lt;br&gt;Posted by : Alexi&lt;br&gt;Title : thrikheen and ghants&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After carefully studying the mild reaction that the Tsunami populace had to &lt;br&gt;the orcs' revelation last week, the &quot;thrikheen&quot; have decided that the time &lt;br&gt;is ripe for them to reveal their own racial affiliations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thrikheen are ghants. They've been using strange, alien concoctions to &lt;br&gt;alter their carapaces, so that they could pass among humans as a seperate &lt;br&gt;&quot;civilized&quot; race. This concoction made them look sufficiently different &lt;br&gt;from the well-known ghants of Tsunami Island, but it also weakened their &lt;br&gt;exoskeletons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-------------&lt;br&gt;the skinny:&lt;br&gt;ghants are just like thriks were, w the following changes:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- ghants have the 'carapace' skill, which gauges how much ac boost they &lt;br&gt;get. a low-level ghant will have less ac, but a level 19 ghant will have &lt;br&gt;more ac than a level 19 thrik had. low-con classes will have slightly more &lt;br&gt;ac boost than a thrik, while high-con classes will have almost 2x the ac &lt;br&gt;boost.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- they now have moderate night-sight, and are slightly uncomfortable in &lt;br&gt;bright lights: they get a penalty to their combat skill in bright lights, &lt;br&gt;similar to drow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- ghants have boosts to a few additional skills that seemed appropriate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- ghants can no longer wear eyewear, but they can wear *4* rings. let's &lt;br&gt;see how abusable that is. :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-------------&lt;br&gt;why ghants? here's the thought process.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thriks are based on a bug-man race from the Dark Sun D&amp;D setting (which is &lt;br&gt;a fairly cool setting). However, the race is &quot;Thri-Kreen&quot; or &quot;Thrikreen&quot;, &lt;br&gt;not &quot;Thrikheen&quot;. If you're going to base a mud race on a partcular &lt;br&gt;source, you should at least spell it right.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So when I started futzing w/ thriks, I decided to fix their name. But if &lt;br&gt;I'm going to fix their name, why not fix their name &quot;for real&quot;, and make &lt;br&gt;them part of the existing tsunami background?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ghants are a well-established NPC race, who have a well-travelled area &lt;br&gt;that's been around for many years. We have no such thrikheen populace. I &lt;br&gt;would probably do the same with nekojin, muuls, and a number of other &lt;br&gt;races if I could.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Plus... ghants are just cooler. IMHO, of course. :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If, after a few weeks, the majority of you newly-converted ghants really &lt;br&gt;hate your race, i'll turn you all back into thriks. mudmail me your &lt;br&gt;opinion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'lexi&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ps. bug any problems you see for me pls, obviously. ;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[[Category:Changes_Board]]</div>

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