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#1 zombiegleemax Dec 28, 2006 11:14:44	Just an idea for race Antecs: 'They have both compound eyes and compound brains.' Sees in ultraviolet light, as a symbol uses doubled spirale. Creatures, something like this: Antec Soldiers: 'armed with chitin spears and shields' Antec Snipers: 'shoots with planted weapons' Mara: 'on enemies sends swarms of magic bees.' (instead of beeing maninsects like kreens they are more like insectman) Edited: Here: ANTECS: ccg based insectman, native to marshes
#2 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Dec 28, 2006 11:23:02	There is some significant details lacking here. Like, you know, more about the race in general.
#3 kalthandrix Dec 28, 2006 12:06:21	Where is that pic from - it looks sweet. And as Xlore said - there seems to be a lacking of data and material for your critter -> now there are many of us here on the board that would be willing to comment on a critter concept and such, but we will not do all the work for you.
#4 ruhl-than_sage Dec 28, 2006 13:35:55	Cool picture, sounds like a good idea. Where would you place them in the world? What would their origin be? One possibility I could see is them being a lifeshaped creation of the Zik'chil (spelling?). Perhaps they captured some Halfings or Humans and decided to "enhance" them by changing them into insects.
#5 kalthandrix Dec 28, 2006 14:29:14	Or they could be a live-wood construct or something - kind of a hybred of the nimblewright from the MMII or the FF - that would be cool to - though it may be too "warforged" for some - but I could totally see some unique tree that these creatures are grown from to protect an area or site. Maybe the carvings would work like the Spellcarved PrC from the Races of Eberron - there was also a cool (artifact level) set of armor that had several runes on it that one could charge with potions to get a specific effect - it was a recent Dungeon mag that had a lost level of Manur Castle (sp).
#6 Sysane Dec 28, 2006 14:42:37	Looks like something the Kreen Empire created in order to reach the rhul-thaun of the Jagged Cliffs. Could even be that the antec are captured halflings/rhul-thaun (as in Sage's idea) that were altered by the zik-chil for that very purpose (think along the lines of the borg).
#7 ruhl-than_sage Dec 29, 2006 11:12:50	It was a hyphen! I knew I spelled that wrong somehow.
#8 kalthandrix Dec 29, 2006 11:17:45	I ummmm...well...began making these things :embarrass I cannot help myself sometimes! The ideas being tossed around got me thinking and I broke out some books and paper last night and begain designing them. Anyway - if no one objects to me using the name or some of their suggestions, I will post these fellers sometime this weekend.
#9 Sysane Dec 29, 2006 12:11:00	You have my blessing my child. Go now and create in peace. :P
#10 Cyrian Dec 31, 2006 16:56:13	This thread got me thinking about the Critter Competition that was on here last year (well, "last year" for a few more hours, I guess...). Has there been any thought to having another one of those?
#11 zombiegleemax Feb 07, 2007 8:00:21	There is some significant details lacking here. Like, you know, more about the race in general. Now I made more details: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=770881
#12 xlorepdarkhelm_dup Feb 08, 2007 16:14:54	If memory serves, giving a race a +1 bonus to an ability is considered bad form. Racial ability bonuses come in increments of 2, not 1 (ie: even numbers).
#13 elonarc Feb 08, 2007 17:35:58	What Mr DarkHelm says. An uneven bonus (e.g. +1) has no certain effect, but is dependant on the base ability score of the character. A character with an even ability score would get no increased ability bonus from the race, but a character with an uneven base ability score would. This is illogical (Why does the race effect one character's ability bonus but not another's?) and is prone to being misused to MinMax a character ("So, I just need to put 17 on this ability, because I will get +1...").
#14 zombiegleemax Mar 01, 2007 11:11:33	Or they could be a live-wood construct or something - kind of a hybred of the nimblewright from the MMII or the FF - that would be cool to - though it may be too "warforged" for some - but I could totally see some unique tree that these creatures are grown from to protect an area or site. Creation of wood, made of fallen druids;) If memory serves, giving a race a +1 bonus to an ability is considered bad form. Racial ability bonuses come in increments of 2, not 1 (ie: even numbers). It is so. Throught it still have some value. At least I can't remember any official with +1. I alsou must agry with Elonarc.