Terralventhe Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Selkie, for those not in the know, are a race of mythical creatures very much featured in Nordic lore. They are effectively seals who are capable of shedding their skin to become human, though always sporting a seal's eyes. They are beautiful and alluring to behold, to the point that many sailors will steal a selkie maiden's hide so that she cannot return to the sea again, and then marry them. Other times, a selkie will actually fall for a human, and abandon the sea for them, and then return on frequent occasions. Effectively, I'd like to see this kind of race. Basically their racial power would be exactly what it suggests; the ability to turn into a seal, using an animation similar to the Werewolf transformation, granting them increased movement speed in water and the waterbreathing trait. In their humanoid form, they'd have an increase to speech checks and such on account of their allure. I imagine that, being seal-based, they'd also have a bonus to cold resistance, but due to the lore revolving around burning their seal hide, they'd be weak against fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genshuku Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 ha i actually know of that lore from an old book there origins are more Icelandic and Scottish but yeah it would be interesting to see them in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terralventhe Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yup. I imagine, perhaps, a retooling of the horker model and animations to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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