Five Subraces for the Syndesian Humans
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About six months ago, we had a poll regarding the fate of the Iridra (keep, move to Syndesia, or remove) as well as how we felt about that race since it was not part of the original design and was a byproduct of Gamigo for "inclusivity", and based on it results, the Iridra stayed a native of Arboreus as a Wildfolk race without any changes being made to them. While I'm okay with them existing, I'm not really okay with the fact that they're simply an additional race for Wildfolk by default.
The suggestion I sent in for the poll was to let that subrace be one the Humans could earn from Goddess
IridiaNelena (I got their names confused at that time because of the race's name) that would give the player an option to transform into an Iridra; similarly to what's being planned for the Abomination, Angel, and Lich transformations; to let them be able to benefit from the same racial changes, power, and resources as the Wildfolk and to expand the Human race a little to show that they have the capacity and desire for change. If desired, this journey, quest, extension of the upcoming Religion System—whichever form it could take—could permanently unlock the option for that account to create more of that subrace once completed.Humans are supposed to be a versatile race, and one way to show that is to let them change themselves (have different subraces) based on each deity:
- Elysium (?)
- Tyros
- Galvanos
- Babilis (?)
I didn't count Iridia and Nelena because the former is the creator of the Humans while the latter already created a subrace of Humans by blessing a group of them.
Each subrace of Human could have different attributes, different bonuses, different innate alignments (Galvanos would be the only neutral subrace/transformation alongside becoming a Lich), different architecture in the theme of their chosen deities, and unique powers—similar to how the Iridra has a unique primal power—that could be based on the idols of their subraces/transformations.
Regarding the different innate alignments, these could be strict as in they can't deviate from them, or they could be "suggested" as in they can deviate from them but doing so would upset their deity by penalizing their Divine Favor towards them more than any other race would. If they choose to adhere to their deity's preferred alignment, they will gain Divine Favor from them faster than any other race would.
(Copied from #player-suggestions for the developers' convenience.)