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Originally Posted by Rygar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I love this idea. Would suggest an innate tracking ability of 50 or 75 that will never level, similar to courage with iksar.

Matter of fact 100 starting swimming and 50 forage sound good too.

Rats can hold their breath for long periods underwater, +50% lung capacity?

I had the racial ability Scent, but I removed it in favor of the faster move speed. One of the most annoying things for tanks and other pullers is not having SOW when they have to pull over long distances, so I figured a race with an innate speed boost would be something to look into.

If Ogres can be immune to frontal stuns, I think a race can be a little faster.

Forage however, I think is too much. Trying to keep it in line with classic races, not Iksar, which got like 10 things. But Iksar are "super evil" but that's still not a good trade off.

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Scent - Natural tracking (50)
Ratmen are natural scavengers and trackers by nature, hunting creatures down for their food and loot with their powerful noses.
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Ultimately didn't add it because less racials would be easier for more people to accept.

Originally Posted by Kevris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I totally understand, but +5/-5 is a direct trade off. And if you think about their genetic background it makes a lot of sense, no?

They do seem like they would get +5 to disease resist, or higher, but less is more when it comes to classic races.

Originally Posted by Naxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I hope the GMs will ratify this idea.

That stung a little.

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like the work that you put into this, but I do t wanna be a rat :/

lol, I just looked at all the available monster races in EQ and what would fit better than Vah Shir.

This was just an idea for like, way down the line, when everyone has consumed all the content 100x over and people are more open to custom content that actually fits classic. Not "OMG SUPER AWESOM DRAGON GOD RACE X100000 STRENGTH!!!1"

And the rats are rare enough that it wouldn't be like trying to add Gnolls or something as a player race.