The depth of this world!

[Dinbin]

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

Snakes are warrior NPCs, and therefore possess kick at a lower level instead of bash.

A lot of snakes have vestigal leg-stubs. They must be very powerful.

[Dinbin]

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

A bashing snake would be fun too

Head-butt, basically?

[EQBallzz]

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

Yeah that druid ring in plane of fear really gets me. Was the plane once Tunare's realm? I mean it is basically a forest environment. There's def a story there.
Also here's an interesting theory I just read:
"For a long time, I've been puzzled over some things regarding Cazic-Thule and the Plane of Fear. Here's a theory, and I'd like to know what others think.

The Cazic-Thule that roams around in the Plane of Fear is tough, but he's not as tough as you expect a God to be, considering all the other gods you can fight ingame. Granted he was put in earlier, but he hasn't been upgraded to the level Innoruuk has, which strikes me as odd.

Now, when venturing through the old Plane of Mischief, you could have the fortune of seeing Bristlebane spawn in his puppet theater and remark, "Where is the Cazic-Thule puppet? Ridiculously funny!". The puppets of all the gods ingame were there, and the puppets of a few gods that weren't or still aren't... yet apparently, a Cazic-Thule puppet that was meant to be there is "missing".

Back in the Plane of Fear, the Cazic-Thule that we see roaming the jungle, when killed, can drop "Puppet Strings". This, combined with the fact that he doesn't seem as difficult to kill as he should be, leads me to believe that he is not in fact an actual manifestation of Cazic-Thule, but is in fact Bristlebane's Cazic puppet, stolen by Cazic and magically enhanced to guard his plane."

Wow! That is an amazing theory. I knew all those bits of info but never would have thought of that. As some added thoughts..CT was more powerful in Plane of Time than PoF but I do seem to recall he was one of the easier encounters iirc. I don't really remember what the correlation between the original versions of the gods were with the PoT versions, either. Not sure how that fits in with your theory of PoF (if at all).

[Cuktus]

Some really fun theories here. Thanks for sharing. Here's my thoughts on druid rings.

We know the rings are old. Very old. They can be used by druid to move people and things from one place to another. They are all over the world and even in the planes of the Gods. Some are broken and no longer work.

My theory is that the rings were not made by druids, they stole them from someone else. While the argument of the Combine could be made, the lost valley in dreadlands comes to mind, they are not really known for invading the planes. No, the only empire who could have built them all is that of the Ogres, giants, orcs, and goblins before the green mist. The Zek empire was huge, they needed the rings to move slaves and resources. They invaded the planes... like, a lot. And let's be honest, if someone is going to make magic portals by stacking up some rocks it was one of those races.