Race Discussion

[Chaos.]

This is for general discussion and idea generation for races that you are working on. Talk about your race here. Get ideas and suggestions from other members. If you like an idea and decide to use it, then go back to Race Projects and edit your post. Please be sure to announce (here) that you edited your post. Because we aren't go to read over all the info in Race Projects daily to see if anything was changed.

 

[Chaos.]

So to get this discussion active lets get started.

For elementals, here are some of the units and abilities.

Adherent - Basic worker, can build and harvest gold, (Water)
Helot - Secondary worker, can harvest lumber, (Fire)

Blazing Zealot - Basic Ranged unit, (Fire)

• Luminate - The blazing zealot burns with such intensity that the light produced from it's body becomes so intense that it blinds enemy units. Makes nearby enemy units 10% more likely to miss an attack.

Pyre Caster - Powerful spellcaster (Fire)

• -Conflagration - Adds a negative buff on an enemy unit that damages him over time.
• -Combustion - Adds a buff to an enemy unit. When that unit dies, it explodes damaging nearby enemy units.

More will come later

 

[AIagremm]

Will you have conglomerate?

 

[Chaos.]

Hmmm, sounds interesting. I might have to think about that.

These are some more that are done. I just need names. And ideas for abilities. The goal is not to use any word twice in ability or unit names.


Basic melee (earth)

Spellcaster (Air)

• Healing Zephyr - Sends a healing wind that regenerates the hitpoints of allied units withing an area.
• Purifying winds - Removes all negative buffs from a target location.

Advanced melee (earth)

Light flyer (Air)

Ember Dragon (fire)

• Scintilation - Distracts nearby enemy units making them all look at the Ember dragon and stop attacking for a few seconds.

So, any ideas for the ones that don't have names or for some abilities?

 

[AIagremm]

There should be a phoenix, revenants, salamanders and so on...

 

[Chaos.]

In my opinion they don't fit in with the rest of the elementals. Lore-wise they do, but not in appearance. They look way out of place.

 

[AIagremm]

Yeah, they do. Revenants even look more like they should be some sort of protectors of the Elemntal Plane, not inhabitants.
Did you know that Revenant model was Death Knight model in Beta?

 

[VeljkoM]

Revnants are elementals of death created by old Gods. This elemental race aren't Warcraft lore, they are unique.

 

[AIagremm]

They are quite confusing.

 

[Chaos.]

Come on people. I need ideas. Mostly for spells.

I need names for:

• Earth Hero
• Water Hero
• Lightning Hero
• Basic melee (earth)
• Advanced melee (earth)
• Light flying unit (air)
• Spell caster (air)

Abilities for:

• Earth Hero (2 more, 1 of them needs to be ultimate)
• Water hero (3 more, already have ultimate)
• basic melee (1-2, earth)
• Advanced melee unit (1, earth)
• Weak flying unit (1-2, air)
• Pyre Caster (1, final spell)
• Spell Caster (1, final spell)

 

[Misha]

hmm..
lightning hero: Storm archon. (and that's from myths, not starcraft)
Light air: Zephyrist
adv. melee: Nelth. (from Neltharion the earth warder)

...dunno what else '~'

 

[Chaos.]

Lightning hero: yes, that'll do
Light air: not 100% sure about but maybe
Adv. melee: I dont think using proper names for units is such a good idea.

 

[Misha]

i wasn't thinking of propper name when i said Nelth. I was mostly thinking of something.. unusual name for a creature.

perhaps Neltharion enchanted and converted those when he was still good. or right after becoming Deathwing.

al in all the idea is refreshing.

 

[Chaos.]

Nelth Brawler, maybe? since he is melee

 

[Tleno]

have you searched for names in www.behindthename.com or whatever its called? You could also search in mythology for a name.

 

[Chaos.]

I don't need proper names atm. But I might use that for coming up with proper names for heroes.

 

[Misha]

i see no reason why it shouldn't be called just Nelth. Oo

anyway.. we can think of names when we finish the whole race completely.

 

[Chaos.]

Yup. Now, let's hear some abilities.

 

[Misha]

I'd leave abilities to someone else, since I'd n00bishly add all elemental abilities. Which is not good at all.

I'm wondering which elemental should be healer one...
and also... night elf moon well abilitie could go well with "food" elemental buildings.

 

[Chaos.]

Air spell caster has healing. (Healing Zephyr)

Hmm, that moon well idea might work. I will have to tweak it a bit to make it more original, though.

 

[Misha]

hmm it is hard to find a water hero name.
water is a life-giver, exists in all 3 states (vapor, liquid, ice), and havin' something that catches just the destructive aspect of water is kinda.. dull for a name, probably not original either.

 

[Boris_Spider]

For the water hero's name (not proper), how about CloudSeeder, and use rain/snow style spells? If that tresspasses on Air's domain then how about TideLord, and use summons and AoE spells similar to "Crushing Wave" or "Breath of Frost?"

 

[Chaos.]

Well, I already have the spell ideas so we don't have to worry about that. Tide Lord won't work because "Lord" is used in fire lord. I don't want to use any words twice. "Cloud" in my opinion would be more for air. However the word "Tide" or "Tidal" is a good idea. Something like Tidal Mage.

Another busy week for me. Today I finally had time to do stuff. I went through the elemental discussion and took out some things that I either might or will include in the race.

Atm, I am completely done 9 out of 11 units and 2 out of 4 heroes. Now I will start working on buildings and upgrades.

 

[Tleno]

Master of Tides? Tidal warrior?

 

[AIagremm]

Spawn of Tides?

 

[Boris_Spider]

Alright, then how about "Rogue Tide"? (Like Rogue Wave, only in this case a tide elemental on its own). Another possibility is "High Tide", although I think Rogue Tide sounds more intriguing.

 

[Chaos.]

Perfect. I needed a name for it's missle ability. That'll do fine. The water hero will also have a healing ability. Names?
"Diluge" will be the ultimate, which basically submerges everything in an area under water dealing damage over time. It will be similar to the "Earthquake" ability.

 

[Boris_Spider]

For the water hero's Healing Ability, if it's similar to Healing Spray, use "Fountain of/Spring of Youth." If the ability is similar to Heal/Holy Light then perhaps a name like "Rinse" or "Cleanse", perhaps "Geyser."

 

[Misha]

I said.. a name that includes all calm and destructive ways of water

 

[Tleno]

Healing hotspring? Maybe Curing water?

 

[Misha]

i mean the name of the hero, not propper name.

 

[Chaos.]

Water Hero
-Cleansing Waters - Healing Ability
-Rogue Tide - Missle
-????
-Diluge - Ultimate

I need one more. Will probably be passive. Like an aura or something

 

[VeljkoM]

Essence of Aquas?

 

[Lore-Wolf]

for which hero? :3

 

[Misha]

Ah :3 hero name:
Manifest of water or so.. (just include "manifest", k?)

 

[VeljkoM]

Manifest of Aquas or Water or Ocean or Sea or Liquid or Voda or Wet or Tide or Shore or ...

 

[Misha]

Manifest of Voda :3
i'm for that name if you don't find other.

btw "voda" is water in serbian, but it sounds like a name :3

 

[VeljkoM]

It is easier to say just one language. I still think something like Aquas or Aquantus is better. Or Atlantis?

 

[AIagremm]

Nah, Atlantis is too banal.
Aquas is better.

 

[Misha]

Manifest of Voda.

it stays.

now figure other stuff, name is there.

 

[VeljkoM]

What is left? I gave name for aura ("essence of Aquas"). I am kinda out dated...

 

[Misha]

ask Chaos ^^

 

[Chaos.]

There is a list on the first or second page of some of the stuff i need.

 

[Misha]

..if you would mind to strikethrough the things you don't need done anymore.. ( [ s ]and[ /s ] )

 

[Chaos.]

Updated list

I need names for:

• Earth Hero
• Basic melee (earth)
• Advanced melee (earth)
• Light flying unit (air)
• Supporting Unit (Water)
• Spell caster (air)

Abilities for:

• Earth Hero (2 more, 1 of them needs to be ultimate)
• basic melee (1-2, earth)
• Advanced melee unit (1, earth)
• Weak flying unit (1-2, air)
• Supporting unit (1-2, Water, 1= something similar to Kodo's War Drum)
• Pyre Caster (1, final spell)
• Spell Caster (1, final spell)

 

[Misha]

Earth hero: Boulder titan?

 

[Chaos.]

Stone Behemoth?

So I've done a bunch of the easy spells (the ones that just need object editor work and not triggers)
I've also done most of the buildings (just stats, not appearance)
The problem with buildings is that I can find buildings that suit the individual needs, but they don't fit the race as a whole (appearance-wise) And there isn't that many good doodads that I can use to make buildings with attachments.

 

[Misha]

waay better one, Chaos :3

well a circle of power special unit should be good as an altar or a main building (with kinda graveyard ability obelisk attachments or so..)

 

[Chaos.]

Now for Buildings:

So for this race, I wanted the fire elementals to play the role of leader of the elemental union. So I wanted the main hall to be a fire building to show this role.

Temple of Flames - Main hall first Tier
Synogogue - Main Hall second Tier
Pantheon - Main Hall third Tier

 

[Misha]

what's a syno.. what?