Still thinkin' out loud and stuff
I wonder if the difficulty of creating a neutral Qrace for balance would mostly be role-play? Who says for PK purposes you cant build a class and give it to some "too cool for school" neutral and allow them to PK everything in range, as Crusaders/avatars/psis/undead/demons/lich/vamp. The paradox is that these other good/evil Q-Apps are by Rp expected to engage actively in the "EXTREMES" of the RP/PK spectrum. A Neutral, or more specifically a Neutral Neutral; true balance Q-race would have to have damn good RP behind its race that not only allows, but encourages Pk as much as the rp. Which is counter intuitive to what we kinda want from our Neutrals?
Still thinking out loud here... Any way, you would also have to provide the Rp race with enough "ACCEPTABLE" PK targets, or else they are a Neutral Qrace, waiting to get jumped, not actively supposed to jump evils and questioned for jumping goods at the best of times. I'm sure everyone has a different take on all this, but this is just a "mind storming" kinda forum anyway, so hoohum, I will try and have a crack at it anyway.
Gargoyl
Somewhere in the sands of time, the Gods of balance felt that the sway of power amongst the mortals of the lands where beginning to tip. As the sands fell further, they attempted to address this balance and instituted the organization of watcher. Yet time was not kind to the lands, And the efforts of the Watchers, while not in vain could never fully bring peace, nor stem the corruption that was destroying the lands. Thus finally, in frustration, the Gods of balance stole from the sands of time a grain for themselves. And with magics siphoned from the towers of Savant, they brought to creation a creature of ageless form and unyielding motive. A being of stone, sent to be the eyes of balance. To fight the battles and tips the scales against the mightiest of foes. A winged being, that sits within the sky watching with unwavering devotion as the sands of time fall on.
Some possible Bonuses/perks - Some/or all?
Mental vuln
May heal, regen Hp, like an ogre, but only while sleeping. Lose extra saves while sleeping across the board. Extremely weakened while in this state.
Made of stone. Giant's resistance to physical
fly
no size change
ergo..make them as tough and resilient as a giant without the size and damage/base hp bonuses...and give them fly?
add in a Qrace skill set perhaps. Eg. Falcon werebeast werepower may fit?
Possible Rp/Pk conditions for balance
May not hunt/group with any other Qclass/Race bar Neutral Psi
RP must be of timeless emotionless devotion to the cause you have forsaken your mortality, connection and emotional life for.
Must choose a favorite enemy like a ranger and have a damn good reason why that is the enemy that they have chosen to "Balance" out. + = Gargoyl that has deep deep RP, At least one immediatly acceptable set of enemy's + = rounded Qrace Rp/PK ratio?
Tyrifon The Obsidian.
Someone seems to have left a large, dark, glass like statue before you.
As you look upon it you notice it is flawless in creation. Each line
of its chiseled form looks as smooth as tight bound satin. From head
to toe you cant help but take notice each aspect of its perfectly crafted
form.
The craftsmen must have modeled this statue on some form of Human or
half even-kin creature. Its hard to tell, for though it bears the most
resemblance to a human, the glint of the end of those pointed ears looks
fierce and sharp. Almost as sharp as the grin that was sculptered to
that dark, glass face. And was it intention to leave the head so bald
and smooth that the light seems to reach deeply into that opaque skull?
But there are features that the craftsman has included, that distort
this sculpture. Wings, large and foreboding have been crafted onto the
back of this statue. They were left at rest, folded to the back and are
deceptive as to their actual size. But it is also the talons and claws
the craftsman has utilized that add a sinister aspect to the perfection
of this creation. Indeed the talons that stand for feet appear to
actually be grasping into the earth, rather then sitting upon it. And
the slight reflection of light that shine off the tip of her talons
appears to sharp and tiny to have been crafted by any chisel.
But the most ominous aspect of this statue before you, is that it appeared
that the breast of this creature just rose and fell as if in breath. Now
how would a craftsman be able to reproduce that?
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