Au Ra physiology and other lore.

[Samcaesar]

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Sorry! :P I mean, the best explanation for that was the one Cilia I think suggested and just lack of genetic drift due to recent separation of the two clans (Like 100 years or so). Now if we find out the Xaela and Raen have been seperate for centuries.. Well that's just silly in that they don't look very different at all.

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Good point! Maybe Pipin vs Merlwyb is more fair? Either way, the point is a Roegadyn's body would fair so much better in battle than a Lalafell's :P

Maybe! But discussion and debating silly things like game lore is a hobby that I enjoy!

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Ah, but the military makes sure no matter what branch boot camp still trains the body and introduces one to a lot of basic training, no way they'd ever focus just on one field from the get go, that breeds holes that are easy to exploit in the military. Specific branches further that specialization, but I'd be sure in saying no matter what branch you still know gun maintenance and usage. I would say likewise would go for Xaela war parties, everyone there receives training in handling swords, archery, et cetera. While the girls may excel in magic or archery, that's still no excuse for the horrid lack of physical strength that's they've got. Seriously, it looks like they could hardly hold up a shield, much less take an attack while defending themselves up close.

On the contrary! Speculation and discussion is the life blood of things like lore forums! After all, if we just accepted that we don't know squat then this thread would be dead til new bouts of information, receive a few posts, then nothing til the next bout of lore.

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See, I don't think a game ought to make it a "challenge" to make a certain sort of look with a race, it's silly and limiting. Not a bad job, though I suppose.

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Same thing could be said about so many hours in the day, though, one only has so long to become an expert archer. An archer who can kill at a hundred paces would be decimated up close, which all that would take is a big enough shield. Strict specializations are nice, however it's much better to have rounded training. A jack of all trades master of none will fair much much better in a battlefield than a one who has strict specialization. After all, what will the archer do once you're three paces away, as you can only retreat so far.

I suppose it's an issue of "Practicing one kick 1000 times vs 1000 kicks one time", which normally one favors the former in the idiom, but if one finds a way to not have to worry about the one kick practiced 1000 times, then the person's skill is useless. Aristotle's advocacy of well-roundedness in life really rings a bell in this situation.

I had a theory why the males are so much larger then the females. It may be because, like deer, the men compete with each other for the attention of the females so they are physically larger to show they are the better mate. It'd, also, go to explain why males horns are larger and more "pointy" then the females.

Could be, but theoretically those sorts of distinction fade away as one develops into a more humanoid appearance and societal structure (Ie tribal groups). There's a reason why humans tend to stray from direct bouts of strength with each other, it's just not too productive.