New Race Announced! The Au Ra

[Zumi]

Not liking how in that Yugiri teaser it looks like the Au'ra are scaly but then suddenly the face is all human, as if they were wearing a mask. :/

When I make one I think I would go for the less scaly face.

[Nestama]

Why take away the only thing that is making them somewhat unique/different? (okay, maybe horns can be unique in some way... if incredibly doofy on the males. Tail isn't really unique)

[Ametrine]

I also thought that scale coloring was racial. I also assumed scale patterns was tied to the face you choose, similar to Miqo'te facial stripe patterns, verses the facial scales replacing tattoos. Though, I wouldn't mind either option.

[myahele]

maybe the very scaly face is exlusive to Yugiri?

[MyKotoShi]

Yea I am pretty sure one clan gets yellow and the other gets blue.

No other race is so restricted. I doubt this.

[ReynTime]

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I'm not certain premade defined characters in a jrpg are comparable player created characters in an MMO. I'm not quite sure what you're going for there.

The fact there is nothing strange in expecting playable "beastly" characters in japanese RPGs. Whether they're premade or not is irrelevant.

[Slirith]

maybe the very scaly face is exlusive to Yugiri?

hopefully lol

[Ametrine]

No other race is so restricted. I doubt this.

Except.... that they all are, just in varied ways. Sun Seekers can't have blue skin and the slanted pupils. Hellsguard can't have green skin and the black nose. While I've met quite a few players that simply ignore these rules for roleplaying, this visual restrictions are exactly why we have the two "tribal" options for all game's races.

While all the images we've been shown offer us a handful of skintones and scale patterns, we've only seen the two extremes on scale color; black or white.

We gotta remember we actually know NOTHING about the racial differences otherwise, like the naming conventions. Yugiri's name is vaguely Japanese sounding to follow the theme with all the Doman people, but we don't know if that's unique to her, her light scaled tribe or Au Ra in general!

[Mahri]

hopefully lol

I hope not! If I end up making an Au Ra, I want maximum scales. Let Eorzea's dermatologists weep!

[HumsterMKX]

I hope not! If I end up making an Au Ra, I want maximum scales. Let Eorzea's dermatologists weep!

High chance you gonna get jumped on my random Dragoons increases by 1600%