Need a NEW SMALL RACE!!!!!

[Erakir]

Oh I know - Coincidentally, Mog is also an absolute boss. I encourage everyone to look up some of the old FF6 US commercials on youtube! They gave him...quite a voice, heh.

Most FFs have them as small critters, moguri - mole-bats. Eorzean ones are still pretty incompetent and often designed to infuriate the player as annoying tedious lazy fools. Their design is even more twig-limbed on top of that vs, say, FF6 or especially FF9.

The Moogle status effect comes from Seiken Densetsu if I recall. First showed up in SD1, renamed FF Adventure over here. I think it's only in the SD games still?

Ivalice is really the only other setting they're ever shown to be fighting, in the TA games, and the only one where they're more lapine than mole. Competent, intelligent, whimsical, and highly technical. A fun combination for a fantasy race. I'm not saying that's the norm, heh. Much as I wish it was!

But they are what people tend to ask for when talking about playable moogles. Partially because they actually fit a small PC model (moreso than fluff molebats at least, and moreso than something like goblin bodies). Partially because moogles in general are a FF mainstay. Partially because Ivalice has already been linked to XIV - they just screwed us on the moogles there while including every other FFTA race, then specifically laughed about the moogles in one dialogue. It was really disappointing for anyone who liked the TA games, cause they absolutely butchered Montblanc's personality on top of that. And partially because there's still a chance to piggyback easily off lalaframe frames.

Burmecians and Lilties would also potentially work as a race, but I think both of them (especially Burmecian) would require way more model work. Burmecians also aren't super tiny. As pointed out below they're actually quite tall, but the FF9 style makes them look shorter. Though I think they could still be stylized down to a 4-5 ft range to keep with that style if really desired.

That said, again I'm under no delusions over here. I do like talking about moogles though~