#0 - Sept. 6, 2009, 5:09 p.m.
As far as i know NE's banished arcane studies after the little disaster involving queen azshara, why in hell would they go back to teaching magic? Someone answer me plz D:
NE mages: lore justification
As far as i know NE's banished arcane studies after the little disaster involving queen azshara, why in hell would they go back to teaching magic? Someone answer me plz D:
#6 - Sept. 6, 2009, 6:01 p.m.
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There is no justification. Cataclysm is a RPers worst nightmare.
I find this statement curious.
We're not retconning existing races. The storyline is moving forward. The very essence of a story arc is to bring change to what has come before. Stories often come to a point where what was previously held true is reversed due to present circumstances.
By hearing that Night Elves are becoming Mages and Tauren are becoming Paladins, for example, it's the equivalent of skipping ahead in a book and happening to read a page where what was established before seems to be taken as false. What you're missing is the story in between, and that's a story we plan to deliver in the game itself, in varying degrees depending on the severity of the change. We've already begun some of it.
No, we're not keeping the world stagnant. Cultures can and do adapt in the face of disaster and new information.
Remember, if nothing else, that role playing is an act of collective storytelling. As we're in charge of the world, we're presenting you with our next step in storytelling. As role players, you get a great deal of material to use in driving your own characters forward. In terms of delivering story, at least, this is one of the best steps we've taken for role players yet.
To answer the original question of the thread, we plan to establish why. Remember that not all Highborne changed into other races.
#11 - Sept. 6, 2009, 6:08 p.m.
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If I'm not mistaken, those aren't night elves, but Highborne.
Highborne in that state are still considered within the race of Night Elves.
#30 - Sept. 7, 2009, 12:39 a.m.
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I suppose they would get their powers from the Sun, but that wouldnt give them paladin abilities.
How do you know that, exactly? :)
Players often like to think of the lore in an absolute, objective sense, but the relative, subjective sense according to a given culture is equally important to consider. In the absolute sense, the Tauren worship Elune as one of the powers. In a relative sense they do not -- they pay homage to Mu'sha, one of the eyes of the Earthmother.