Playable Covenant Races

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I think it’s really cool that you put all that work into this concept. But I’m gonna have to stop you right here and say that bringing the “races” of the afterlife zones into the living world is a bad idea IMHO.

I’m all for making all classes available to all races and adding additional customization options on existing races for more options and RP: Humans and Kul Tirans getting all 3 body shapes, San’Lyn options for Night Elf and Nightborne, Human models for Forsaken, Frost/Gurubashi/etc options for Trolls.

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And this ISN’T game breaking?

How for instance would a non-Manari Draenei/LF Warlock make sense for instance? Their whole identity as a race is their noble resistance of the Legion and the forgoing of Fel.

Void Elf DH has even worse in-universe implications as even regular Demon Hunters under the wrong conditions explode from within as seen with the metamorphosis quest in Mardum.

Meanwhile there is NO in-game hard rule forbidding the Shadowlands denizens from leaving the Shadowlands, and we do see several do so (Nathrezim, Mawsworn armors, Draka briefly in her cinematic, etc).

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I don’t disagree that these interactions (also, Tauren Mages, Mag’har Warlocks, Goblin Druids, etc) can be bad/incompatible from a lore perspective, but I would allow players that know and care about the lore to make those decisions. I also like the idea of letting players come up with their own head cannon about what horrible tragedy led their Draenei to make the paradigm-shifting decision to consume a demon and become a Demon Hunter.

I think keeping the denizens of the afterlife in the afterlife is a good idea in my humble opinion.

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I respect your opinion, but disagree in thinking it’s a bad idea. I don’t see why we can’t have all the options. Shadowlands races can leave the realm, it’s just a matter of making them accessible to players with some tweaking.

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Here’s my latest hairstyle for the female Venthyr.

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Very nice! I could see myself use this one.

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I’d rather have Stoneborn. Gargoyles are very cool imo.

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The Stoneborn would be awesome to play as.

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Only problem would be all the Gargoyles fanboys and girls naming them after the Disney characters.

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Hahaha, I mean, to each there own. Would be funny to see

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It would be neat if you couldn’t fly at first with your wings, just glide and then could fly at a certain level, then fly at fastest speed.

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That is a neat idea. If only demon hunters had something similar.

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Their racial will be turning to stone when exposed to sunlight… usually at the worst possible times to do so, like mid conversation.

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Here’s the last hairstyle I’m creating for the female Venthyr. Took inspiration from the Victory Curl, love the way it turned out.

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Blizzard needs to hire you to do hair options for the races… They’re exceptional.

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why not? we already know the maldraxxi leave the shadowlands all the time to go fight the legion.

the dreadlords have been coming to azeroth for decades to mess around

kyrians have been hanging out with the players since vanilla (or were spirit healers valkyr? I swear they keep changing what they are)

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That one they have changed like three times now. I think currently some are Odin’s Val’kyr who rebelled but didn’t go with Helya, some are the scourge ones but only more recently and some are Kyrians who have been away a long time.

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I was thinking of the humanoid Venthyr like Prince Renathal.

I really don’t know about the Maldraxxi fighting the Legion outside of the Shadowlands, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen one in Azeroth.

Regarding the Spirit Healers were Valkyr, but ever since BfA and now Shadowlands I stopped bothering to keep up with the lore, so I don’t know either.

But like I said, I don’t think it would make much sense, but I wouldn’t be against it. The lore has been very inconsistent, so who cares, really?

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Heres how I explained earlier.

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Shes actually somewhat pretty. Bite me vampire mommy.

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