The Unofficial Saurok Playable Race Discussion Megathread! 🐊

[Bagzak-rexxar]

Some good news: I’ve finished my current class with a 99.24% (A) and I have some free time before my next class starts!

I’m planning to look over the main post of my megathreads to add new sections and possibly revamp some existing ones. I have some ideas of things to add, like fan works (writings, artwork, etc) and such. Maybe a few new jokes I’ve thought of as well.

If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to post them! I should hopefully be able to make another update very soon.

I’ve also been thinking of doing more Saurok screen shots, both story-form and for-fun form. There are a few locales I’ve thought of showing how Saurok could look as player characters in those areas. I feel it’s important to be able to visualize it for some potential inspiration.

Lots of ideas to look into, things to read and research, and plenty of things to do to show off playable Horde Saurok support!

As always, more Saurok research and support to continue in the future!

[Bagzak-rexxar]

I wanted to mention that I got my Necrolords character to Renown rank 40, so they will be ready for the next patch in case each covenant gets their own story campaign again with the new renown ranks.

Not personally expecting to see much in terms of Saurok, but if I happen to see any more Saurok spirits involved in some fashion, I’ll be sure to report it. I wouldn’t expect anything to be a hint of Saurok stuff being in the near future, but it would be interesting to see Saurok accepting of their new role in the afterlife of working with other beings of different types to defend the Shadowlands as a member of the Necrolords. I mean, getting to eat stuff and fight a lot sounds like a fitting place for Saurok to be!

Seeing as we’ve been seeing Saurok in some fashion for awhile since BfA, part of me is hoping that people at Blizzard like them as well and will continue adding them to other expansions in some fashion (with the ultimate hope of them becoming a playable Horde race someday). It’s wishful thinking, I will admit, but hey, a Darkspear Troll can dream, can’t he?

Needless to say, I’ll be keeping an eye out for them in future patches/expansions and reporting my findings. I’ll also continue to hope for playable Horde Saurok someday, of course!

[Aghron-area-52]

Would be cool but if i were to chose a race using the worgen rigging i’d prefer getting the saberon

[Bagzak-rexxar]

Saberon are a great choice, and I would love to see them playable. They would be close to the top of my most wanted playable races list.

I don’t see why we would only be able to get one between them and Saurok, though. Even if Saberon would end up on the Horde, they would be different enough to bring unique aesthetics, personalities, and storylines to the game. I don’t see why having the same rigging as a core race would exclude other races who’d use the same rigging from being playable.

If the playable versions of both would utilize Worgen rigging, it would make them easier to become playable races if anything. I’d personally would be fine with them using the same rigging for new races if it means those races would have a chance of becoming playable.

So I say that we get the best of both worlds and let them both get in! Allow Sethrak in as well while we’re at it since they also utilize Worgen rigging. One race using a rigging of a core race should not mean other races wouldn’t get in for potentially using the same rigging, in my opinion.

[Jorreno-grizzly-hills]

Really nice and detailed write up. Would love to see posts like this pertaining other potential playable races.

[Bagzak-rexxar]

Fallynn, creator of the San’layn megathread, has made a post to link to all the active race request megathreads here:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/sanlayndarkfallen-coagulated-arcustomization-idea-megathread/18803/2

There is also the Ethereal Megathread not currently listed there that is also active:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/unoffical-playable-ethereal-discussion-thread/836012

And as a bit of self promotion, I also run the Stonemaul Ogre megathread here:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/the-unofficial-stonemaul-ogre-playable-race-discussion-megathread/670660

As you can see, there are a lot of people passionate about current NPC races and wanting them to become playable. Lots of great ideas and discussions about the potential these races have! I recommend checking them out when you can!

[Fezzy-draenor (Fezzy)]

@Aghron-area-52

Would be cool but if i were to chose a race using the worgen rigging i’d prefer getting the saberon

I think we should get Saurok, Sethrak and Saberon.

Blizzard hasn’t actually said that the rigging will only be one per race. That was just kinda assumed.

[Bagzak-rexxar]

A lot of that assumption was the odd trend of how each allied race had some sort of relation to a core race, whether it was through rigging (Goblins and Vulpera) or if it was a sub race of a core race (Orcs and Mag’har). It didn’t help that the Allied Race character creation screen at the time was built like the Core Race character creation screen. It seemed rather arbitrary and limiting that an allied race had to have some relation to one core race and that core race didn’t seem like it could have another allied race related to it.

The good news is that we got a new character creation screen:

https://64.media.tumblr.com/cb04d2a74e9114148b10285d27cf10b6/37421774fc52b155-52/s2048x3072/b88f40f334e8b52f67c08f76f375d49695f98b3d.jpg

As you can see, it did away with “slots” and there is now plenty of room for new races and even some classes. Likely, this image could be even bigger if I took the screen shot at a bigger resolution.

Hopefully, we’ll see it get filled with more races people have been wanting and asking for. I’m still hoping to see Saurok and Ogres on the Horde side of that character creation screen, myself.

[Bagzak-rexxar]

Awhile ago, I linked a video that shows the book you need for Pathfinder 2nd Edition to make a Lizardfolk character. I thought I would link the current one (as of this post) you need if you want to make a Lizardfolk character in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koi3SD38uoI

This book is pretty neat in that it has a section that gives you guides on how to create different monster-like races as player characters for the game (Orcs, Goblins, Lizardfolk, etc). It’s something I was thinking of picking up in the near future. While it would be used for Saurok idea inspiration as a secondary use, I’ve been interested at looking at different table top RPG books to gain some creative inspiration for characters and writings I want to do some day.

Getting idea inspiration from other media on different Lizardmen races is always useful, of course. Still hoping for the day I can roll up some Horde Saurok characters in WoW!

[Bagzak-rexxar]

I thought of the idea of a Meat Lover’s Pizza item in the game made by Saurok and figured I’d try to share the idea of one in-game with flavor text:

“Meat Fanatics’ Pizza- Leave it to Saurok chefs to come up with the ultimate food for meat lovers. The types of meat used on each slice seems endless!”

I figured the Meatzza food idea I shared before was fitting, with the crust being made out of meat, but it’s still a fun idea to add some character to Saurok in general.

Also if you do like pizza, I did come across a really tasty looking recipe for a Meat Lover’s Pizza, with the recipe located near the bottom:

Meat Lovers Pizza ~ Recipe | Queenslee Appétit

Maybe I can start some negotiations with some Saurok tribes by offering them some of this!

[Bagzak-rexxar]

I’ve taken some more screenshots for a brief story of yet another Saurok newbie! I feel that showing off Saurok in different locales is very useful in being able to imagine them as player characters.

A small note about the screenshots: You might see the quality differ from image to image. I play WoW on both a desktop and a laptop. On the laptop, I usually keep the graphics and such down, since as WoW continues with expansions it tends to make it sound like a vacuum cleaner, which is why I lower graphics options and such to minimize that, but otherwise runs it pretty well. I meant to raise the graphic quality when I took screenshots, but I kinda forgot to as I have done with previous screenshots. I had to do two rounds of screenshot taking with the limited time I had to take these, and only thought to up the quality when I saw the first time that the Saurok had no pupils in his eyes. I’ll try to remember to up the quality when I take future screenshots.

Without further ado, let’s assume that Saurok are a playable Horde race and that this particular one decided to utilize Chromie time to level in the Undead starting area!

The Saurok newbie stands right outside the entrance to Undercity’s entrance to the main underground area. Ready for adventure! But first, he decides to get a better view!

Climbing up to the top of the gates, the Saurok newbie looks over at the ruins. What an interesting sight! He wonders what sort of tasty food lies within!

Standing in front of the old throne, the Saurok newbie feels a bit of a chill going through him. How spooky!

The Saurok newbie rides the elevator. It might take some getting use to how fast this elevator goes up and down. At least he has a strong stomach!

Checking out the bank, remembering that this is the place to store shinies and loot! He wonders why the area looks blurry around him…either it’s the lighting or something he ate.

The beds at the inn seem a bit odd. The Saurok newbie isn’t quite sure this would be a fitting place to nap…

The Saurok newbie checks out the green river. He isn’t quite sure he wants to swim in that…let alone eat anything from it.

What is this?! Meat just being left out to rot?! Who do the Forsaken think they are, the Skumblade Tribe?! What a waste! At least the Saurok newbie was able to pick up some recipes for fried spider legs and roach crunchies, but still…

YOU! What are you doing here?! The Saurok newbie is confused at first…until he realizes he was sent back in time thanks to Chromie. He glowers dubiously, knowing that this dead elf has caused many a headache before. It’s going to take awhile to get use to these time traveling shenanigans…

The Saurok newbie, fresh from a surprisingly delicious meal, is ready to quest and adventure!

And that is all I have for this post. Hope everyone enjoyed! Perhaps someday, we’ll be able to make our own Saurok characters and adventure for the Horde!

[Bagzak-rexxar]

Was inspired to take a picture of a Saurok in Oribos:

Oddly enough, the model I used to take this image turned my Rogue into a towering Saurok that was almost twice the height of players for some reason (Saurokzilla, perhaps?). Sometimes, using Glyph of Disguise yields weird results like that, so I just took an angle to make it look more like an armored Saurok player in the area.

I should be getting the Rogue I am leveling to Maldraxxus soon, so I might be able to take a few screenshots on some of the locales there. I might do some of the other areas if I get inspired to as well. It will be neat to be able to visualize how Saurok would look in Shadowlands areas.

Anyway, the screenshot was done for fun like the other screenshots I’ve taken, but I still hope for the day to see Horde Saurok players going through areas like this someday!

[Fallynn-wyrmrest-accord (Fallynn)]

Loving the screenshots! They look super cool, let’s get those reptilian folks playable. This is just showing how cool it would be to see them around.

[Onatah-draenor]

Those pics look great! I see male Sourak models non female?

[Bagzak-rexxar]

@Onatah-draenor

I see male Sourak models non female?

To my knowledge, there are no female Saurok in-game. The closest we’ve seen of one is an artwork from a Hearthstone card:

I will say if I see female Saurok appear in game, it will be pretty big news!

[Otterwon-stormrage]

YES! Ehem… Yes please. +1upvote.
Maybe a venomous bite racial?
I’d totally roll one of these & name him reptaur!
ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

[Bagzak-rexxar]

@Otterwon-stormrage

Maybe a venomous bite racial?

I don’t recall if some Saurok are venomous or not, but I don’t see why this couldn’t be a racial idea. In fact, it gives me a fun idea for a racial:

Saurok with a different racial based on their heritage of what reptiles they or their ancestors once were.

The Mogu likely used a lot of lizards to make the Saurok, so it would make some sense that Saurok could have different features as a result of it. Different creatures have different aspects that defined them, so it isn’t too much of a stretch.

For example, your Saurok could have descended from a venomous type of lizard, having a venomous bite as a result, and some could have descended from basilisks, complete with something like a brief stun (though the tail whip racial idea would fit that bill for all Saurok).

It could work similar to how the Zandalari choose a racial based on what loa they follow. Maybe something similar could be done with Saurok based on choosing their heritage.

I’m sure there are a lot of possibilities with this line of thinking! After all, there are likely several types of Saurok out in the world based on multiple species of lizards.

[Fezzy-draenor (Fezzy)]

@Bagzak-rexxar

I don’t recall if some Saurok are venomous or not, but I don’t see why this couldn’t be a racial idea. In fact, it gives me a fun idea for a racial:

Bite that causes a disease?

[Otterwon-stormrage]

Totallyyyy ! from komodo dragon bite being venomous, to green basilisk lizard water sprint, there is just so much good stuff to pick from! Great thread! I miss my lizard pet… He was a Green anole and a very good boy. I hope we can play Saurok soon! </3

[Vaelian-silver-hand (Vaelian)]

@Bagzak-rexxar

I play WoW on both a desktop and a laptop. On the laptop, I usually keep the graphics and such down, since as WoW continues with expansions it tends to make it sound like a vacuum cleaner, which is why I lower graphics options and such to minimize that, but otherwise runs it pretty well.

I sometimes play on my laptop as well which has gotten a bit underpowered…I don’t know if I’ve yet tried it on shadowlands to see if it’ll run it, but since I mostly just use it here at home in other rooms and such, I actually got to where I was playing WoW on it where it wouldn’t make it run like a vacuum. I started streaming my desktop to it over my network. I’ve got an Nvidia GPU on my desktop, so I’m able to use a program called Moonlight which runs as the streaming client on the Laptop. It basically makes use of the Nvidia Shield stuff built into the Geforce experience software.
A few months back I picked up a Razer Kishi which was just a bundle of some Razer hammerheard earbuds and a game vice mobile controller.
Using the android version of Moonlight and that controller, and console port, I can even sit and play WoW on my phone.
It’s been fun to tinker with =]