Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 ..is that you will suddenly see something terribly unrealistic in a picture (or at least a variation on a picture) you've seen a hundred times before. And you will never, ever be able to unsee it. Instead, you will notice all the other times it occurs. And there will be a lot of them. Why, Avernum, why? Dikiyoba. Jerakeen, nikki., Triumph and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Ahahahahahaha! I sort of feel like this post qualifies as important information and should be kept in the Strategy Central... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 i mean, we dont exactly have any bipedal animals with that kind of long, lifting foot lightning bolt leg, so. . . good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk stranger Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's a pretty common thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mechalibur Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's because we're not playing as cats or lizards, we're playing as nephil/slith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Languorous_Maiar Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I did not wanted to know this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 To clarify, I'm not objecting to the fact that the nephilim and slitherzaki portraits (or other animal-humanoid combinations) have a digitigrade (walking on tip-toes with an elongated heel as part of the leg) stance, or that their limb segments are angled instead of being straight up-and-down like in humans. That's how many mammal hind legs look. I'm objecting to the fact that the shins project straight backwards, because there are no legs anywhere on Earth that work that way. And there are enough examples of bipedal (whether permanently or just on occasion) digitigrade animals that there's no excuse for not knowing how their legs look. Basilisk lizards: Birds: Kangaroos: Gerenuk: Bonus image: Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mechalibur Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Why does it matter if no legs on Earth work that way? This isn't Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Fourth toe could simply be out of sight because of perspective Necris Omega 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's actually plausible, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Jerakeen Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Or the nephil who posed for that picture could be a victim of FTR (Feline Toe Rot), caused by a fungus that flourishes in the damp environment of Avernum. It would explain why he looks so angry. nikki., Dikiyoba, Giant Frog and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Necris Omega Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Fourth toe could simply be out of sight because of perspective This is kinda the obvious explanation. That said, while digitigrade humanoids can sometimes (often) come off as awkward, I immensely prefer them to the far lazier "guy wearing an animal suit" plantigrade versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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