Vargr Vacc Suits
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ITTR that somewhere I also read about some vargr subspices are more snout flat, and that most of them live coreward from the Julian Protectorate, but I cannot find where I read it (If I did, indeed).
In any case, most Vargr pictures show them long snouted, as I said. I guess those are the races with the most contact with humans, and so is how the humans picture them.
In any case, most Vargr pictures show them long snouted, as I said. I guess those are the races with the most contact with humans, and so is how the humans picture them.
It would be better to take a chapter out of Origin of Species and do it based on environment.
traits
Yes. Hans. Most dog breeds we're breed by Humans thousand of years after the Ancients we're gone. But certain canine characteristics would develop based on the world they inhabited.
Yes. Hans. Most dog breeds we're breed by Humans thousand of years after the Ancients we're gone. But certain canine characteristics would develop based on the world they inhabited.
BlackBat242
SOC-14 1K
However, lifting one's tail would also result in lifting one's own kilt... flashing anyone behind you.
Cut a hole in the darn thing
IMTU Vargr spacers, particularly corsairs who are expected to fight in suits, often bob their tails. Initially it was a punishment used to mark Vargr criminals but when it seemed to work out for the better, it became the style for certain corsair clans.
That gave me an idea for a plot seed:
Vargr corsair captain recently had his tail shot off in a fight. The charisma-destroying mishap has been hushed up and the captain has gone into seclusion -- which is bad for his charisma, but not nearly as bad as the truth coming out would be. Players play a group of trusted henchvargr sent off to have a new tail cloned and a skilled surgeon recruited to repair the damage. Time is of the essence -- the longer the captain remains secluded, the likelier a leader of a rival faction is to try to take over.
(Please feel free to use this idea for any legitimate Traveller purpose, up to and including paid work).
Hans
Vargr corsair captain recently had his tail shot off in a fight. The charisma-destroying mishap has been hushed up and the captain has gone into seclusion -- which is bad for his charisma, but not nearly as bad as the truth coming out would be. Players play a group of trusted henchvargr sent off to have a new tail cloned and a skilled surgeon recruited to repair the damage. Time is of the essence -- the longer the captain remains secluded, the likelier a leader of a rival faction is to try to take over.
(Please feel free to use this idea for any legitimate Traveller purpose, up to and including paid work).
Hans
Is that the reason why Aslan like to wear kilts?
I'm not sure if they even should have a tail, though. It disturbs me how much catlike they are drawn nowadays. Furry fandom influence? Canon Aslan should only bear a vague resemblance of lions, right?
I often stress that wolf characters drawn in modern furry art don't exactly match the description of Vargr either. Which is not a surprise considering Vargr were there before furry fandom even existed.
Vargr
The tails may be ritually cut off of the young. I see this developing in several ways for various subspecies. A tail may be a military inconvenience or favored to replace with a artificial limb(weapon) for various factions. At least that is how I use it IMTU. Aslan are too proud for that type of behavior.
The tails may be ritually cut off of the young. I see this developing in several ways for various subspecies. A tail may be a military inconvenience or favored to replace with a artificial limb(weapon) for various factions. At least that is how I use it IMTU. Aslan are too proud for that type of behavior.
MikeinBallard
SOC-9
Chihuahua vargrs are known to be excellent assassins. They always travel in a triad, and can be had for the right price for whatever the task. "50% hatred, 50% tremble". Unless you scratch their ears or bellies.
Corgi vargrs are amiable and very talented engineers. No respectable merchant in the Marches would leave port without one or two of these friendly and very dextrous canids.
Just a thought. So anyway, flattened ellipsoid helmet to take into account the vargr snout, and I could see a segmented, hard rubber tentacle for the tail. Very dangerous in close combat, as they can snap it around like a whip very fast to knock opponents off their feet.
Corgi vargrs are amiable and very talented engineers. No respectable merchant in the Marches would leave port without one or two of these friendly and very dextrous canids.
Just a thought. So anyway, flattened ellipsoid helmet to take into account the vargr snout, and I could see a segmented, hard rubber tentacle for the tail. Very dangerous in close combat, as they can snap it around like a whip very fast to knock opponents off their feet.
Brian Smaller
SOC-12
I would have thought those Scottish Terrier vargr would make far better engineers, even if their bark is worse than their brogue.
In my Campaign Vargr do not have tails. An annoyance the Ancients did away with hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Do you also change their legs and feet to be more human-like? Otherwise, most drawings of Vargr suggest that the tail is needed for balance.
MikeinBallard
SOC-9
Is a joke, right?
It is considering that the Ancients modified WOLVES about the same time they transplanted humaniti. Chihuahuas and Corgi are very much more recent developments. I thought the idea of a chi-vargr attack squad was kind of funny.
Brian Smaller
SOC-12
Nope. I figured the Ancients got that right.
esampson
SOC-13
Because of if you're a biped the most efficient way to move around is with human plantigrade feet that don't require the presence of a tail for balance.
