Favourite Starting Race
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I chose human. Why? Because dog/cat-eared people doesn't mean much to me, quadruped frame is not what I'm fond of concerning smut (though I really like leithan design) and I am not into furry. So it's all about savescumming all the way until I get the exact features I want/like from every race. Now we need to fill the wiki with how each thing is like and I'll be golden.
Leithan, most alien of the starters and I like new and different.
What? Do you mean have the wiki have each TF's description? Because I think it already does that, vaguely, with the flags.
What? Do you mean have the wiki have each TF's description? Because I think it already does that, vaguely, with the flags.
I think that's when you go to the respective race page and read their description and/or look at art, though the latter is subject to artistic vision and interpretation.
Trust me if I say I've already done that (though a second read is NEVER a bad thing), but since the TF bits is what drives me to play TiTS so far, I have this wish of knowing each detail of otherwise very similar features so that I can pick the right TF item. Even if it's for cosmetic reasons.
Human since I like watch later apperance descr of saying I started as human and then turned to X race. Plus well any other half-breeds we can get easy with TF ingame (but their cost there credits). So yeah start easy like another borring human and then let the TF rollercaster run wild and fast. Beside does it matte rmuch what race we start as? It not like we gonna keep it for whole walkthrou.
Human.
I stay human, too, though I keep the horse cock maker on hand. One day if I come across a non-lizard centauress, I might even use it.
I stay human, too, though I keep the horse cock maker on hand. One day if I come across a non-lizard centauress, I might even use it.
Well Kui-Tan had till moment all went out of window space neibours that are space foxes (Sionach - irony in that codex was that Kui-Tan was actualy living on biggest moon of Sionach homeworld xD and that well foxes and tanuki are pretty much not liking themself as some sources saying).
What's most disappointing about the starting race choices is... there aren't any sci-fi options at all! All four alternate options are just regular furries (one technically scalie), there isn't a single proper alien-like option or bot/synth option.
If I want to play as a character I can identify with, I just pick Human male and don't really use any transformations.
If I want to "watch" an attractive female character go through the game's events, I also make a Human, and make whatever modifications I like.
So for me it's more than just a "favorite"; I always, always pick Human.
If I want to play as a character I can identify with, I just pick Human male and don't really use any transformations.
If I want to "watch" an attractive female character go through the game's events, I also make a Human, and make whatever modifications I like.
So for me it's more than just a "favorite"; I always, always pick Human.
Oh yes, I would absolutely love see some sort of android race or maybe prosthetics that could potentially even give you stat boosts. Those actually sound like mods/transformations I might actually use.
The problem here (and I think it shouldn't but hey gotta follow the rules) is that some (lots?) of the creators came from a furry-esque background and the blurry gray area that is the line demarking bestiality so for the sake of being safe (or unconsciously avoiding the area) what we end up with is humanoids that look extremely human except for minor things.
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Coming up with really alien-looking aliens is hard. There's a reason why Vulcans are just space elves and Cardassians are just kinda wrinkly gray humans. True, we don't have costuming budgets to worry about in a text medium, but we instead have the challenge of communicating everything about how an alien race looks in only words. Only a lucky few races get pictures. Animal traits are an important shorthand for helping the reader form a clear mental picture of the race if you can't get an artist to help you.
That said, there are ways to get a little more exotic while keeping the picture crisp. Blended species like the naleen are a good example, taking two base species and producing a unique mix from it that's still easy to visualize. I'm attempting the same with Manisha by using both beetle and scorpion elements in her design, but only time will tell if I'm as successful.
Starting race is something that Victor was able to have child with. SO it quite limiting by lore already choice of half-breeds.
Synth/robo start race...well so far only Bess/Ben got promise that could be able be to knock up/koncked up by PC but that all due to some special modul added to her/him. Other robots so far are just...machines. And more alien like concepts of life forms... it could be made but again lore say that..."alien" need to fill role of mother for PC. IN case life form that say is pure energy or work on different principle than carbon life forms....that would be one nightmare to explain how it's possible that PC born in first place.
Changing into something really "alien" due to TF items is not so hard (as long Fen and Co give us fundation for such possibility) and well is one of features of game (some maybe even like it for that with each added TF possibility to combine different body part shapes/colors/etc.).
Synth/robo start race...well so far only Bess/Ben got promise that could be able be to knock up/koncked up by PC but that all due to some special modul added to her/him. Other robots so far are just...machines. And more alien like concepts of life forms... it could be made but again lore say that..."alien" need to fill role of mother for PC. IN case life form that say is pure energy or work on different principle than carbon life forms....that would be one nightmare to explain how it's possible that PC born in first place.
Changing into something really "alien" due to TF items is not so hard (as long Fen and Co give us fundation for such possibility) and well is one of features of game (some maybe even like it for that with each added TF possibility to combine different body part shapes/colors/etc.).
It's always been that way in mythologies. Either they chimera it up with assorted animal bits (humans included), or they throw a vague description usually meaning "it's too bizarre to convey so just imagine something messed up". Even the Alien and Predator races were just human+banana head+extra mouth and human+crab/lobster face. I think they did so well just because their forms had better flow than most chimeras, and they strayed far enough from human-looking aliens.
I prefer the Kaithrit for my first pick. Kui-tan would be my second choice. Cats and raccoons appeal to me a lot.