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Neoskel

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What happened to ratmen?
« on: April 22, 2010, 11:10:07 pm »

I thought something was missing. I've only just realized that there are no ratmen in the latest version of DF. I can't think of any reason for them not to be in and  don't remember hearing about this before either.  did a quick search for ratmen on the forums but there was nothing forthcoming.

I've always felt that ratmen had a certain unique charm about them so i kinda miss them. And while it should be fairly trivial to mod them back into my game i really want them back in vanilla DF.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2010, 03:32:10 am »

Yeah, me too. I liked them because there were Ratmen in Majesty and I really liked that game, and in the expansion the Ratmen were at war against the Goblins and I always tried to help the Ratmen, because they liked to live in my sewers, so I sort of considered them my people, even though they didn't pay taxes and tended to commit a lot of crimes.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2010, 03:46:58 am »

There're ratmen in genesis mod, and they use a graphic set I've made so you can use them as a playable race if you want (because they have profession tiles) :P.

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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2010, 04:27:20 am »

There was some kind of mixup where Toady had set aside their raws to make some final changes, and forgot to add them back in.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 04:53:13 am »

So, now that footkerchief's posted the real reason, it's time for the joking reasons.

They were all eaten by serpentmen.

They all got rounded up by GW lawyers.

They were all eaten by tigermen.

They're still there, hiding... Waiting. PLOTTING.

They were all eaten by elves.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2010, 05:52:58 am »

I would like to know why frogman are now amphibian man.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2010, 06:03:31 am »

Beacause the Toadmen got all uppity about it.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2010, 09:23:25 am »

There is no such thing as "Rat Men". They are a myth created by heretics to lead people astray.  They certainly do no have an extensive network of tunnels underneath the Empire and they most certainly do not create crystalized chaos warpstones. 
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 11:28:58 am »

There is no such thing as "Rat Men". They are a myth created by heretics to lead people astray.  They certainly do no have an extensive network of tunnels underneath the Empire and they most certainly do not create crystalized chaos warpstones.

Also they do not outnumber the total human/elf/dwarf/greenskin and chaos population by atleast 10 times!
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2010, 11:33:28 am »

We hate to inform you that this discussion is hereby ended.  Do not discuss the ratmen, they don't exist.  Stop wasting your time.

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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2010, 01:21:28 pm »

We hate to inform you that this discussion is hereby ended.  Do not discuss the ratmen, they don't exist.  Stop wasting your time.

No, I can't tell you whom I'm working for.

Would you, by chance, be working for the squirrels? I know that hatred runs deep between the two species.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2010, 01:26:37 pm »

I would like to know why frogman are now amphibian man.

Because theres more than one type of amphibian-men (aside from Olmmen which get their own species for some reason), just like lizardmen are now reptilemen.
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2010, 02:02:16 pm »

I would like to know why frogman are now amphibian man.

Because theres more than one type of amphibian-men (aside from Olmmen which get their own species for some reason), just like lizardmen are now reptilemen.

Actually their description directly states that they look like frogs. 'Amphibianman' sounds a lot more sinister than 'frogman' though.

Yeah, me too. I liked them because there were Ratmen in Majesty and I really liked that game, and in the expansion the Ratmen were at war against the Goblins and I always tried to help the Ratmen, because they liked to live in my sewers, so I sort of considered them my people, even though they didn't pay taxes and tended to commit a lot of crimes.
Yeah, i love Majesty too. That's a cool way to think of the ratman/goblin conflict.
Too bad they kinda messed them up for the sequel...
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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2010, 02:47:14 am »

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Re: What happened to ratmen?
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2010, 03:15:34 am »

I would like to know why frogman are now amphibian man.

Because theres more than one type of amphibian-men (aside from Olmmen which get their own species for some reason), just like lizardmen are now reptilemen.

Actually their description directly states that they look like frogs. 'Amphibianman' sounds a lot more sinister than 'frogman' though.

Yeah, me too. I liked them because there were Ratmen in Majesty and I really liked that game, and in the expansion the Ratmen were at war against the Goblins and I always tried to help the Ratmen, because they liked to live in my sewers, so I sort of considered them my people, even though they didn't pay taxes and tended to commit a lot of crimes.
Yeah, i love Majesty too. That's a cool way to think of the ratman/goblin conflict.
Too bad they kinda messed them up for the sequel...
Yes, too bad :(
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