Poster: Felgar at 8/14/2005 11:14:58 PM PDT
Subject: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomish. |
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Taurens should be allowed to become priests. Their culture is a highly spiritual one. Comparisons can be made to Nightelf society. If Nightelf priests can worship Elune the Moon Goddess, then Taurens should allowed to have priests that worship the Earth Mother.
Shamans do not worship the Earth Mother. They befriend the elemental spirits that exists in nature. Priests would still have a role in Tauren society that is not replaced by shamans.
Alliances currently have 3 races that can become priests. That means they have more racial priest spells to choose from. Adding one more priest class to the horde side would even out this imbalance.
Gnomes can't be priests because they are godless, vile creatures who stink of machine lubricant.
Humans should be allowed to roll Hunters if taurens get priests.
It's spelled "ridiculous", not "rediculous."
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 2:58:46 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomi |
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Well, actually, according to the lore (game manual):
Hamuul (Runetotem, the archdruid in Thunder Bluff) befriended the might night elf Malfurion Stormrage during the recent invasion of the Burning Legion. The great druid taught Hamuul many secrets of the wild and blessed him with the touch of nature. Since that time, Hamuul has become an honored member of the...Cenarion Circle, and is recognized as the first tauren druid in nearly twenty generations.
The head druid of the night elves taught the (future) head druid of the tauren, not Cenarius, who was Malfurion's shan'do (teacher) of the ways of the druid. The bolding was mine. It makes me curious deeper into the lore now. Twenty generations? Does that mean there were tauren druids before perhaps? Malfurion was the first ever night elf druid according to the lore. At least that's the impression I've gotten from the reading I've done into the game (site, books, etc).
(Post edited for spelling errors)
If you're curious about this, I suggest you go to Hamuul's tent on Elder Rise and read the hanging scrolls there. It describes the birth of Cenarius, and more or less explains that Night Elves were not necessarily the first Druids... ;)
- Caydiem -
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 3:47:38 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomish. |
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Ok kinda off topic but something I've never understood. Azeroth is supposed to be a completly seperate world from our planet right? I think a dev said that once to get around something impossible, so why would they call something "The Earth Mother" or an Earth Totem?
The word Earth in this refers to the ground so wouldn't it be called the Azeroth Mother and an Azeroth Totem?
How would they even know what the Earth is considering it's a completly diffrent planet?
The word "earth" is not just used as a planetary name. Specifically:
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Main Entry: 1earth
Pronunciation: '&rth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda earth, Greek era
1 : the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially : cultivable soil
2 : the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life -- compare HEAVEN, HELL
3 a : areas of land as distinguished from sea and air b : the solid footing formed of soil : GROUND
So you see, the "Earth Mother" refers to the living, growing world rooted in the soil from which we live and to which we return.
- Caydiem -
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 3:59:12 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomi |
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How about adding Blood Elves as a Horde Race and some Cenarion Taurens as an Alliance race.
...I already am a Tauren allied with the Cenarion Circle, thank you very much. :P
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 4:02:47 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomi |
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<chuckles>
Aye but you're also from Thunderbluff ;P
My point is that "Cenarion Tauren" exist (though I wouldn't use that precise terminology), and there's a reason Tauren aren't with the Alliance. This "new race" proposal would probably incense a good portion of the Tauren Druids that already exist and basically follow those ideals already, if you follow me.
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 4:02:47 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomi *edited post* |
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<chuckles>
Aye but you're also from Thunderbluff ;P
My point is that "Cenarion Tauren" exist (though I wouldn't use that precise terminology), and there's a reason Tauren aren't with the Alliance. This "new race" proposal would probably incense a good portion of the Tauren Druids that already exist and basically follow those ideals already, if you follow me.
- Caydiem -
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 4:29:58 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomish. |
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I guess I didn't make point clearly. I'm not trying to argue semantics, I'm trying to argue word origin. These people are from an entire diffrent planet where there is no Middle or Old English to derive thier laguage from. The reason the fragements of the globe or the opposite of the sea are called earth is beacuse that is what we have named our world.
These people come from a world that is entirely diffrent with an entirely diffrent history, they would not call the ground earth beacuse the word has no meaning to them.
It would be like an alien civilization on another planet calling ground vibration earthquakes. To them the word earth has no meaning.
So unless I see a Azeroth Alliance New Edition Dictonary with the word earth in it with its creation date and origin I'm not going to buy it.
This is a selective argument. All the NPCs speak English even though they're technically speaking Common, Orcish, or any one of a number of languages -- it's translated, in a sense, because we as players naturally speak none of these languages. Since the name "Earth Mother" is a descriptive term, it's only logical that it's "translated" in order for us to understand the meaning at its heart.
- Caydiem -
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Poster: Caydiem at 8/15/2005 4:30:35 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Tauren priests make more sense than gnomi |
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Somebody needs to draw a picture of that.
http://artpad.art.com/?ilaehnum3m8
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