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Marine Doge

Marine Doge

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Follow-up:
Do gods lose racial abilities and advantages on ascension?
I.E. Would an ascended icyene still possess that holy blast we saw Safalaan do in Legacy of Seergaze, would an ascended chthonian keep their capability to devour and mutate, would an ascended vampyre retain their ability to instinctively dodge. Basically are ascended humans still gonna be weaker than ascended magical races of the same tier, really.
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13-Dec-2017 05:41:28 - Last edited on 14-Dec-2017 06:56:35 by Marine Doge

Marine Doge

Marine Doge

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Is Zamorak generally a better shapeshifter than the other gods?
Mahjarrat are already natural shapeshifters, and then gods gain varying ability to shapeshift upon ascension - since Zamorak already had the ability, would it just have improved when he ascended to godhood?
Bonus question, what's stopping ZimZam from shapeshifting his wings back for the time being?
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13-Dec-2017 05:43:10 - Last edited on 14-Dec-2017 06:56:46 by Marine Doge

Rondstat

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Hey, neato. Hope this question doesn't end up too buried in the thread.

The Skulls are a bit of an enigma in Runescape.

Stolen Hearts establishes that this gang was founded by Khnum in Draynor, after he was sacked from the palace guard following Ozan's teenage exploits - at the very most, 20 years ago.

Player Owned Ports reaffirms these are the same Skulls operating in the Wushankos - originating in Draynor, and now operating slavers throughout the isles (this is explicitly confirmed in Ling's dialogue).

But Tales of the Arc shows us a pirate organization that's had a long presence in the east, that was already very well established, and feared, when Cora and Gully were 'kids,' and has operated for around a century (if not longer).

So-
just where do the Skulls come from?
Are they some old Wushanko outfit that went defunct a few decades ago, before Khnum came across their standard and claimed it as his own idea? Are they a secret society, with Khnum clandestinely reporting to some shadowy entity in the far east? Did the same idea just happen to pop up two places at once?

Thanks!

13-Dec-2017 07:14:02 - Last edited on 13-Dec-2017 07:28:03 by Rondstat

Rondstat

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And another one for fun. Regarding Endgame~

Myself and some other lorehounds were certain that, when Jas referenced her 'agent,' she was indicating the Catalyst, but most players seem to believe her agent was Sliske. Did you guys intend a particular meaning for this bit of dialogue, or was it deliberately written to be vague and open to interpretation?

13-Dec-2017 07:18:31

Rondstat

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And another, more open-ended one.

Before he left Jagex, John Ayliff revealed that the team had originally envisioned a very different trajectory for the 6th Age, with better defined moral axes for the various god factions (including outright villainy) and a different thematic motif.

Now that the first major chapter of the 6th Age has been concluded - what were some of these alternate paths you considered? Who were the heroes, who were the villains, what were the quests, what would Gielinor have looked like if you decided to go another way after The World Wakes?

13-Dec-2017 07:26:02

MystLunaris

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Rondstat said :
And another one for fun. Regarding Endgame~

Myself and some other lorehounds were certain that, when Jas referenced her 'agent,' she was indicating the Catalyst, but most players seem to believe her agent was Sliske. Did you guys intend a particular meaning for this bit of dialogue, or was it deliberately written to be vague and open to interpretation?


I know the mods have answered a question about Sliske's interaction with Jas before and although I don't remember where it is or what it said, they did confirm that Sliske was working with Jas.
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13-Dec-2017 09:13:17

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