Having thicker soles may well be a selection criterion. Thin-soled elves might be bred out of the population as a result of being less successful providers.Nerevar-as wrote...
So evolution in Thedas follows Lamark rules? Really interesting.
From now on Zevran will only wear a boot on his right foot.The Teryn of Whatever wrote...
syllogi wrote...
Does DA2 retcon Zevran's boots?
He is half-Dalish on his mother's side and was raised as a City Elf. Why would he be barefoot?
Modifié par DreGregoire, 31 janvier 2013 - 11:06 .
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
just as children today have larger thumbs than children did 50 years ago (as they exercise their thumbs more through the use of electronic devices, so they grow more).
Modifié par Blue Gloves, 31 janvier 2013 - 11:30 .
In fact, the very suggestion that it might relies on what I think is an ill-conceived definition of "nature".DreGregoire wrote...
I don't really agree that elves not wearing shoes shows that they are remaining one with nature.
The Teryn of Whatever wrote...
syllogi wrote...
Does DA2 retcon Zevran's boots?
He is half-Dalish on his mother's side and was raised as a City Elf. Why would he be barefoot? For that matter why is Fenris? Merrill gets a pass just on account of the whole "people of the forest" trope. I don't even remember if the other Dalish in DA2 had boots or not.
Also, it's only a retcon if they went back and outright said that in DA:O Zevran never wore boots. Retcon= retroactive continuity, but I assume you already knew that.
Modifié par syllogi, 31 janvier 2013 - 11:40 .
Anything that influences the likelihood or frequency of breeding is an evolutionary criterion.Nerevar-as wrote...
I doubt thicker feet soles make for an evolution criteria.
And now I'm picturing the Dalish as a race of wandering nudists.syllogi wrote...
Dalish elves wear armor, and somehow they aren't less connected to nature.
Is that a bad thing? That sounds like a good thing.Addai67 wrote...
And now I'm picturing the Dalish as a race of wandering nudists.syllogi wrote...
Dalish elves wear armor, and somehow they aren't less connected to nature.
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Do the Dalish also have a special connection to snow in the winter?Chris Priestly wrote...
I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.
Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.
Lenimph wrote...
It really only makes sense for Dalish elfs in my opinion. It was just stupid otherwise.
That makes no sense.Chris Priestly wrote...
I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.
Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.
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You can take away their freedom... but you can't take away their - no shoes outfit?Chris Priestly wrote...
Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.
andar91 wrote...
God, I hated this. I realize it's easy to miss, but it's just so silly.
Sylvius the Mad wrote...
Anything that influences the likelihood or frequency of breeding is an evolutionary criterion.Nerevar-as wrote...
I doubt thicker feet soles make for an evolution criteria.
Chris Priestly wrote...
I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.
Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.
Melca36 wrote...
Chris Priestly wrote...
I quite liked them walking barefoot. I felt (and this is my opinion, I've never asked a designer) that it was because they were such a "nature" race. Wanting to be so intouch with nature, the idea of wearing shoes would seperate them from the earth they loved, so they go barefoot. And after generations as well as being raised that way from childbirth, their soles are basically as thick as boots anyways.
Even city elves continued to wear no boots as a lingering vestige of their ties to their past, one of the few things that couldn't be taken away from them.
But Tallis had boots or was that sanctioned by the Qun?
BigBad wrote...
I dunno. I felt that it lent Fenris a certain levity that he ordinarily did not possess. I mean, every time I saw him stride across a battlefield, wielding that giant sword with those skinny arms, wearing very nice armor everywhere except his feet and totally not worried about stepping on anything sharp or poisoned or caustic, I couldn't help but laugh.
As for Merril, well ... girl's not all there, you know? Lights are on, but nobody's home.
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