Executive Summary from today's Delsaurian Discussion!
NOTE! Summaries like this NEVER give the full picture. Inevitably, context and details are lost. Still, we wanted to do our best to give an impression of what was talked about. It was a lot of fun! Thank you to everyone who joined!
Talked about what unique elements the Delsaurians bring to the SARP ‘table’. Lizards, desert-dwellers, carry heat generators. Traders.
Wes shared their ancient IRL history; made in 6th grade with a friend, used triangular ship designs, were an ancient empire that fought with humans.
Raz wrote: They're like little lizard bros. Kind of akin to the disgusting Rixxikor except less nasty but rather cool and chill. Influenced by the Nepleslian empire they're part of, they're basically "I just wanted to grill" personified.
We read this line in their history: “This means that the normal elitist society mentality doesn't fit them, with most of their people respecting those who work the hardest and ensure everyone makes money, rather than simply the richest or the best at speaking.”
Wes did not recognize this content, and it was theorized that Legix wrote it. We debated this aspect of Delsaurian culture and capitalism.
Wes shared a piece of Delsaurian art that we’ll try to get up on the page.
We talked some more about Delsaurian history, how they were defeated and forced back to their planet.
Rax wrote: They seem like they should have a very gritty post-apocalyptic or cyberpunk flavored economic theory. Where they just barter stuff. Everyone's working but they aren't doing it with much forethought about what comes next. They're focused on the moment and living well. Oldest version of their article available says "Historically, the Delsaurians were a major power and became an early enemy of humans but were defeated by them in a devestating war." So this tracks.
Wes NOTES -- Delsaurians were invented by me and my friend Galen in 6th grade -- Previously they were a major threat to Nepleslia/Uesureya -- They were defeated and took a long time to recover -- Unique triangle shaped ships -- Tough species -- Colonization to other places (Koenic, etc)
In discussing why Delsaurians weren’t terribly popular, it was discussed that there is a general lack of Nep players right now, and perhaps players in general. The Delsaurians seem ‘trapped in Nepleslia’. We discussed the possibility of bringing them into Yamatai, a recurring theme in the call.
Wes likened them to Krogans. Hollander did not see the similarities. Yuuki pointed out that they make good booze (the Delsaurians).
Raz: Re: not being played. Off what Wes was saying, Nepleslia has a recent push for so-called "mutants." So the SARP Originals™ like Delsaurians get no attention due to mutants having been revised to be a catch-all that the current GMs refer players to before Delsaurians.
@Wes I had the same problem with Weremole. He never finished a paid for Kudhacari.
We talked about the Cool-dhacari (haha) for a bit.
Discussed a desire to continue to establish the Delsaurians in the Koenic system, which the lizard Qel’Norans used to rule. Resurgence going to Koenic at some point.
Raz: It's probably important to make Koenic depicted as being acclimated to Delsaurian physiology. As I recall, their ships are all warm and humid like a lizard terrarium.
In discussing how to get more people to play Delsaurians, Wes proposed: --We need badass characters who are examples of Delsaurian awesomeness
Hollander posited that maybe people don’t want to play Delsaurians because, for some, traits like Short and Stocky aren’t as preferred as Tall and Strong. Yuuki said “Remember the Shukaren Daur are short and people love playing them”. Raz said “I've always felt the Delsaurians are actually huge despite their art. "Stocky" doesn't mean 3ft tall.”
Wide Putin was posted.
We discussed their max height, Hollander realized he’d missed some text in Physiology that they could be up to 7 damn feet tall.
We talked about updating the Nepleslian Imperium main page to accommodate Delsaurians. Ended up deciding something like ‘aliens’ instead. Talked about Skully, and getting his input.
Talked about the importance of the triangle and its iconography.
Do Delsaurians have a senator in Nepleslia? Would they in Yamatai?
Talked about the Koenic system being Yamataian or not. Wes has plans ultimately, so we’ll keep things vague about Koenic. Extensive talk about systems being within Yamatai territory but not being members, and how systems become members.
Talked about the Delsaurian Pillow, no one was terribly interested in updating the article.
Are Delsaurians fremen? (dune reference)
Wes and group discussed the importance of a Character Creation Guide. He volunteered to create it.
Air Admiral joined and we brought them up to speed.
Hollander asked for final thoughts and emphasis. Raz said “Make sure you make them chill bros”. Hollander was hesitant, but agreed.
We then talked about which articles to update next. Hollander suggested the I’ee and the Azoreans. The Mishu were brought up. Hollander was hesitant, “The Mishu are a tall order”. The Hidden Sun Clan were also brought up. Ultimately the Mishu were considered the most important to update.
Reiterated the importance of the upcoming International Relations Conference. Do folks have plots? Do we have a planning thread?
Also, decided that Delsaurians should NOT be extreme capitalists like Kuvexians.
Hollander will update the Nepleslia member species page, Delsaurian Dusk, the main Delsaurian page, and he'll team up with Wes on figuring out their ancient history.