Charr Roleplay Questions
I know there are a ton more questions I’m forgetting to ask, this is all they came to mind right now, sorry in advance…
the surprised emote makes the charr look dexterous. purring i would assume they do (tigers and lions do purr right? if so then most defently charr would be able to also) no clue about the second set of ears though
I’m not really talking agility wise, their fingers look like solid claws, or is they just poor design?
Charr are more in line of a lion or tiger, which both purr. But know that they don’t “purr” like housecats, not lions atleast. It’s more of a soft growl.
As a RPer myself, I usually put “growls softly/lets out a content growl/a growling purr” than use “purr” alone, just to avoid giving the imagine that my charr would sound like a housecat when he purrs.
About hearing, it’s true that charr has trouble hearing humans which makes for great RP. Other than that, yes, charr most likely can hear certain things very well. I wouldn’t go so far as to hear their own race’s whisper from quite a distance, but more things for survival. I always pictured that sneaking at or trying to ambush a charr is tougher than doing it on the other 4 races.
About the hearing…. Then the poor female charr (player character voice) wont be Heard as she has a very soft and neutral voice – not charr-y at all IMO. Many NPC female Charr have far better choices for voices.
Kima & Co
I’m not really talking agility wise, their fingers look like solid claws, or is they just poor design?
They can retract their claws, they just don’t in-game. (Know this from reading the Guild Wars books, the charr characters constantly retract their claws etc.)
The Legion Calls
Cats do fine without tails. So they wouldn’t be “imbalanced” without one. They just happen to have “more balance” with it. Which means that a tail-less charr would have similar balancing issues as any tail-less humanoid. So by human standards, they are at no balance disadvantage because they can extend their arms to shift weight in order to maintain balance. But by charr standards, they would be at a disadvantage because having a tail negates the need to extend their arms in order to shift weight while maintaining balance.
Cats do fine without tails. So they wouldn’t be “imbalanced” without one. They just happen to have “more balance” with it. Which means that a tail-less charr would have similar balancing issues as any tail-less humanoid. So by human standards, they are at no balance disadvantage because they can extend their arms to shift weight in order to maintain balance. But by charr standards, they would be at a disadvantage because having a tail negates the need to extend their arms in order to shift weight while maintaining balance.
I would hazard that they would have difficulty standing upright without a tail. Perhaps something that could be somewhat overcome with practice, but a normal cat gets over it easier because they are always on all four. Balancing on two legs is hard, let alone moving on them, and the charr body plan looks front heavy without a tail to act as counterweight.
Big cats, like Lions, Tigers, etc, can purr, but only when exhaling. Other cats, like the Cougar, Lynx, common housecat, etc, can purr both exhaling and inhaling. Conversely, the latter group cannot roar. They can scream, they can howl, they can growl but are not capable of actually roaring. Incidentally, ever hear a cougar go meow? Absolutely hilarious. However, given our Charr can roar (/threaten), they probably have a setup more along the lines of the big cats, and would probably only be capable of purring on the exhale.
As for dexterity, retractable claws. I personally find it a little odd they are modeled as always exposed, though. One would expect they would be protectively sheathed most of the time.
Additional behaviour from lore: Charr suffer from a compulsive, instinctual need to shake off water once they get onto land, like how a dog shakes off water. At least, this was a behavioural point that was constantly, constantly referenced in the Sea of Sorrows book.
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I would hazard that they would have difficulty standing upright without a tail. Perhaps something that could be somewhat overcome with practice, but a normal cat gets over it easier because they are always on all four. Balancing on two legs is hard, let alone moving on them, and the charr body plan looks front heavy without a tail to act as counterweight.
This implies that the tail would have similar mass as their “front heaviness”. But looking at how little mass the tail actually has means the charr would only stand slightly taller in order to compensate. If they are needed to compendate in that fashion at all. Compare their tail ratio to animals that we know used them in that fashion. Two legged lizards/T-rex/etc. The tails have greater mass compared to their body and they extend stiffly outward to work as leverage. Charr, on the other hand, have highly flexible tails that easily shift back and forth indicating that it’s use balances sideways. Not backwards.
1. If you sleep in game, you do in fact “purr”.
2. Charr are pretty dexterous. Their claws are retractable (in game obviously there were limitations) and seeing as charr has a legion devoted to engineering, with some of those engineers being bomb makers, they are pretty dextrous.
3. From their pose, I would say so. Seems like they would otherwise have to be perfectly straight just to stand up at all.
4. Based on what Ember Doomforge states. Charr hearing and smell is not extremely acute.Their ears do in fact pick up different frequencies of sound. This is one theory as to why human speed annoys a lot of Charr.
That is everything I know from the books and every bit of charr lore I’ve picked up in game. Hope it helps.
As the title suggest I’m curious to a few things related to charr and role playing them properly.
Do charr purr if content? Maybe in their sleep, or during intimacy?
How dexterous are charr really? Those claws don’t look it, but that’s just the model I have to go on.
Are they similar to house cats/most felines that the tail is essential for balance?
How acute is their hearing with the two sets of ears? I read one set detects high sounds and the other low while human speech is in between, making it sorta garbled.
I’m an avid role player and I try to do my research before diving into role play but I feel as though my charr tidbits are sadly lacking to add flavor to them.