Tweak the race descriptions of orcs and goblins #2478
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There was some questionable wording which could be easily misunderstood.
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Feb 11, 2018
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| @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ The eastern provinces of Wesnoth, known as the Clan Homelands, have a geography | |||
| male_name= _ "race^Orc" | |||
| female_name= _ "race+female^Orc" | |||
| plural_name= _ "race^Orcs" | |||
| description= _"In appearance, orcs are half men and half beasts. They are taller, sturdier and stronger than humans. They are warlike, savage, and cruel by nature. Their blood is darker and thicker than that of normal humans and they have little care for personal hygiene or their personal appearance. Although Orcs are violent even among themselves, they are pack-oriented; an orc never travels long or lives in groups smaller than half a dozen. | |||
| description= _"In appearance, orcs resemble humans but with some bestial features. They are taller, sturdier and stronger than humans. They are warlike, savage, and cruel by nature. Their blood is darker and thicker than that of humans, and they have little care for personal hygiene or their personal appearance. Although Orcs are violent even among themselves, they are pack-oriented; an orc never travels long or lives in groups smaller than half a dozen. | |||
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"never travels long" sounds wrong to me, "never travels long distances" or "never travels alone" both sound better
Edit: will repost this comment in the PR
Edit2: oh good, it's already appeared in the PR :)
This was probably originally a typo that no-one spotted.
@ln-zookeeper is quite attached to "true", and while I'm not entirely happy with it myself, it's not as misleading as the "half-orcs" reference that I changed.
This makes a paragraph of common text for both orcs and goblins
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What do you think about removing the part about litters? It implies they have rows of nipples, makes them less humanoid. They can still have high fertility rates without litters. There is also a spelling mistake:
of -> or |
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I don't really have a problem with the litters part? I don't think it requires them to be less humanoid, either. |
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What does it add, aside from weirdness? |
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There was some questionable wording which could be easily misunderstood.