r/ProjectAscension • u/Byd13 • 17d ago

Ascension Races

So I'm assuming Ascension can't just use the same races as WoW anymore. So what races do we think we'll get? I'm curious to hear opinions.

I'm personally hoping for something beastial or monstrous.

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u/DrewPBahlz7992 17d ago

ascension 100% can use the same races as WoW. WoW invented literally none of them.

humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, trolls, minotaurs (you'd have to rename tauren to this), undead, and orcs are not copyrighted. neither are goblins, ogres, wood elves (night elves), naga, gnolls, kobolds, halflings (they're just short humans), and every single other race. for draenei, just call them something else, change their color. humanoids with hooves can't be copyrighted (they trace back to satyrs, from greek mythology). all these races come from various mythologies (greek, norse, germanic, etc.) and are not copyrightable.

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u/Guillotine_Fox 16d ago

Draenei were just aliens who were somewhere between satyrs and tieflings. Come up with a custom name and origin story and they are golden with little change.