So humans are the elves of the setting.

I like how the male of the cat clan examples is looking at the female basitin like "I wonder how hard it'd be to climb THAT mountain?" While the female canine is looking at the male human like "Behind the barn in 10 minutes?"

Never knew about the cat clans before, interesting.

Tom forgot to mention that only Humans can use Magic without Manacrystals AnD that Basitin are muggels

asmodea said:
So humans are the elves of the setting.

I always thought that was an interesting twist to the usual fantasy races setup of having humans either be the "average in everything" race or a lower lived race. Although it wasn't until this that I found out humans live longer than basitins too, since I don't recall if basitin lifespans were ever mentioned. The comic went over keidran's shorter lifespans a lot, and it's clear basitins live longer since Laura was fairly old once Keith saw her again while Keith looked like he had only aged a little since that time so I always assumed their livespans were at least as long as humans, wasn't expecting them to be shorter.

nero_oren said:
Tom forgot to mention that only Humans can use Magic without Manacrystals AnD that Basitin are muggels

I found it odd that the differences in how the three races can use magic was not mentioned as well, considering how critical a role magic plays throughout the entire plot of the comic you would think that would have been an important point to talk about.

Basitin women with their washboard abs and wide shoulders take the cake for me :D

nero_oren said:
Tom forgot to mention that only Humans can use Magic without Manacrystals AnD that Basitin are muggels

tendotwo said:I found it odd that the differences in how the three races can use magic was not mentioned as well, considering how critical a role magic plays throughout the entire plot of the comic you would think that would have been an important point to talk about.

That one was ready included in the "magical abilities" post with Professor Raine. It even included how Keidran are often faster at using magic due to using crystals directly, where humans have to use them to recharge (though as mentioned, they don't need them.) And that Basitins might have some sort of "internal" magic. This one seems to be Civ/Bio follow up.

Doesn't look like anyone uploaded that one though... it's on the Patreon.

truegreywolf said:
Doesn't look like anyone uploaded that one though... it's on the Patreon.

Say what now?
post #2392404

I LOVE how basitins are SO serious though, not even a smile :D

I like that the female canine is giving the eye to the human male

The human dude and the wolf girl checking each other out. Nice.

Absolutely LOVE the world-building and stories!
Slowly-but-surely adding all the IRL tomes to my library, 'cause it's fun to support your favorite artists/writers too!

Thank You!

iago1 said:
Say what now?
post #2392404

I stand pleasently corrected!

wselfwulf said:
I like that the female canine is giving the eye to the human male

s1mpleone2 said:
The human dude and the wolf girl checking each other out. Nice.

Pft. Vanilla. I find the cat checking out the Basitin Far more amusing.

Foxes aren't canines.

newdeal1933 said:
Foxes aren't canines.

They are

newdeal1933 said:
Foxes aren't canines.

tommy423 said:
They are

I actually went to look this up, because I knew Foxes were canids, but wasn't sure if they were canines (canine is a subcategory of canid, so all canines are canids, but not necessarily every canid is a canine)
Turns out, there are 3 subgroups of canid, and 2 of them are extinct, meaning that all living canids are canines by default

However, using this same logic, tigers, lions, and leopards are not felines (though cheetahs and cougers are) as they are in the subfamily pantherinae and not felinae

taxonomic hierarch of foxes just so it's clear:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Vulpes
Species: V. vulpes

No matter what race, gender, or size, Tom always draws his characters cute af