>- Races. It seems that not enough folks out there, roleplay
>their race, or believe that roleplaying their race consists of
>an above-mentioned funny accent. Predjudices, food choices,
>clothing choices, fears, racial superiority, emoted quirks,
>etc, can all make a race seem more believable. Often times,
>races are just humans wearing funny masks, if that.
>
>

Playing a Felar or Arial should open up a whole wide range of physical actions that could be done to distinguish you from the usual humanoid character. I've seen most felars that I've interacted with make at least some attempt at this...such as twitching their tails, purring, curling up to sleep, sharpening their claws, etc.

But I haven't seen a lot of this kind of thing from most Arials I've interacted with. In fact I ususally can't tell that an Arial is an Arial without looking at their description. The only Arial I ever saw do anything like this was Kalmah, and I always liked it. Although he played the part of an Arial that was not full-blooded and therefore didn't have a beak, he used his wings a lot in roleplay. It always impressed me when he did that. Things like "Kalmah slows the beating of his wings and settles gracefully to the ground" or "Kalmah walks haltingly towards you" Then he would say something about not being used to walking on the ground because he preferred flying. There may be other Arials out there that do these kinds of things, but he is the only one I was ever priveleged to see do it.