Just a little disclosure, I did post this to the official WoW general discussion forum and it instantly got buried under a bunch of threads so I'm gonna try my luck here.
So here’s something I threw together for fun. Feel free to add any ideas you have, obviously this is a work-in-progress so some areas could use some fleshing out.
The Awakened – Harvest Golem playable race concept
Backstory:
Upon traveling through Westfall, Arcane mage Loew Dustwood discovered an ancient lost scroll. He was unsure of what it was capable of until he came into a contact with the local harvest golems. The scroll began to send out sparks and arcs of lightning to everything around it. This energy manifested into the golems and gave them the miraculous spark of life.
These Golems gathered together and called themselves “The Awakened.” Some chose to remain with the Alliance with Loew while others denounced the mage and took sides with the Horde.
The golems source of faith comes from the Spark-Scroll, the artifact that led to the birth of the Awakened. Being Awakened means to carve out your own purpose in life using your intellect and reasoning. You’ve been given a new awareness to the world and you’re free to meet out any destiny you see fit...
Possible racial ideas:
-Automatons resolve: Fear affects shorted by 15%.
-Shredding claws: Melee attacks have a chance of ripping the target, causing them to bleed for X amount every 2 seconds for 6 seconds.
-Golem body – All damage reduced 1%.
-Overclock: Run 50% faster for 8 seconds, afterwards you are slowed 25% for 4 seconds.
-Awaken: Enlighten another player, increasing their base stats for 1% for 10 minutes.
-Harvester: Chance of gathering extra resources for professions.
Racial mount ideas: Tractor or possible worgen-like racial were the golem goes into a “travel mode.”
Available classes: Warrior, Priest, Paladin, Rogue, Hunter, Mage, Warlock, Monk.
Faction leader: Prag, The free thinker. Prag was the first Awakened. One of the only golems who is truly neutral and doesn’t wish to get into horde/alliance struggles. He travels around Azeroth healing travelers he comes across with his priestly abilities.
Name ideas: Gear, Pivot, Cog, Crank, Gasket, etc.
Dance: The robot or the square dance.
Race Psychology/Personality: Even though Awakened have diverse personalities like other mortal races, in general, being an Awakened is this careful balance between being down-to-earth and agreeable versus being distant and cold. Some Awakened take their new-found will and assimilate into contemporary society, while others keep their distance and wander aimlessly across the world. However, more often than not The Awakened are the definition of "Westfall hospitality" and can be a friend that can last forever, literally.
In short, everything you would see in a classic western, that's the style of the Harvest Golems.
Emote ideas: (Some left blank, this is a work in progress afterall…)
/Attacktarget: “Shred them!” “Engage!” “Safety restrictions offline.”
/Bye: “Safe travels.” “Keep your claws sharp.”
/Charge: “Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!” “Deleting first law…”
/Cheer: “Yee-haw!”
/Congratulate:
/Flee: “Cannot engage.” “I’m out.”
/Flirt: “Wanna screw?”
/Followme: “Stay close.”
/Healme: “I need repairs!” “Maintenance needed!”
/Hello: “Greetings.” “Howdy.”
/Helpme: “Requesting backup!”
/Incoming: “Hostiles detected.”
/No: “Ask me in a year.” “No.”
/Nod: “Affirmative.” “Eeeeeyup.” “Darn tootin”
/Oom: “Out of mana!” “Running low on fuel!”
/Openfire: “Strike now!”
/Rasp: (Holds up 3 clawed hand) “Read between the lines.”
/silly: “What do we golems wear when it’s cold out? A har-vest! Get it? Guys…”
“Don’t ask me how I can eat and drink, I don’t get it either…”
“You might of grew up in Westfall if cutting grass leads to finding lost loot.”
“You might of grew up in Westfall if you consider dirt and coyote tails gourmet food.”
/Thank:
/Train: (Steam pipe pops out of body and bellows smoke.) Woo woo!
/Wait: “Hold up.”
/Welcome:
Anyways I hope some of you get a kick out of this. I do have some some concept sketches but can't post them cause I'm new.