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hahnsoo
post Feb 28 2005, 07:28 PM
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Well, it specifically states that they can only transform into an almost-human appearance and continues from that point onwards to describe their appearance as humanoid, not human. How can metahuman be defined as a specific race? It is the same type of catch-group term as humanoid is. We can only say it looks somewhat like a human, so do orks, dwarves, and elves. Tall, thin, pointy ears, bit odd around the eyes; fox 'shifter or elf, from that description alone?

*sighs* I'm tempted to play Earthdawn again, after this long-winded thread. The term "Namegiver" comes to mind, and was pretty unambiguous.

Shapeshifters are no more metahuman (no Human DNA) than Sasquatches. I think Metahuman only applies to a subset of beings who can all breed with each other in the Homo Sapiens species.
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post Mar 1 2005, 02:08 AM
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I'm sure I posted it earlier, but don't plan going looking for the post.

Read SR Companion, it uses human form exclusively, not metahuman form. Thr preceding section, dealing with ghouls, uses the term metahuman. I think they made a distinction between human and metahuman for a reason. IMO, it means they can only shapechange between human form, not any metahuman form, and their animal form.

The info in Critters where they don't even want to commit to human but use humanoid extensively, leads me to believe they do not become human but only take on human humanoid form.

Sex with humans, yes. Breed with humans, no. And If you disagree, fine. There was about a 300 post thread about this previousely, and I would rather pound nails into my head than get into a similar argument.
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