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Goblinization wasn't a big deal in ED (it didn't exist) which is probably what creates that difference. Nothing alienates you from society like suddenly turning into a different person that most people automatically fear and hate. That's a little different from the theme of gritty heroism in ED.
It's never stated exactly how T'skrang and co. survived during a downcycle and what happen's when the mana level is high enough to support them.
In Throal: The Dwarf Kingdom there is a scandal in which the daughter of a noble family had a child after an affair with an orkish cavalryman. Interbreeding is possible in that setting between Humans, Orks, Trolls, Elves, and Dwarfs - but there are still no half-breeds.
And no T'skrang interbreeding at all - they lay eggs.
-Frank
And no T'skrang interbreeding at all - they lay eggs.
-Frank
| QUOTE (FrankTrollman @ May 11 2007, 09:14 PM) |
| And no T'skrang interbreeding at all - they lay eggs. |
That doesn't chance the fact that they (most likely) have intercourse before.
Wee, fantasy sex.
Obsidimen don't have sex at all. They don't actually have a gender as such, and reproduce by other means. In SR terms, the closest you'd be would be a flesh-form earth spirit, and even that's not completely accurate.
Windlings have the size distance, natch.
T'skrang can, and do, have sex with beings of other species, but as mentioned above they lay eggs and there is no evidence of cross-species fertility. Further, the t'skrang have a low fertility rate, which is thought to be tied directly to the level of ambient magic.
Obsidimen don't have sex at all. They don't actually have a gender as such, and reproduce by other means. In SR terms, the closest you'd be would be a flesh-form earth spirit, and even that's not completely accurate.
Windlings have the size distance, natch.
T'skrang can, and do, have sex with beings of other species, but as mentioned above they lay eggs and there is no evidence of cross-species fertility. Further, the t'skrang have a low fertility rate, which is thought to be tied directly to the level of ambient magic.
| QUOTE (Ancient History) |
| T'skrang can, and do, have sex with beings of other species, but as mentioned above they lay eggs and there is no evidence of cross-species fertility. Further, the t'skrang have a low fertility rate, which is thought to be tied directly to the level of ambient magic. |
Okay, so just to play devil's advocate here:
If t'skrang fertility is tied to ambient magic levels, then it might be reasonable to say that they reproduce "magically", although admittedly this "magical" reproduction involves intercourse and an egg.
Thus, it may be that t'skrang are an awakened form of metahuman that requires high levels of mana to awaken, and which renders them conventionally infertile. (thus no interbreeding, and the magical reproduction)
Reptillian changelings might be expressing bits of t'skrang, but they're certainly not full-blown, and thus are missing out on some of the appearance, abilities, conventional infertility, and magical reproduction, since the mana levels just aren't high enough for that yet.
I would further say that those changelings with reptilian metahuman traits have to come from somewhere, why not t'skrang?
No one knows that they're awakened metahumans in ED, but details like that are easily enough forgotten by the masses.
Thoughts? Totally absurd?
You're pretty much right on the money. T'skrang are one of the three "magical" races of ED. They can only exist at high levels of mana. Sort of how SR doesn't yet have "true" blood elves, only elves with weird bone diseases, because mana isn't high enough for a full manifestation of the Ritual.
Odds are we won't see the development of full t'skrang and obsidimen due to magic levels being relatively stable for now.
Odds are we won't see the development of full t'skrang and obsidimen due to magic levels being relatively stable for now.
The Ritual is a whole other mess. It isn't hereditary anyway. It was always cast on new borns.
Exactly. Blood Elves are not born, they're created.
'Were'.
Sure. 
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