QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Dec 30 2010, 03:42 PM)

Yeah, but they're all on the same date

Yeah, because that's the date the new boards went live. We copied them over, and the numbers are the order that they were "registered" in, which I believe follows the same order they were previously registered.
However, I don't really know the board software that well, so I could be wrong about the whole thing. I just know most of the original DR crew and the "Prime Runners" we created accounts for were all the first ones in line, so... I think they're following that order.
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Latter, the Awakened Drago. The Diablo isn't just Awakened, it's actually SURGEd.
Right, that's the one that's new. No such name is given in YotC (it's just referenced as an Awakened Drago).
I think my chief issue with it, just from what I've heard, is the implication that Aztlan has the ability not merely to force-grow 40-meter trees but to deliberately induce SURGE, and in specific manners as well.
Is there any particular reason the Sangre del Diablo would have true-breeding SURGE despite the fact that SURGE in general appears to not breed true (as noted in YotC, p30, if that were the case we should be seeing vastly expanded numbers of SURGElings from interbreeding)?
~J
SURGE was weird when it came to paranormal critters.
In metahumans (and in some instances of critters), it just resulted in seemingly random mutations. These were a one time thing, and while it's likely they pass on their genetic traits (or others, who knows?) when they have children,with the mana level dropped back down, it's hard to say.
It should be noted that SURGE can still happen, just like Goblinization. It's just incredibly rare.
With certain critters though, SRUGE manifested an entirely new species. Changlings with cat feature,s or lizard features, or a marsupial pouch aren't a new species, they're simply a mutation of whatever they were. With the critters in YotC though, the Sangre Del Diablo, the Glomoss, the Horned Bear, Demon Rat, etc... These are actually new critters. There's very little difference between Awakened and SURGE< honestly... SURGE mostly just points to how it happened initially,
The new species that emerged can breed true. In most cases, they're still rare. The only one on that list that is even a little bit common is the Glomoss.
(My original proposal was a bit longer and more in depth, which talked about the genetics of it a bit, and covered the idea of New Species vs Mutation as they relate to paranormal critters, but Lady Jestyr, Eleanor Holmes, ended up also doing a section discussing genetics of SURGE. Lady J has a degree in science that touches on genetics some (if not completely), so she ended up handling all of that, while I just got to make some fun new critters. It's a shame, I really liked my Emerald Sheep. Completely normal, mundane sheep with naturally brilliant green wool.

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And Bobby: In this instance, you are flat out wrong. As I said before, my mandate from Mike M. was "Evil, Sentient, Carnivorous Trees". The final version didn't end up completely sentient, but... The idea behind them is that they're twisted and borderline Toxic, if not outright toxic.
Bull