(06-18-2015, 02:26 PM)Flickering Ember Wrote: Himaa
For reasons unknown, one out of every three pregnancies amongst the Himaa result in twins. As a result, over half the tribe's members have a doppelganger. This can prove an advantage during attacks, as it confuses the enemy into believing the dead have risen.
So, someone on tumblr was thinking of rolling this tribe if they could find someone else to play a twin with them. I am going to paraphrase what I said on tumblr here which is basically that I believe this tribe would still be interesting to play even without a twin.
There is a chance for inner drama here, presumably. Much of the tribe's identity and combat strategies lie in its natural born twins. Even though only one out of three births result in twins, the fact that two children are produced a time result in roughly 67% of the tribe's population to be twins.
Imagine then that if a large chunk of the tribe is a twin, a lot of the tribe's identity comes from its population of twins, and their fighting strategy rest as well with twins....
What does that mean for any tribe of men or women who are not twins?
Perhaps they have an inferiority complex. They don't have a twin, therefore they are not as valued in combat. The culture of the tribe probably draws upon twins as well, resulting in the twin-less having an existential crisis.
I'm probably going with this tribe too, though I'm on the fence as to whether my character would have a twin or not. Like you say though, I don't think you specifically need another player to roll the twin, though it would certainly be interesting. There's no reason you can't have fun with this one alone or as someone whose twin is basically an NPC in the background.
That said, totally open to working with someone who wants a twin. >.>
