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RE: Half Breeds? - Mercurias - 03-09-2015

It's been described as possible, but rare.

One day, I'm going to play short hyur with a cute face and the reddest skin I can and say his mother was a Roegadyn and his father a Lalafell. 

That's...That's kind of the only way I see that kind of hybrid being conceived. >.>

RE: Half Breeds? - Qhora Bajihri - 03-09-2015

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There. Play your halfbreeds to your heart's content.

RE: Half Breeds? - Zyrusticae - 03-09-2015

(03-06-2015, 10:55 AM)kotori birdsong Wrote: Sterility is often attributed to the different number of chromosomes the two species have, for example donkeys have 62 chromosomes, while horses have 64 chromosomes, and mules and hinnies have 63 chromosomes.
And all the "Races of Man" have the exact same number of chromosomes, making this an entirely moot point.

Haha, no, I don't know that for a fact, but I really doubt they even thought it through to that level of detail. Either way, it's mostly an irrelevant point because very few of us will RP cross-breeds when there's no way to represent them in-game and even fewer of those will try to breed.

RE: Half Breeds? - Sarangerel Qestir - 03-10-2015

(03-09-2015, 02:13 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:
(03-06-2015, 10:55 AM)kotori birdsong Wrote: Sterility is often attributed to the different number of chromosomes the two species have, for example donkeys have 62 chromosomes, while horses have 64 chromosomes, and mules and hinnies have 63 chromosomes.
And all the "Races of Man" have the exact same number of chromosomes, making this an entirely moot point.

Haha, no, I don't know that for a fact, but I really doubt they even thought it through to that level of detail. Either way, it's mostly an irrelevant point because very few of us will RP cross-breeds when there's no way to represent them in-game and even fewer of those will try to breed.
That's true. It is a pretty moot point and genetic messups happen all the time anyways so if anyone chooses to have one, it's probably going to be achievable in other ways. I just have a hard time seeing Midlanders being related immediately to a race that still has an enhanced olfactory gland, tail, vertical pupils, etc. or a race that's 3 ft tall. It sort of denotes whatever shared ancestor they had was thousands and thousands and thousands of years ago-- or I guess, magic. 

There are tons of people to roleplay crossbreeds, even without the ability to represent them in game. Midlander/Highlander is most popular, there's Seeker/Keeper, definitely some Wildwood/Duskwight, and possibly Hellsguard/Seawolf. I know at least one Plainsfolk/Duskfolk, and then some Miqo'te/Hyur, Elezen/Hyur, and so on. That first one is pretty popular.

RE: Half Breeds? - Warren Castille - 03-10-2015

(03-09-2015, 02:13 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote: Either way, it's mostly an irrelevant point because very few of us will RP cross-breeds when there's no way to represent them in-game and even fewer of those will try to breed.

...are we talking the same community here? There's been double-secret Garleans, voidsent and Au Ra since we've known about these things. Hell, there's already people playing crossbreeds.

RE: Half Breeds? - Naunet - 03-10-2015

(03-10-2015, 11:13 AM)kotori birdsong Wrote: It sort of denotes whatever shared ancestor they had was thousands and thousands and thousands of years ago-- or I guess, magic.

Well yes, of course. What's wrong with having a common ancestor of hundreds of thousands of years ago?

That everyone not beast tribe is a "son of Man" suggests some sort of shared ancestry.

RE: Half Breeds? - Gaspard - 03-10-2015

If there was a shared ancestor, another thing comes to mind that I find even more fascinating;

Given the very specific ratial traits and how evolution works, it'd suggest that the ancestor race slept with something akin to giant-dogs to produce roegadyns, lions/tigers to produce Miqo'te and.. heck, I guess potatoes to create Lalafell.

Or;

The ancestor race combined ALL race traits (lol tailed hyurmiqolaladyn) And genetically each race kept dropping specific traits due to them becoming pointless in whatever life situation they existed in.

AND;

It also means you might have to hyurs breed and if there's a teeny bit of Miqo or roe in the family tree..well the offspring could be way bigger then supposed to and blue skinned.


Each are hilarious options

RE: Half Breeds? - Naunet - 03-10-2015

That's, uh, not how common ancestry works.

RE: Half Breeds? - Gaspard - 03-10-2015

..dang. Oh well. Just went by some of that evolutionary stuff I heard off, thought it'd apply in similar fashion

RE: Half Breeds? - myahele - 04-19-2015

I am currently leveling an alt and I am now at the point where you're called into Waking Sands for the 1st time.

While chatting with other npcs I ran across Arenvald, as Ala Mhigan. He also has the echo (had that dream with Hydaelyn) and he and his companions refer to himself as a Garlean half-breed

It's very vague, but it seems like his father was a pure-blooded Garlean and may not have been a mere soldier from a conquered nation. It's also emphasized that he's a half-breed.

We know mixed race children are possible and are highly frowned upon. And based on his story, he was frowned upon as a child and his mother eventually abandoned him.

From what little we know of pure-blooded Garleans, their males pretty much look like highlanders are typically blond and they have a "3rd eye". Due to his hair style it's not known if he has that 3rd eye, and it doesn't help that most Highlanders originate from Ala Mhigo as well.

A shame he doesn't have a role in the plot, his story is very interesting and tragic.

RE: Half Breeds? - Marisa - 04-19-2015

I'd be willing to put money down that this is what happened, as far as racial traits. 

So obviously there's a common ancestor. This ancestor propagated and spread across the globe into separate tribes. Much like real humans, these separate tribes all evolved different traits to help them survive in their new environments. But instead of getting Asians and Nords and Blacks and Indians, we got Cats and Giants and Elves and Garden Gnomes. 

In fact, if we really put our heads together, we could probably determine the environments each race came from by analyzing what advantages their racial traits would give them. For example, Miqo'te probably evolved as Savannah hunters, where lalafells likely lived somewhere where food and resources were scarce, making it advantageous to be small. Roegadyns, by contrast, probably come from somewhere where food is plentiful, but predators are common. Thus making it advantageous to be large.

RE: Half Breeds? - Hammersmith - 04-20-2015

In terms of "Why would I want to play a half breed" it falls to the old, and all too often ignored question of : Is this concept undoable with  "known" material , thus requiring speculation and invention to make it viable, interesting, and fun for yourself and the people around you.

The answer usually no, which makes a lot of "Just because" concepts just a foot note in how it's played or I STAND OUT LOOK AT ME, which is worse.  

I'm not seeing a "need" for half breeds in this setting, right the now but, conversely and tying back with the ERP thread, I guess an answer to the logical conclusion of what happens when people go a fucking needs an answer.

RE: Half Breeds? - mongi291 - 04-20-2015

Well, I never met an half breed before but Ophelie is pregnant with a Duskwight/Keeper of the Moon hybrid. Nobody really said anything against it, tho.

RE: Half Breeds? - Steel Wolf - 04-22-2015

...oh dear, I hope it's not beyond the lore for a Roegadyn Wolf and Roegadyn Hellsguard to do the Happy Floppy Dance together I dun wanna have to Fantasia into an Au Ra like about 45% of the population...

:c

Can someone light the Sounssy Signal?

RE: Half Breeds? - Sounsyy - 04-22-2015

(04-22-2015, 07:29 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: Can someone light the Sounssy Signal?

All cross-race and cross-clan is lore approved and in game. ^^ Have fun with your Roe on Roe dancing!