[PnP] pnp Digest, Vol 133, Issue 15
Paul Minz
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Wed Nov 30 20:28:09 CET 2016
This is great
In my campaign we run from Goidan. I have had half elves half fairies and half Daoine Sidh in players or NPCs for a while
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> On Nov 30, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Scott Adams <longshotgm at comcast.net> wrote:
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> That is a good way to say it. But as even Richard said players are exceptional so a elf/green lady I'd say is possible. ;)
> But I'll wait and see what others say.
> But for my char generator I'll just a Race/Half of X
> Except Dwarf.
> Thanks for reply.
>
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> At 09:29 AM 11/29/2016, you wrote:
>> I suspect it has to do with the world (small 'world') the character would be in. PnP is still human-centric. An Elf-Vily offspring might not ever see the human world, but live only in the Elf or Vily world. They might be encountered, but maybe never be characters.
>>
>> Think of it this way...the Vily might shun the half-breed, but then it goes to the Elves where it might be thought highly of...or also shunned. Will it choose to go to the humans? It comes from a mix of two haughty races. The Elves often look down upon the new human race...will this person do less?
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>> Dave
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>> > 1. Half Breeds (Scott Adams)
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>> > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:47:40 -0500
>> > From: Scott Adams <longshotgm at comcast.net>
>> > To: pnp at list.powersandperils.org
>> > Subject: [PnP] Half Breeds
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>> > Ok guys. Richard is our God and never makes no mistakes. Its lowly
>> > humans who mis read and interpret these wonderful world of P&P.
>> >
>> > First I've been making great progress on my ship project after years
>> > of idle time. i've cut down the data to half. A big step. :) More
>> > work I've done this last couple months in years.
>> >
>> > Second I'm also in my spare time (hour there and here) working on
>> > a pc generator. I did one years ago but its outdated.
>> >
>> > I've come up with this confusing thing...half breeds. We may dislike
>> > them and think it stupid. But we still need to figure it out.
>> >
>> > Recap: Normally we are Human, Dwarf, Elf, Faerry.
>> >
>> > So heres the rule:
>> >
>> > HALFBREEDS (OPTIONAL)
>> >
>> > There are other races that can have viable offspring with
>> > humans. The result of such unions is halfbreed characters
>> > that may share some or all of the talents of their non-human
>> > sire. If the race is beneficent, the initial training of the
>> > character depends on the sex of his mother. If she is human,
>> > he is raised human. If not, he is raised non-human.
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Let's break that down.
>> > 1. First line other races with humans = half breed.
>> > So this means a rampaging goblin Human. It doesn't mention
>> > Elf/Faerry. (DWarves we learn later can't have half breeds).
>> > 2. So next big part is share genetics from non human (X) and Human
>> > again restricting it to Human only.
>> > ------
>> >
>> > Where the sire is inimical, the sire is always the father. In most
>> > cases, the mother dies giving birth to him and he is fostered to
>> > another human family. No other possibility leaves a character extant
>> > to be played.
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Last line could be seen differently as your either a half human or
>> > nothing else.
>> >
>> > ------
>> > NOTE - I only mention those races whose breeding with humans can
>> > possibly yield a playable character. Among those I omit are the
>> > children of daivas, drugas and high caste Korchi. The first two
>> > are automatically daivas or drugas. The last is rarely found outside
>> > Korchi territory (unless conquering someone).
>> > ----
>> > So richard seems to imply that his chart below is only for human and
>> > X mixes. So again this implies no Elf/Faerry.
>> >
>> > ------
>> > BEING A HALFBREED
>> > Because Characters are exceptional members of their
>> > race a player who wishes to try for this attribute has
>> > a 10% chance of having a halfbreed character UNLESS his
>> > character is a Dwarf. There are no Dwarf halfbreeds.
>> > If the Character is a halfbreed the Referee may assign
>> > the non-human parent based on where the campaign is
>> > starting. If he does not choose to do so, roll on the
>> > Breeding Races table. Once the race is determined, roll
>> > 1D2 for the non-human parents sex if necessary. The
>> > parent's sex will affect the Character's starting
>> > knowledge and other factors.
>> > -------
>> > So we see here Dwarves can't be half breeds. Yet we read above it
>> > implies that only humans can be such? Huh?
>> > So Ref can figure out non human parent implying possible Elf/Faerry?
>> > Then h ementions the d2 for non human parent which brings us back to
>> > one must be human.
>> >
>> > -----
>> > BREEDING RACES (Roll D100)
>> > ROLL RACE ROLL RACE ROLL RACE
>> > 01 Alfar 24-30 Nymph 76-79 Trazire
>> > 02+03 Incubus* 31-35 Faerry 80-82 Sernemu
>> > 04+05 Pseudothei* 36-42 Jinn 83-86 Devil*
>> > 06+07 Anwora* 43-48 Demon* 87-90 Whisper
>> > 08-10 Daoine Sidhe* 49-55 Elf 91-93 Seirim*
>> > 11-13 Vily 56-58 True Sidhe 94+95 Lunafey
>> > 14-16 Troll* 59-64 Nar'morel 96+97 Eld Troll*
>> > 17-20 Baobhan 65-67 Romati 98+99 Fusin
>> > 21-23 Mir 68-75 Goblin* 100 Green Lady
>> >
>> > ----
>> > So I see Flf in table. Human/Elf fine.
>> > But why not a Elf-Vily?
>> >
>> > -----
>> > * These races are always the FATHER in the union. In some cases this
>> > is because only males exist. For others, the child with that race as
>> > mother does not yield a playable character.
>> >
>> >
>> > So....
>> >
>> > Are there Human / X Half breeds only?
>> >
>> > Why does he say no Half-Dwarves if its only humans?
>> >
>> > That would imply a Elf / X or Faerry / X
>> >
>> > If that Dwarf wasn't there I'd say its only Human / X.
>> > But that also seems unfair. Why can't a Elf and Demon
>> > mix?
>> >
>> > Wout seems to agree with me that the wording needs work.
>> >
>> > How do you follow these rules. Thanks!
>> >
>> > So I can code it. :)
>> >
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