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<blockquote data-quote="ClaytonCross" data-source="post: 7792071" data-attributes="member: 6880599"><p>Very interesting. Particularly, the gift of Luthic to the Orcs and Elves being creations of Corellon Larethion. The gift of Luthic is perfectly reasonable explanation, WHICH IS AWSOME! ... Elves as creations explains why they are often depicted as slightly more advanced than humans because they essentially could have been made after humans existed but were made fully formed sore of speak and then due to their long life span could spend more time developing their culture and skills from generation to generation. That might not seem like huge deal since most people don't make any great contribution to the futrue of the race themelf but a small part of a chain of generations improving on old ideas... until you get an Albert Einstein / Nikola Tesla or even an Alexander Graham Bell / Elon Musk type who may not make the original discoveries but who commercialize ideas pushing them into the main stream of a sociality. </p><p></p><p>It is odd that Elves and Humans can hybridize thought considering "because to Corellon, human expansion was a source of fear." … It seems to me that Corellon Larethian was against the idea of diluting his creations however Lolth his wife who betrayed him and became the Spider Queen of the Drow was not only known to take a human form and have some human followers but attempted to take control of the Elf pantheon from Corellon (if I understand correctly). That makes it possible that after losing she gave Elves the ability to hybridize with humans as a bit of a snub to Corellon Larethion in her defeat. </p><p></p><p>If that's true then, all the "races" of Forgotten Realms are in fact different species. The only lose end then is Tieflings, which seems along the same line as Dragon Bloodline sorcerers in that both Dragons and Demons likely assume the form of other beings in a sort of true polymorph but maintain their blood which becomes part of the offspring. <strong>… If that is the case then just as a Tortle could be a Dragonic Bloodline sorcerer they could theoretically have Tortle-Tiefling children?</strong> lol, which now I kind of want to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClaytonCross, post: 7792071, member: 6880599"] Very interesting. Particularly, the gift of Luthic to the Orcs and Elves being creations of Corellon Larethion. The gift of Luthic is perfectly reasonable explanation, WHICH IS AWSOME! ... Elves as creations explains why they are often depicted as slightly more advanced than humans because they essentially could have been made after humans existed but were made fully formed sore of speak and then due to their long life span could spend more time developing their culture and skills from generation to generation. That might not seem like huge deal since most people don't make any great contribution to the futrue of the race themelf but a small part of a chain of generations improving on old ideas... until you get an Albert Einstein / Nikola Tesla or even an Alexander Graham Bell / Elon Musk type who may not make the original discoveries but who commercialize ideas pushing them into the main stream of a sociality. It is odd that Elves and Humans can hybridize thought considering "because to Corellon, human expansion was a source of fear." … It seems to me that Corellon Larethian was against the idea of diluting his creations however Lolth his wife who betrayed him and became the Spider Queen of the Drow was not only known to take a human form and have some human followers but attempted to take control of the Elf pantheon from Corellon (if I understand correctly). That makes it possible that after losing she gave Elves the ability to hybridize with humans as a bit of a snub to Corellon Larethion in her defeat. If that's true then, all the "races" of Forgotten Realms are in fact different species. The only lose end then is Tieflings, which seems along the same line as Dragon Bloodline sorcerers in that both Dragons and Demons likely assume the form of other beings in a sort of true polymorph but maintain their blood which becomes part of the offspring. [B]… If that is the case then just as a Tortle could be a Dragonic Bloodline sorcerer they could theoretically have Tortle-Tiefling children?[/B] lol, which now I kind of want to see. [/QUOTE]
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