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<blockquote data-quote="Galieo" data-source="post: 4144439" data-attributes="member: 16691">You hit upon one of the touches that I enjoy so much about Etherscope--namely, its use of a eugenics systems ala A. Huxley's ranking mechanism from &quot;A Brave New World.&quot;Here is a brief summary from Psion's review [<a href="http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&amp;reviewid=2886110]:" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&amp;reviewid=2886110]:</a>&quot;Etherscope uses the race mechanic, but most of the races in Etherscope are human variants. But in the setting, eugenics and genetic experimentation has occurred, and was (as the book discusses briefly) considered acceptable practice by Victorian society. The eugenics programs produced human subraces. Normal humans are called Beta humans in the game. Alpha humans are of a superior breed, but start with an XP deficit compared to other character races.Other human offshoots Beta, Gamma, and Epsilon, all what are called “transgenic strains” that arose as a replacement for lost workers after a pretty bloody rebellion putdown. These three strains are engineered with DNA of animals, rats, canines, and horses, respectively.A final race is the Fey. Fey are fundamentally human, if beautiful looking beings. The truth is that they are inheritors of the lost legacy of lemuria, descendants of an ancient lost race. Fey can detect the presence of etheric energy and receive a familiar similar to the classic D&amp;D familiar in etherspace.&quot;You may also want to check out this site:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.redmondsonline.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.redmondsonline.org.uk/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Galieo, post: 4144439, member: 16691"] You hit upon one of the touches that I enjoy so much about Etherscope--namely, its use of a eugenics systems ala A. Huxley's ranking mechanism from "A Brave New World." Here is a brief summary from Psion's review [[url]http://www.enworld.org/reviews.php?do=review&reviewid=2886110]:[/url] "Etherscope uses the race mechanic, but most of the races in Etherscope are human variants. But in the setting, eugenics and genetic experimentation has occurred, and was (as the book discusses briefly) considered acceptable practice by Victorian society. The eugenics programs produced human subraces. Normal humans are called Beta humans in the game. Alpha humans are of a superior breed, but start with an XP deficit compared to other character races. Other human offshoots Beta, Gamma, and Epsilon, all what are called “transgenic strains” that arose as a replacement for lost workers after a pretty bloody rebellion putdown. These three strains are engineered with DNA of animals, rats, canines, and horses, respectively. A final race is the Fey. Fey are fundamentally human, if beautiful looking beings. The truth is that they are inheritors of the lost legacy of lemuria, descendants of an ancient lost race. Fey can detect the presence of etheric energy and receive a familiar similar to the classic D&D familiar in etherspace." You may also want to check out this site: [url]http://www.redmondsonline.org.uk/[/url] [/QUOTE]

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