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Which to me was a colossal disappointment; I was hoping for something better than I'd already made up on my own, and didn't get it. Things it lacked (or didn't do nearly well enough):

- a comprehensive chart of what can breed with what, including monsters, deities, etc.*, and chances of conception for each combination
- a genetics chart and some guidelines to indicate how past interbreeding might affect descendants (e.g. what are the mechanical and-or fluff effects if I am 1/16 Centaur?)*
- a continuation of said genetics chart showing which racial bloodlines tend to be recessive and which are dominant
- a table for use during initial roll-up to determine whether my character is pure in its race or whether it has some odd genetics in its background (a.k.a. taints table)*
- a childbirth table giving gender chance by race, deformity chance, twins-triplets-etc. chance, stillbirth chance, etc.*
- I seem to recall they gave some guidelines on what a child's eventual core 6 stats would probably be if those of the parents were known*, but I also recall it not being very well thought through

* - these are things I've put together myself over the years, but I'd prefer something from a professional designer instead of my homebrew.


I have to admit that I didn't expect that much genetics-oriented info. If I had, I could see being far more disappointed than I was. But, the BoEF has given me a good base for constructing my own version of such a book that addresses the areas where the BoEF disappointed me.


Lan-"taken to the nth degree it is rather frightening how many interbreeding possibilities there are in a typical fantasy world"-efan

That's very true. Mythically-speaking, there are tales of people being impregnated by animals (as seen in the myth of the Minotaur), ghosts, natural events like winds/storms, and even by natural disasters and geographical features like lakes.
 


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