Fantasy Genetics: Half-breeds

[Marius Delphus]

Answer to original question: Weird-Looking Human. Maybe Scaly Aasimar (if the player was nice to me and brought me cookies and stuff). Like the Rain Wild River folk of Robin Hobb's "Liveship Traders" trilogy.

 

[garyh]

Ah, aasimar!! That gives me another idea - suppose a neutral aasimar an a neutral tiefling found love, both having lived with the stigma of being a neutral planetouched.

Their kid would be...?

 

[Sejs]

Answer to original question: 1/4 Dragon, 1/4 Celestial, 1/4 Human, 1/8 Elf, and 1/8 Orc.


Half Dragon Aasimar. Not enough elf to get any mods, not enough orcs to get any mods. Aasimar could simulate the diluted celestial blood, but as far as I know there isn't an equivelent for diluted dragon blood. So, yeah. Kinda freaky looking.. olive-ish skin, prounounced canines, probably dark hair and eyes, pointed ears, plus whatever features from that dragon heritage.

 

[Sejs]

Garyh ~ a really confused human.

 

[Xarlen]

Ah, aasimar!! That gives me another idea - suppose a neutral aasimar an a neutral tiefling found love, both having lived with the stigma of being a neutral planetouched.

Their kid would be...?

A human.

Aasimar and Tieflings have fiendish and celestial blood in their Ancestory. Meaning, they're like 5th generation. It's like having your grand father on your mother's side a cherokee, and thus you have some dark skintone.

 

[Impeesa]

Ah, aasimar!! That gives me another idea - suppose a neutral aasimar an a neutral tiefling found love, both having lived with the stigma of being a neutral planetouched.

Their kid would be...?

Messed up?

Elven?

--Impeesa--

 

[garyh]

Garyh ~ a really confused human.

If you're refering to me being confused, nah. I'm just curious what people think. This is an amusing subject to me.

 

[Great Umbrage]

Fantasy genetics fails on several fronts, the least of which being the tarded explanation of elf and human interbreeding in the PHB.

That aside, I allow monster-human matings only if the monster can take on human form via polymorph or some such spell, since the physical characteristics remain the same, including sexual organs...I don't think mating is a supernatural or spell-like ability...but I could be wrong...Though would not those abilities be governed by the DNA of the creature, making them, in truth, normal, albeit extraordinary characteristics? Guess this is where genetics breaks down in d20.

On the other hand, the human can always take on the form of a monster and mate, too...if they're into that...

 

[garyh]

A human.

Aasimar and Tieflings have fiendish and celestial blood in their Ancestory. Meaning, they're like 5th generation. It's like having your grand father on your mother's side a cherokee, and thus you have some dark skintone.

Good point. Anyone else have any genetic monsters?

 

[Fenris]

While discussing a

Here's a lineage stumper:

What would you call a character whose grandparents were a Half-Elf and Celestial on one side (resulting in a Half-Celestial templated Half-Elf) and a Half-Orc and a Dragon on the other side (resulting in a Half-Dragon templated Half-Orc)?

Lineage would be 1/4 Dragon, 1/4 Celestial, 1/4 Human, 1/8 Elf, and 1/8 Orc.

Actually A elf bred with a celestial would technically make a half-elf celetial template. Same problem with the half-orc. You must start with an orc to get a half-orc. In your scenario you end up with 1/4 dragon, 1/4 celestial, 1/4 human, 1/8 elf , 1/8 orc. Since the mongrel is equally human with traces of other things I would go with human, with the planetouched template since humans form the "base" race. But since the creature is not fully half celestial or half dragon I would exclude (by technical merit not role playing) those templates. (unless it furthered a plot)

Here is my phylogeny to complement Aeolius'.