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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9446124" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I haven't watched Doctor Who in ages, but Star Trek?&nbsp; Star Trek aliens are all humans in rubber masks and depicted as such.&nbsp; Occasionally funny ears.&nbsp; Even Vulcans deep down are just part of a planet of hats planet-wide followers of a strict religion based on logic.&nbsp; In order to be truly alien in Star Trek you have to look at something like the Borg, but they're alien because they're mostly cybernetic.&nbsp; It might be different with the Gorn in Strange New Worlds.&nbsp; But even with the Gorn if you go back to the original series, Kirk argued that they were just badly misunderstood humans in a costume.&nbsp; A lot of Star Trek has the planet of hats syndrome, but all aliens are basically human to the point that cross-species romances are commonplace.&nbsp; Whether it should be that way is another issue, it's hard for us to imagine what a truly alien race would be like and what they would think like.&nbsp; Even if we have no issue recognizing that the significant difference in behavior between a wolf and a dog comes almost completely down to nature and not nurture.&nbsp; A wolf will never be a dog and never be truly &quot;tame&quot;.&nbsp; I think the differences should be left up to individual campaigns.&nbsp; If you want vampires that sparkle in the sunlight, go for it.&nbsp; For me?&nbsp; The only reason they sparkle is because they're about to combust.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9446124, member: 6801845"] I haven't watched Doctor Who in ages, but Star Trek? Star Trek aliens are all humans in rubber masks and depicted as such. Occasionally funny ears. Even Vulcans deep down are just part of a planet of hats planet-wide followers of a strict religion based on logic. In order to be truly alien in Star Trek you have to look at something like the Borg, but they're alien because they're mostly cybernetic. It might be different with the Gorn in Strange New Worlds. But even with the Gorn if you go back to the original series, Kirk argued that they were just badly misunderstood humans in a costume. A lot of Star Trek has the planet of hats syndrome, but all aliens are basically human to the point that cross-species romances are commonplace. Whether it [I]should[/I] be that way is another issue, it's hard for us to imagine what a truly alien race would be like and what they would think like. Even if we have no issue recognizing that the significant difference in behavior between a wolf and a dog comes almost completely down to nature and not nurture. A wolf will never be a dog and never be truly "tame". I think the differences should be left up to individual campaigns. If you want vampires that sparkle in the sunlight, go for it. For me? The only reason they sparkle is because they're about to combust. [/QUOTE]

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