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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7253671" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Never mind just humanoid races interbreeding. Take a look through yer Monster Manual sometime and try to explain the genetics behind some of those creatures - as in just what had to at some point interbreed with what to generate that? Are Tabaxi the missing link between Humans and lions?</p><p></p><p>Once you've done this it'll become clear that genetics in a D&D universe are far more forgiving than in the real world, when it comes to interbreeding.</p><p></p><p>Then on top of all that you've got shapeshifters (messy questions: does shapeshifting into a creature give the ability to breed with that creature; and if yes, are the genetics of any offspring half-based on the shifter's original race?) and deities (who by some mythologies can, it seems, interbreed with anything).</p><p></p><p>Nitpick: warforged are from 3.5e Eberron. Dryads have been around forever as a monster and somewhere in the back of my mind something's telling me they were made PC-playable in 2e...?</p><p></p><p>Clever and stupid overlap greatly, at least in the eyes of people playing high-Intelligence low-Wisdom characters... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Lanefan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7253671, member: 29398"] Never mind just humanoid races interbreeding. Take a look through yer Monster Manual sometime and try to explain the genetics behind some of those creatures - as in just what had to at some point interbreed with what to generate that? Are Tabaxi the missing link between Humans and lions? Once you've done this it'll become clear that genetics in a D&D universe are far more forgiving than in the real world, when it comes to interbreeding. Then on top of all that you've got shapeshifters (messy questions: does shapeshifting into a creature give the ability to breed with that creature; and if yes, are the genetics of any offspring half-based on the shifter's original race?) and deities (who by some mythologies can, it seems, interbreed with anything). Nitpick: warforged are from 3.5e Eberron. Dryads have been around forever as a monster and somewhere in the back of my mind something's telling me they were made PC-playable in 2e...? Clever and stupid overlap greatly, at least in the eyes of people playing high-Intelligence low-Wisdom characters... :) Lanefan [/QUOTE]
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