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<blockquote data-quote="The Glen" data-source="post: 8025477" data-attributes="member: 6800327"><p>The way they established the setting in 2nd edition to tie it into the rest was that Mystara was part of the great wheel, but Immortals (ascended mortals that replaced the role of gods, and there were mechanical differences between gods nad immortals) did not want outside powers to influence The Mortals. This is because Immortals needed mortals to ascend to keep the Immortals relevant. If gods or demon Lords presented another option The Immortals would lose power.</p><p></p><p>Mystara had several crossovers with Sigil, the best known was a shadow elf that was physically split onto multiple forms to spy on all the factions at the same time. Immortals kept out Devils and Angels, and demons, gith and other malevolent outsiders had to sneak in or brute force their way in with the Immortals actively trying to keep at bay.</p><p></p><p>Interbreeding worked differently, as orcs were descended from beastmen, and weren't capable of breeding with humans or demihumans. All the beastmen races could freely interbreed. Demihumans and humans could interbreed but they resembled one parent or the other rather than a hybrid. The other parent's heritage stayed on as a kind of recessive trait, two if two humans with dwarf ancestry had a kid there was a good chance their kid was a dwarf instead of a human.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Glen, post: 8025477, member: 6800327"] The way they established the setting in 2nd edition to tie it into the rest was that Mystara was part of the great wheel, but Immortals (ascended mortals that replaced the role of gods, and there were mechanical differences between gods nad immortals) did not want outside powers to influence The Mortals. This is because Immortals needed mortals to ascend to keep the Immortals relevant. If gods or demon Lords presented another option The Immortals would lose power. Mystara had several crossovers with Sigil, the best known was a shadow elf that was physically split onto multiple forms to spy on all the factions at the same time. Immortals kept out Devils and Angels, and demons, gith and other malevolent outsiders had to sneak in or brute force their way in with the Immortals actively trying to keep at bay. Interbreeding worked differently, as orcs were descended from beastmen, and weren't capable of breeding with humans or demihumans. All the beastmen races could freely interbreed. Demihumans and humans could interbreed but they resembled one parent or the other rather than a hybrid. The other parent's heritage stayed on as a kind of recessive trait, two if two humans with dwarf ancestry had a kid there was a good chance their kid was a dwarf instead of a human. [/QUOTE]
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