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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 4037421" data-attributes="member: 1125">IMC Gnome culture is inspired by equal parts Smurfs, Pratchett and Naked Mole Rats. This means that Gnomes are born hermaphrodites with only a vistigial genital 'bump'. Gnomes can remain in this state for their entire lifetime. However occasionally environmnetal factors will cause a mature gnome to develop gender traits. 1 in 100 will develop female gender traits (genitals and mammaries) and perhaps 5 in 100 will develop male traits (beard and male genitals).Females will go on to become a Clan Mother giving birth to a litter of approximately 100 gnomelings over her lifetime. The Clan mother rules her bothers and the non gendered gnomes (who are all combatants) and she will direct her male brothers to be married to one or more other 'Clan Mothers' and thus formalize peace between the 'sister clans' (ie a Clan Mother will have approx 5 mates drawn from other clans) these clans together form a tribe). Clans within a tribe do not war against each other but may fight other clans.  A female gnome adventurer is a true anomaly other gnomes will think either that her clan is dead and she has gone mad because of it or will be horrofied in her having turned her back on her duties to her clanOrc Culture is marked by Gender dimorphism (the females are larger but less bestial)and strict gender seperation. Orcs are semi-nomadic clan based culture with clans made up of a a dominant female, her daughters and their whelps. At age 9 male whelps are violently expelled out of the clans and form 'mobs' (usually being absorbed into an existing mobs). The clans do not allow the mobs to settle or claim territory and instead the mobs survive by raiding. The mobs will also shadow behind one or more clans and on occasion will stage a Confrontation. This is the Orc mating ritual, a form of ritualised rape, and involves the males rushing in and attempting to abduct a female (whilst being fought off by her and her 'sisters') They must then drag her back across a safe line at which point they are permitted to 'mate with her. It is male orcs who you find out raiding human villages or hiring themselves out to BBEGSas mecenaries Gnoll Culture is also inspired by Hyena and thus males and females have little physical difference and societies are matrilineal with a female having multiple mates. All gnolls are hunters (rather than warriors) and use the same tactics whether hunting food or enemiesDwarf Culture is somewhat complex in its mating customs. There is very little sexual dimorphism between male and female dwarfs (both have beards and are the same size) and no gender differentiation as such. Dwarf mines are made up of various clans and a dwarf never leaves the clan into which they are born (matrilocal). However both male and female dwarfs will have multple mates from various other clans forming a vast network across the whole mine and even beyond. IE a male and female dwarf are married the female also ahs multiple other mates and the males has multiple other mates who also have other mates. These mating groups are known as 'Bond-husbands or bond-wives respectively' and the dwarf owes these bond-mates certain duties and obligations just as they do to their home clan. This is one of the many reasons why Dwarfs are so duty-bound and why leaving the mine to go adventuring is an acceptable means of 'taking a break' from ones duties Getting her 'plumbing done' as it were<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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