Looking for family for my character she's played as a half human half sand elf (long drawn out story) looking for brothers sisters aunts uncles mother father (adopted is fine) cousins great aunts twice removed you name it i'm looking for it! prefer them to have some ties to Muspar'i but i can tweak her background story to fit whatever :)


Rie ('rE)
Player of Anjalie
AIM: IAmPoppet
Character Portrait: http://www.geocities.com/riej82/anja.jpg

as far as game mechs are concerned you are correct as far as what her story line and appearance says she is the product of a human and an elf - hince the fact i got her shifted with slightly pointed ears. thus half elf, half human. This is make believe folks please suspend reality for just a few minutes. Thanks


Rie ('rE)
Player of Anjalie
AIM: IAmPoppet
Character Portrait: http://www.geocities.com/riej82/anja.jpg

>Even fantasy has rules and guidelines to follow, what your wanting is to be able to color outside the lines because it suits what you want to do

There is so little difference between saying "My parents are human and elf and I have traits of both", and referring to oneself as half-[insert race]. I don't think she's stretching the rules far enough to get the 'you made that up' speech.

and frankly if they didn't want there to be even the option of RolePlaying it i see very little reason for having placed Slightly Pointed ears in the shift options


Rie ('rE)
Player of Anjalie
AIM: IAmPoppet
Character Portrait: http://www.geocities.com/riej82/anja.jpg

Actually, River, there really aren't any half-races. If a human and an elf boink each other and out pops a baby, it will be all-human or all-elf.

J'Lo, no that other one
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>Actually, River, there really aren't any half-races. If a human and an elf boink each other and out pops a baby, it will be all-human or all-elf.

I'm not a genome genius, but that makes no sense. I do vaguely remember a GM saying it, but still... illogical.

::pulls her hair in frustration:: That still makes NO sense... This was the only week of my biology class that I didn't sleep through or skip in highschool. There's these things called genes, a child is a mixture or their parents. Sure, these elven/human children may come out looking like one or the other but not both but they still share blood with both parents. So in my book that would be half elf/half human. It's like my daughter, she's totally a little mini me. Put a picture of me at 2 years old next to hers and we look identical. Scary really, but that doesn't mean she doesn't share blood or genes or whatever you feel like calling it in Elanthia with her father. And as someone pointed out already, why give the shift option of slightly pointed ears? To me those seem like the perfect shift for someone roleplaying a half elf/half human. I'm going to say the book is outdated, these half elf/half human people that looked either entirely human or entirely elf may have interbred again thus giving someone alightly pointed ears and the right to call themselves half elf half human. It seems like such a silly thing to argue about. <end rant.



River

Hello, my name is xxxx and I'm here for the meeting of Scripters Anonymous.

Elanthia biology does not equal Earth biology.

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I think it said somewhere on the documentation on the website, too, but I can't remember where it is for the life of me. It's also been said several times by GMs.

And yeah, they might not want to code up new races, but whatever the GM's reasoning is for there being no half-races, there are still no half-races.


Shadeau Moonith,
Player of.

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(Drongol dislikes you.)

I'm personally just pointing out what SIMU's guidelines are for DR and I try to follow that. Has nothing to do with TSR or WotC's D&D at all. SIMU's other game (Gemstone) does have half-elves though.

I do think it's a bit much though that just because players are pointing out the rules and stating their opinion on this subject that you are getting upset and claiming players are hijacking the thread.

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

Winston Churchill

Slight Correction, the category is infact "The Races of Dragonrealms" I would probably select General Discussions - Races as the topic


Rie ('rE)
Player of Anjalie
AIM: IAmPoppet
Character Portrait: http://www.geocities.com/riej82/anja.jpg

<<why do I even bother
Rie ('rE)
Player of Anjalie>>

Because you're right and they're wrong. Ignore them.

It is always a much easier case to role-play that something does work, rather than to role-play that something does not work. Example.
Half-Elf-Human: I'm a half-elf.
Argumentative-Ninny: Half-elves don't exist.
Half-Elf-Human: Really, well mom was a human, dad was an elf, and here I am, half-human, half-elf. I exist.

The only real argument to be made is that when someone GLANCEs at you, they see you as a human (or elf). And if they attempt to use that argument in-character... well, to further discuss that move on over to the thread about Role-Playing being dead in DragonRealms.


-S

>Lasarhhtha pats you on the back.
Lasarhhtha says, "Others should learn much from you, yes."

Bournea,
I have an Elven Cleric Named Crymthann.His family Has always been pure-bred Elf.I must say he is a bit of a snob when it comes to his heritage.He would be willing to RP a family member of yours if you didnt mind him being a bit disdainful of your mixed heritage.As family he would treat you well but would not exactly be proud of your father's unfortunate choice of having a Human child.he would think of you as human also.I will leave the rest for further discussion but it could make for some interesting RP.send me an email at my play.net addy or you can IM me at crymthann


"i have the simplest of tastes I only want the Best" Oscar Wilde

Hah! =?P


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