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Torkael
Acolyte
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 Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 16:01:24
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Here's something we came up with and don't know how to deal with.
A half-elf/half-celestial (eladrin maybe)
A half-human/half-fiend (devil maybe)
If these two somehow got together and got themselves a kid that turns out to be a 1/4 human, 1/4 elf, 1/4 celestial and 1/4 fiend, how would the child's racial traits turn out? Would the celestial and fiendish blood negate each other in some areas? How would others react?
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 16:17:14
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Well I'd imagine it would go one of two ways.
1. Like you say the celestial/fiendish cancel out and there is no more powerful effect
2. The stronger bloodline would dominate, and effectively the character would have only a celestial or fiendish bloodline
A half-celestial (and half-fiendish) as I understand it are direct products of a full blooded celestial(/fiend) and so I don't believe a half-celestial can be created by a half-celestial and something else.
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 16:22:58
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hmm ... how is the blood divided at a half-elf/half-celestial/Fiend anyways?
1/4 elf 1/4 human 1/2 Celestial/fiend? (which practicly makes it a Celestial/Fiend since its the major part) |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 16:56:00
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Um.....
they would just be either a tiefling or a aasimar as far as I'm concerned. That's why those two races were created, as a catch all race for anything that is descended from fiends or upper planars but as something that doesn't have enough blood to be a half-fiend or a half-upper planar. |
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Edited by - Kuje on 05 Aug 2006 16:56:48 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 17:01:04
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quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
Um.....
they would just be either a tiefling or a aasimar as far as I'm concerned. That's why those two races were created, as a catch all race for anything that is descended from fiends or upper planars but as something that doesn't have enough blood to be a half-fiend or a half-upper planar.
That's right.
In fact, I'm pretty sure one of the older PSMCs mentioned this.
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Foxhelm
Senior Scribe
Canada
592 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 18:39:18
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It states in Savage Species, that you can add multiple templates. When adding two halves you get quarters.
So your character might be a Half-elf base (Human + Elf = Half-elf) with a quarter-Fiend (Half-fiend) template plus a quarter-Celestial (Half-celestial) template. The only glitch is that to become a half Fiend/Celestial, the template character must have a certain alignment. But it is also in the rules to break the rules if needed.
WotC has an episode in in Elite Opponents that has Vampire Demons, Half-golem Warforged and a half-fiend Astral Devas as possible monsters. So it is possible to have a screwy character, if you can manage it. |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 19:15:31
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| half-golem warforged ...... aren't Warforged allready some kind of 'golem with personality' in eberron :p |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 20:37:14
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| Ain't miscegenation grand? I want to play a half-bee. |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 22:08:55
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My favorite character was a half-slug.
(More On Topic now..)
I'd say an Aasimar or Tiefling, as well. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 03:01:47
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| Yeah--decide whether or not it's tiefling or aasimar by flipping a coin. At least, that's my idea. Although, personally I think the topic example is the result of "breeding overkill". Your character doesn't need a unique/bizarre heritage to be interesting. Besides, it's not like the character arranged their own birth, so in a way it wouldn't be anything for them to be proud of. |
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Torkael
Acolyte
39 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 06:36:02
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Thanks for the replies 
It does sound fun though when 'creating' people so screwed up in bloodlines. Like the half-goblin/half-kobold army idea which lasted as long as it wasn't going to be used. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 12:21:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Faraer
Ain't miscegenation grand? I want to play a half-bee.
*sings* He's Eric the half-a-bee. |
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