A Clarification On Half Breeds

[Blundermore 2741]

Honestly I don't see what was the harm in having halfies run a shared trait, with this it would either kill off a lot of Half races, or make running a half child completely harsh while interesting for the first while.

Was having the half elves, or half anything else really that deterimental that roleplaying it had to be cut into critical halves? A lot of people who wanted to simply have that life span of an elf but still want to be human for personal fun would simply slow down their aging rply.

It's not like they were human with 1k life spans, let people enjoy the server and have fun, not be boggled down by rules and regulations.

So play an Elf aligned to Human society. Problem solved.

[cmack1028 549]

What about Halflings? Obviously they are short-lived like humans, and short in general like dwarves, but never have we been told to RP our characters as greedy. Stealing isn't frowned upon in Halfling society, we don't really mind anyone borrowing our things and we don't care for minas. The only thing I can think of is how we strive for the shiniest shovel, but that's about it...

[Bawd 222]

Honestly I don't see what was the harm in having halfies run a shared trait, with this it would either kill off a lot of Half races, or make running a half child completely harsh while interesting for the first while.

Was having the half elves, or half anything else really that deterimental that roleplaying it had to be cut into critical halves? A lot of people who wanted to simply have that life span of an elf but still want to be human for personal fun would simply slow down their aging rply.

It's not like they were human with 1k life spans, let people enjoy the server and have fun, not be boggled down by rules and regulations.

If I want to be a half-breed uneffected by curses, what's to stop me being one-quarter of every main race and suffering no downsides? I could play a long-lived highly-fertile expert miner who can hold his alcohol, and is 9' tall and extremely muscular. Oh, but he doesn't suffer the short life of a human because his grandmother was an elf and his grandfather was a human, so he's still fertile, too.

[Casamir 42]

It's a tad disappointing as I had asked for clarification for it in a status update when I made my guy Half elven. But currently he's roughly 90 years old, I had intended him to live to about 200 at a half the age rate, so at 50 he would appear 25, 100 he'd appear 50, ect. But now he's basically out right dead.

[Will (TauFirewarrior) 2466]

I've always stated I will only ever kill my main character Shas'O Kais off in a battle worth his character death, I will not kill him off by old age ever. Sorry but this is just simply how I feel so I don't care. Call me powergamer I just don't think its very poetic for him to die in his bed living the life he's lived.

[Jchizz 115]

I agree with Meta. Is there any way this could be changed? I don't see any harm in making half races only have the two (or three, or four) curses they carry be half as potent. I believe that if someone is planning on actually roleplaying the curses correctly, they will do the same with curses of half the potency... if someone isn't interested in roleplaying the half-potent curses, then it's doubtful they'll be roleplaying the curses at all.

[TornadoWatch 364]

So play an Elf aligned to Human society. Problem solved.

oh yeah let me go ahead and retcon my character i've had for a few months to be a fullblooded elf...

and let's go ahead and kill off everyone in house silverblade. >_> sigh... this is really a shortsighted change that will impact tons of people in a very unfun way without really adding anything enjoyable except a few people who were complaining about this.

[Blundermore 2741]

If you feel as though your character no longer fits lore, please do follow the last point of the thread that I've quoted.

In the end, it is not a benefit to be a half breed, although acting out multiple curses may bring about some interesting roleplay. This is not meant to punish those who are half breeds, it is merely a clarification of how they work, although hopefully this clarification will prevent players from becoming a half breed as an excuse to escape the curses.

If you feel as if your character is unfairly affected by this clarification, feel free to PM me and we can work something out that suits the lore.[/size]

[Baconthief 682]

Thank you. So much power gaming was me instigated by half breeds who have been nullifying their curses, or blessing them with things they should not have. I have had many arguments about this, which should never happen in a game. Again, thank you for fixing the problem : )

[MetaSolaray 242]

Aye, I'd either have to retcon /alot/ of FLowing Sun Lore or PM to get this stuff handled. Furthermore the halfies that were RPing it correctly are being punished for those who used it to null their effects...Meta was never going to live 1k+ years being who he was, but he did have elven traits such as passivity with those matters, he doesn't abuse his curse to go sleep with everyone. He is reserved and his wife and him both had a /long/ time to wait for children.

HE carried both curses and blessings, I didn't null out either, nor did I use being elven to /sleep around/ because I'm inferitle.

[JtPv 140]

If a half elf half human had a child with a full elf, and the child was human, which curse and blessing would he recieve?

[Alan 1815]

oh yeah let me go ahead and retcon my character i've had for a few months to be a fullblooded elf...

and let's go ahead and kill off everyone in house silverblade. >_> sigh... this is really a shortsighted change that will impact tons of people in a very unfun way without really adding anything enjoyable except a few people who were complaining about this.

-a shortsighted change-

This isn't a change, it's a clarification. We're not forcing anyone to kill off their character, but if you missed my last paragraph, contact me privately if you feel as if this unfairly affects your character and we can work something out.

[Zebanamana 410]

Which is important information to note, seen as they flaunt their long lives as though it were because they were part elf. A clarification will be required in their own lore as to why the actually live longer than most humans. If they want to believe it is because of their elven blood then they can do so, however there should be a real reason, otherwise good luck living beyond 80.

All humans with elven blood are actually under the control of a witch/demon and we are very close to finding this devil and killing it so that people will actually suffer from the curse they should have, or something.

[Goliath 384]

*Glances to his six children and back to his long age, gulping awkwardly before shuffling back into the darkness*

[Hanrahan 2983]

A suggestion, written by Owl:

Harren's tribe first bred with the elves, their offsprings were the first Adunians, and their blood is considered pure Adunian blood. When Adunians bred within their own race, which they did most of the time, their blood remained pure. If an Adunian breeds with a human, their blood becomes weakened or 'diluted'. When an Adunian breeds with a human, their offspring is considered 'diluted 1'. If said offspring breeds with a human once more, their offspring will be 'diluted 2' and so on. If an Adunian is too breed with an elf, however, their blood is considered strengthened. The offspring of an Adunian and an elf if considered 'strengthened 1', and if said offspring decides to breed with an elf again, their child is considered 'strengthened 2' and so on. However, the blood of an elf strengthens Adunian blood twice as much as a human's weakens it. Therefore, it would take an Adunian that is 'strengthened 1' to breed with a human, and then have their offspring breed with a human after them, for their offspring to have pure Adunian blood. Therefore, if an Adunian that is 'diluted 2' breeds with an elf, their offsrping will be considered pure. Strengthening Adunian blood will cause the offspring to live longer, whilst weakening it will cause them to live a shorter life. Not depending of whether their blood is strengthened or diluted, an Adunian that carries anything but completely pure blood is not considered a pure-Adunian.

Or...What?