Roguealicious 34 Share Posted September 25, 2013 So what does the lore say regarding characters who are a mix of 2 races, for example a half human half elf character? I know in reality, being 2 different species their offspring (the character in question) would be infertile and unable to have children. Should we RP that in game. or does it work differently in LotC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy 1599 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Characters that have the blood of two (or more) races have the full curse of all races they're a descendent of.For example a half-human half-elf would have a short life and have very low fertility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lvke 1000 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Both curses will come into play. Not only will this character be infertile, they will also have a short life expectancy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swgrclan 2682 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I always thought half-breeds should be outcasts of the four races. Alongside that I always thought inter-breeding should be seen as voodoo, since it's essentially dooming the offspring of the couple at-hand, but alas, there's no one who would bother caring about the morality revolving around these types of things in role-play. There doesn't seem to be much care about half-breeds in the server - for the longest time, half-breeds (and even Elves for that matter) were able to be Nobles and make their own noble-houses in Oren, the Human Nation, despite the contradictions in letting that happen. I do not recommend playing a half-breed, personally. Try to make them sparse; they're not very healthy for the player-bases of the four main races and I fail to see sense behind the lovechild of a Human and Elf, given the circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorsand 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2013 \. Try to make them sparse; they're not very healthy for the player-bases of the four main races and I fail to see sense behind the lovechild of a Human and Elf, given the circumstances. I'd do an elf. And I thought when humans/elves got together, the offspring inherited the longer-life span as well as infertility? One of the traits would have to be dominant, perhaps someone should make a spreadsheet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy 1599 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I'd do an elf. And I thought when humans/elves got together, the offspring inherited the longer-life span as well as infertility? One of the traits would have to be dominant, perhaps someone should make a spreadsheet...The curses are not genetic, they are magical. There are no dominant and recessive curses. Any offspring will inherit the curses of both parents.Elves do not have a longer life span, they have the same life span as orcs and dwarves. Humans are the only race cursed with short lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommunistSpy 441 Share Posted September 25, 2013 The curses are not genetic, they are magical. There are no dominant and recessive curses. Any offspring will inherit the curses of both parents. Elves do not have a longer life span, they have the same life span as orcs and dwarves. Humans are the only race cursed with short lives. I thought the elves' blessing was long life. If the elves' blessing isn't longevity, then what is it? o.O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy 1599 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I thought the elves' blessing was long life. If the elves' blessing isn't longevity, then what is it? o.OActually you might be right. Either way, the lore is kind of messy and it's rare to see people actually RP out the effects of ageing so it's fairly moot anyway.The curses override the blessings anyway, so a half-elf half-human still has human lifespan and elven infertility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mining 129 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I always thought Elves, dwarves and orcs all had the same long lives, however elves don't do as much dangerous stuff as orcs and dwarves (namely they don't go to war nearly as often) therefore they typically live longer. I could be wrong here though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blundermore 2741 Share Posted September 25, 2013 The curses are not genetic, they are magical. There are no dominant and recessive curses. Any offspring will inherit the curses of both parents. Elves do not have a longer life span, they have the same life span as orcs and dwarves. Humans are the only race cursed with short lives. Well, actually, there is a factor of dominant and recessive involved. Iblees cursed the four brothers and their children with Greed, Bloodlust, Infertility and Short life. When he was finally vanquished after this event, the Anguels, specifically Availer said that they could not undo the curses placed upon the races, thus instead they blessed the races with counter-acting traits to balance out the issues. This suggests that the curses are in fact the dominant traits here. And are capable of over-riding any blessings that conflict with the curse. It makes sense, why would Humanity not be blessed with long life otherwise to completely null the effects of the curse? Because the curse could not be nulled. When a Human and an Elf have a child, the Blessings come first, long life, and being inquisitive and wanton for adventure. However the curses then come into effect, overiding the conflicting blessings, this case, long life and short life plus infertility. Because the blessing for adventuring does not conflict with infertility it stays, whilst the blessing for long life conflicts the curse of short life. Thus the blessing of long life is removed. Leaving an Elven child with Short life and Infertility as a curse, and the need to adventure and be inquisitive as their blessing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappy 1599 Share Posted September 25, 2013 There we go, the lore-man speaks truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypoacher 8055 Share Posted September 25, 2013 If each race is a different species, then their offspring would be infertile regardless of curses. Breeding two species creates infertile offspring (Like a mule), so you'd probably have both curses and be completely sterile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SortedJarhead 817 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Adunians are the exception? It's in their lore that they live to 170-ish and are closer to elf height, being an average 6'2-ish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roguealicious 34 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Adunians are an Elf/Human Hybrid right? I don't play a half breed myself, i'm an elf, but one of my characters potential love interests is Adunian, so I was wondering how that might work regarding children Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaSolaray 242 Share Posted September 25, 2013 honestly the short life is all in context, what is "Short" when your considering an elven child half breed, living 500 years out of the 1.2k+ years would be pretty darn short for a half breed....300 still amazingly short Yeah half breeds do this and that and half breed humans/elves are rampant, but I'd rather go LOTC here and encourage dynamic choice on how the curses hurt YOU, instead of "You're character would live till 80 and be sterile" Because fact of the matter, no one does that Ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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