Race interbreeding

[jdolch]

My heart goes out to your pets.

Thanks for making it sound creepy. And also: Good one.

[Pleh]

I forget where it came from, but there was also a resource called, "races of consequence"

Probably someone else will know the publisher

Less on the creation rules and more on the being a product of such creativity.

[lylsyly]

[QUOTE=jdolch;23541936]I noticed that collective disappointed sigh, so let me just remind you: Just because 2 species can not interbreed doesn't mean they can't try ... yeah, it's on.[/QUOTE

Let me tell you the story of a dog and a cat .... ;))

[ChaosStar]

I noticed that collective disappointed sigh, so let me just remind you: Just because 2 species can not interbreed doesn't mean they can't try ... yeah, it's on.

Let me tell you the story of a dog and a cat .... ;))

Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Sandwich? From the Webcomic Housepets?

[Ashtagon]

Half-Dwarves are a thing in Dragonlance. The Gully Dwarves are said to be the result of dwarven/tinker gnome crossbreeding in the past. The Gully Dwarves are also the reason why dwarves and gnomes no longer bump uglies in that setting.

So how do they deal with undead then?

[ShurikVch]

Historically, mating success in DnD is at least as much about the Gods involved than anything biological... elves and Orcs can’t crossbreed because Gruumsh and Corellon hate each other

Note: Kingdoms of Kalamar (in Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene and Friend & Foe: The Elves and Bugbears of Tellene) mentioned Half-Orc/Half-Elf hybrids: Tel-Amhothlan
(And it's despite the fact one of the chief deities for tellenian orcs is the god of racial intolerance, who're - among his numerous other titles and nicknames - also called the Hater of Elves!)

Dwarf Gods are clannish and allow no cross breeding (except in settings where the Gods are distant and magic is involved in the process; like the Mul and Half-Giants of Athas)

Note: faerûnian gods are hardly "distant", but there are still some Half-Dwarves; they're mostly like "normal" Dwarves, except a bit bigger (thus, have 30' speed)
Clan Ironstar of the shield dwarves has a number of Dwarf/Elf crossbreeds called "dwelves"

[Amdy_vill]

Note: Kingdoms of Kalamar (in Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene and Friend & Foe: The Elves and Bugbears of Tellene) mentioned Half-Orc/Half-Elf hybrids: Tel-Amhothlan
(And it's despite the fact one of the chief deities for tellenian orcs is the god of racial intolerance, who're - among his numerous other titles and nicknames - also called the Hater of Elves!)


Note: faerûnian gods are hardly "distant", but there are still some Half-Dwarves; they're mostly like "normal" Dwarves, except a bit bigger (thus, have 30' speed)
Clan Ironstar of the shield dwarves has a number of Dwarf/Elf crossbreeds called "dwelves"

thanks this a very useful. more stuff like this would help.

[Nifft]

thanks this a very useful. more stuff like this would help.

Have you checked out this one yet?

Don't forget Green Ronin Publishing's Races of Renown: Bastards and Bloodlines!

I recall hearing decent things about this book, but I can't vouch for it myself.

[Thurbane]

No honey. It's a book for D&D, I swear!

Funny story: I ordered it to be shipped to Australia by Amazon - it wouldn't clear US shipping because it was considered to be "softcore porn/erotica".

[Amdy_vill]

Funny story: I ordered it to be shipped to Australia by Amazon - it wouldn't clear US shipping because it was considered to be "softcore porn/erotica".

is it really that bad. my only interaction with the book was the table but i got that for a google search.

[ChaosStar]

is it really that bad. my only interaction with the book was the table but i got that for a google search.

No. It has some tasteful nudes, and some flavor stories featuring sex.

[AMFV]

Have you checked out this one yet?



I recall hearing decent things about this book, but I can't vouch for it myself.

It's pretty awful, mostly a bunch of enormous LA races that won't ever be played because of enormous LA.

[Jay R]

My heart goes out to your pets.

Well, OK, but only your heart.

[HouseRules]

Half Race Template for all the Races that would hit anything.

[Amdy_vill]

I have finished collecting races. if there is a race/subrace not on the chart PM me.

[AnimeTheCat]

as near as I can tell, anything *CAN* interbreed because... magic? I say that in all seriousness. Biologically and physiologically something may not make any sense, but when you take two creatures of wildly different types and origins and leave them alone together in a vortex of uncontrolled magical energies, who knows what will come out! Could be nothing, could be a blend of the two, could just be one amalgamation, could be Cthulu! You just never know, and putting things on a table just takes the fun and mystery away from things.

IIRC, one of my players in a very early game I was playing was quite the player (being a bard with 22 charisma) and, as she said, "Had a hot piece of tail in every town and tavern in the multiverse". While that's not entirely true, I did start having her roll for whether she was getting pregnant and a few times she got pregnant by something, unseemly. It was fun, and it was enough for all of us with just that one campaign (that lasted almost 3 years). She had 5 kids that she knew of since some of the races have the male carry the young (she may have gotten down with an anthropomorphic seahorse).

Either way, why table it out? just let it happen.

[HouseRules]

as near as I can tell, anything *CAN* interbreed because... magic? I say that in all seriousness. Biologically and physiologically something may not make any sense, but when you take two creatures of wildly different types and origins and leave them alone together in a vortex of uncontrolled magical energies, who knows what will come out! Could be nothing, could be a blend of the two, could just be one amalgamation, could be Cthulu! You just never know, and putting things on a table just takes the fun and mystery away from things.

IIRC, one of my players in a very early game I was playing was quite the player (being a bard with 22 charisma) and, as she said, "Had a hot piece of tail in every town and tavern in the multiverse". While that's not entirely true, I did start having her roll for whether she was getting pregnant and a few times she got pregnant by something, unseemly. It was fun, and it was enough for all of us with just that one campaign (that lasted almost 3 years). She had 5 kids that she knew of since some of the races have the male carry the young (she may have gotten down with an anthropomorphic seahorse).

Either way, why table it out? just let it happen.

In fantasy, everything is part of the Fantastic Species. They are distinguished by Races, not Species.