In Verdant Passage, Yarig (dwarf) and Anezka (halfling) were unusually close. Could it have happened under the right circumstances? If so, what the hell would the goofy little bastard look like? What would the stat-line be?
+2 Dex, +2 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha?
I don't know - I'm asking. :P
As far as the actual game mechanics though...hmmm.
I think in the case of the offspring of Anezka (
hee hee, oh boy), I would probably gear the stats more toward the halfling.Lets say:
* -2 Strength, +2 Constitution, +2 Dexterity, -2 Charisma: Like their halfling parents, dwarflings are built small, but quick. A dwarfling also has the stubborness of his dwarven parent. This inherited stubborness also leads dwarflings to perform amazing feats of endurance in completion of their goals.
* Small: Dwarflings gain a +1 size bonus to Armor class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but they must use smaller weapons than humans use, and their lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character.
*Dwarflings base land speed is 20 feet.
*Darkvision: Dwarflings can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and dwarflings can function just fine with no light at all.
*+2 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.
*+2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.
*+1 racial attack bonus with a thrown weapon: javelins and slings are common weapons in feral halfling society, and dwarflings raised by halflings are taught to throw at an early age.
*+2 racial bonus on Listen: Dwarflings have keen ears, although not quite comparable to a halflings.
*Automatic Languages: Halfling. Bonus languages: Common, Dwarven, Elven, Gith, Rhul-Thaun, Thri-Kreen, Yuan-ti.
Favored Class: Ranger
Don't know probably too cheesy but we are talking dwarflings...
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As for the dwarfling example, I would think the halfling mother in this case would have a fair chance of dying in labor.
I think the idea of crossbreeds on athas is a good one. Dwelf, Dwarfling, Mul, Elfling whatever you want (would a human-halfling be a quarterling? or manling?), I think they're perfectly acceptible. One of the three original designers mentioned how muls are the central idea of a good dark sun campaign, where they're such a hardly combination of traits but tragic in that they are also flawed to be unable to pass on a legacy (via their sterility) speaks of how crossbreeds are very much athasian in flavor: they will never be truly accepted into any society despite any advantages they may have. Nobody will understand them or what they go through in life, they will always be ridiculed and laughed at at best or despised and hated at worst.
Okay, not that it would happen, but could it?
In Verdant Passage, Yarig (dwarf) and Anezka (halfling) were unusually close. Could it have happened under the right circumstances? If so, what the hell would the goofy little bastard look like? What would the stat-line be?
+2 Dex, +2 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha?
I don't know - I'm asking. :P
Yeah baby I played one of these. For the rest of the stats, I chose them based upon how my dwarfling was raised. more dwarfish abilities like stone cunning if he was raised by dwarfs or atleast more prominately. I went with low light vision and the ability stats from both to balance it good.
I think Hybrid races are more apt to happen in DS due to the eviorment of the world. Most races other than human are not as abundant on Athas as they are on other worlds. Most of the non-human races were almost wiped out in the past. I would imagine that due to this, elves and dwarves breed with other humaniod/mammilan races in order to survive.
Granted, halflings are no doubt a liitle more abundant due to not being one of the races marked for genocide during the Cleansing Wars, so I would imagine that they would be a bit more selective and not as willing to breed with non-halflings. That, and they look at most non-halflings as a potental meal and food source. Think how willing you would be to date a cow or a chicken (Granted some here might not have a problem with that :P )
However, I think a dwarfling could happen under the right condintions as unlikely as that may seem. They certianly wouldn't be as common place as muls or half-elves though.
I think the following combinations should be possible (but obviously not very common):
(the names might need some work):
3/4ling (1/2 halfling, 1/2 human)
Dwelf (1/2 dwarf, 1/2 elf)
Dwarfling (1/2 dwarf, 1/2 halfling)
Elfling (1/2 elf, 1/2 halfling)
Thri-kreen, pterrans, and aarakocra are simply too different either because they are insects or reptiles or birds.
Thri-kreen, pterrans, and aarakocra are simply too different either because they are insects or reptiles or birds.
What about a Kenkukocra, or an Aaranku? (1/2 Aarakocra-1/2 Kenku)
I was sticking to the "normal" races, but you're right: they're both birds, so I guess it's technically possible. Kenku could even be mutated Aarakocra.
Technically speaking, aren't Aarakocras and Lizardmen descended from Rhulisti? If so, they might be able to crossbreed with Halflings and any other of the Rebirth Races... with disturbing results.
I was under the impression that you needed to be descended from Halflings in order to get a Champion assigned to your race... but that's just an assumption on my part.
Yeah, but the Pristine Tower didn't just mutate them, it fundamentally changed them into something else. In Amber Enchantress, that reptile-elf guy was half turned into a tree. It would be hard to mate with a tree.
Even harder to produce offspring. :D
Didn't you watch V??? They had a human crossbreeding with a lizard invader and giving birth to a live offspring. [/spoiler]
Yeah, but the Pristine Tower didn't just mutate them, it fundamentally changed them into something else. In Amber Enchantress, that reptile-elf guy was half turned into a tree. It would be hard to mate with a tree.
Not to split hairs with a chainsaw, but a change on a fundamental level due to an outside force is pretty close to the definition of mutation, if not right on. If the Pristine Tower manifested permanent changes in a living thing, that's a mutation. *raises tower shield and manifests mind-blade, preparing for the assault* :fight!: