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Message no. 1
From: failhelm@*****.com (failhelm@*****.com)
Subject: Blood Types - End Game
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:29:24 -0700
>>On Monday, August 16, 2004 10:06 AM Mark S wrote;
>>Subject: RE: Blood Types
>>
>>>--- failhelm@*****.com wrote:
>>> Do most of you just consider the chances of meta-child or
>>> goblinization to be pure chance?
>>
>>I think that ancestry plays a role, but I have my doubts
>>it's as simple as blood type. I like to think that there's
>>some old flavor text claiming that the cause of UGE or
>>goblinization was not detectable using SR technology, but I
>>am once again away from my books. I remember reading
>>somewhere that people had no way of telling who might goblinize.
>>
>>Also, I don't believe that there were many links between
>>region and race, apart from the Ireland - Elf connection, so
>>I don't think that it's as simple as blood type. Blood type
>>distribution varies a lot by region, but as far as I know,
>>goblinization and UGE occurrences always were presented to
>>me as being evenly distributed.
>>
>>http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm
>>
>>Using the blood type as an indicator of race, type B is
>>missing almost entirely from the native populations of
>>Australia and the Americas.
>>Blood type A is missing almost entirely from Central and
>>South America.
>> Any theory of blood type influencing race will have to
>>come up with a plausible explanation of how genocide
>>occurred on multiple continents.
>>
>>Mark

All of your feed back is very much appreciated, especially the research
done!! Bringing forth angles that I did not originally anticipate. I still
enjoy the concept, but perhaps its role is best served in another aspect.
I'll rethink things and see what I come up with.

Maybe as something that only affects humans, or just use it has a conspiracy
or theory in game? Especially with the vampire or blood magic crowd. <insert
evil grin>

- Failhelm
Message no. 2
From: westiex@********.net (Aramis)
Subject: Blood Types - End Game
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:07:15 +1000
All of your feed back is very much appreciated, especially the research

>done!! Bringing forth angles that I did not originally anticipate. I still
>enjoy the concept, but perhaps its role is best served in another aspect.
>I'll rethink things and see what I come up with.
>
>Maybe as something that only affects humans, or just use it has a conspiracy
>or theory in game? Especially with the vampire or blood magic crowd. <insert
>evil grin>
>
>- Failhelm
>
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>
>
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It could indeed have to do with one's blood, but rather in terms of
one's ancestor's rather then blood type.

Say DNA strand xyz is present in a certain percentage of humans, pre
awakening. Magic comes, UGE starts, everyone with the 'elf' factor pre
change becomes an elf. Those with strand xzy become dwarves, yxz become
trolls, ect ...

It could explain why certain areas have a higher then average number of
a certain metatype.

Aramis.
Message no. 3
From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: Blood Types - End Game
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:27:30 -0600
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:29:24 -0700, failhelm@*****.com >
> All of your feed back is very much appreciated, especially the research
> done!! Bringing forth angles that I did not originally anticipate. I still
> enjoy the concept, but perhaps its role is best served in another aspect.
> I'll rethink things and see what I come up with.
>
> Maybe as something that only affects humans, or just use it has a conspiracy
> or theory in game? Especially with the vampire or blood magic crowd. <insert
> evil grin>

Or, you could say that certain blood types increase/decrease the odds
of someone being born a metahuman (or having a metahuman child).
Blood type wouldn't be a rosetta stone, but an indicator of increased
odds/risk. This could play well with the already discriminatory
attitudes of Shadowrun's general population. For example, once word
gets out that blood type is an indicator of metahumanity some
policlubs might add "acceptable" blood types to their member
requirements.

--
-Graht
Message no. 4
From: failhelm@*****.com (failhelm@*****.com)
Subject: Blood Types - End Game
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:39:26 -0700
>On Behalf Of Aramis
>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:07 AM
>Subject: Re: Blood Types - End Game
>
>It could indeed have to do with one's blood, but rather in
>terms of one's ancestor's rather then blood type.
> Say DNA strand xyz is present in a certain percentage of
>humans, pre awakening. Magic comes, UGE starts, everyone
>with the 'elf' factor pre change becomes an elf. Those with
>strand xzy become dwarves, yxz become trolls, ect ...
>
>It could explain why certain areas have a higher then
>average number of a certain metatype.
>
>Aramis.

Really my ultimate goal was to deal with how to determine if a PC or NPC
would be affected by mana during mana surges i.e. Year of the Comet. At the
very least having an explanation for myself as to why some people changed
and others did not would serve as a helpful GM knowledge. I'm okay with it
being completely random with a good explanation or it being partially random
and partially selective based on criteria.

The DNA twist is kind of Freudian and Young. I believe their theory was that
there was a kind of memory in our genes of whom we were, although I heard
that Freud moved away from this theory later in his life.

The movie "Altered States" was supposed to play off the concept. For those
of you that didn't see it, these scientists would put themselves in sensory
deprivation chambers and over time they would de-evolve for short periods of
time. I haven't seen this movie in a while so help me out here if I'm wrong.

Maybe this is what has been in the back of my head this whole time. Nice
play Aramis you get a bonus karma :-)

- Failhelm
Message no. 5
From: failhelm@*****.com (failhelm@*****.com)
Subject: Blood Types - End Game
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:45:24 -0700
--On Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:28 AM Graht
--Subject: Re: Blood Types - End Game
--
--Or, you could say that certain blood types increase/decrease
--the odds of someone being born a metahuman (or having a
--metahuman child).
--Blood type wouldn't be a rosetta stone, but an indicator of
--increased odds/risk. This could play well with the already
--discriminatory attitudes of Shadowrun's general population.
--For example, once word gets out that blood type is an
--indicator of metahumanity some policlubs might add
--"acceptable" blood types to their member requirements.
--
----
---Graht
--

Actually this was kind of my original point, I don't know how well I got it
across but there you go. The randomness issues brought up in previous
postings might cause issue with the theory. However, I still think that it
could play for a cool conspiracy theory. In our world today there people
whom think that your diet should be based off your blood type, so its really
not a stretch that there would be groups believing that blood type played a
role in the 6th world.

- Failelm

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