| From: | wilsonpj@******.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Peter) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Sex and Race / Strange Characters |
| Date: | Sat, 11 May 1996 22:39:11 -0600 |
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>ork and an elf get married. What race will thier children be? (For those who
>think its not possible look at the Lyle Lovett/ Julia Roberts match and then
>tell me it can't happen :)) How about a troll and a dwarf? Before everyone
>scream baby size on birth I've got some numbers based on average weight and
>birth weight percentage.
>
>All weights are averaged.
>
>Dwarf 3.0 kg or 6 1/2 lbs
>Elf 3.7 kg or 8 1/4 lbs
>Human 3.9 kg or 8 1/2 lbs
>Ork 4.0 kg or 8 3/4 lbs
>Troll 5.6 kg or 12 1/3 lbs
>
>
>Thes assume the birth parent is the same race as the child. the race
>description says % of mother's weight. So a dwarf could feasably give birth
>to an underweight troll. Maybe?
>
My brother created a human character who was born to orks, and grew up in
Cascade Ork country. I think we read somewhere that ork children are
sometimes born human and goblinize as a part of puberty. (I'd look that up
again, but my brother currently has _all_ of my books)
As you can well imagine he had a hard life as a child, especially when
everyone realized that he wasn't going to get any bigger. Well Rudder (as
in runt, not "the ass end of a boat") has this antagonism towards any one
or anything bigger than he is. For instance, we were in the proces of
succesfully (as far as I was concerned) talking a wendigo to let us leave
him in peace, when Rudder sent an arrow through the creatures eye.
Fortunately the steel broadhead lodged itself in the back of the wendogo's
skull, and it died without hurting anyone in the party.
He is fairly well balanced now, but I'll let him tell you about his
homecomming after honing his skills and physical adept abilities.
later
Piatro
