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From: azanyun@****.com (Asher S Rosenberg)
Subject: Re: Dwarven Spike babies WAS Re: [SR2] Who' Who In SRII
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 11:56:17 PST
On Sat, 21 Sep 1996 02:31:30 -0500 (EST) bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A.
Tinner) writes:
>>BTW a quick question, are the only known spike babies elven? I might
buy
>>them not being ork or troll because these meta-types usually express
>>when magic returns, but couldn't they possibly be dwarven since
they're
>>"born" as their meta-type the same as elves.
>
>The way I always figured it, Dwarf spike babies have always existed.
>They never really went away - just lost their racial abilities when
>the magic faded.
>We still have people with their rough physical description today.
>Dwarfism was construed as a physical condition in the 20th century,
>when in fact, it was just a natural expression of a metatype.
>
>When the magic returned, those dwarves would regain their vision,
>extra muscle mass, extensive hair growth, et al.

I tried using a similar argument with Loki a few months ago, but he still
wouldn't let me bring that Spike Baby - Dwarven Physad into the group.

He kept muttering something about Munchkins. How was I supposed to know
he was prejudiced against short people? :)

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