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From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Breeder definition
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:06:15 EST
In a message dated 2/17/1999 8:43:09 PM US Eastern Standard Time, remo@***.net
writes:

>
> Okay, this brings up a question that's surfaced several times in the local
> group: We know that people still occasionally, even frequently, goblinize
> into orks and trolls. Are there still transformations from normal to elves
> and dwarves? Were there transformation into elves and dwarves to start
> with? The historical text in the main SR3 rulebook (and its predecessors)
> seem to indicate that there were not any such transformations, but the
> population figures tend to indicate that there had to be. This is
> consistent with some of the old back-cover text about elves and trolls
> assuming their true forms.
>
> I'm just curious how the rest of you view this.

Please then, reconsider the concept of "transformation" with regards to
Dwarves/Elves vs. Orks/Trolls. D/E "express" theirselves at birth. O/T can
"express" at birth or "goblinize" later in life.

-K

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