Tassadar

*Molester dragons suddenly bang their head against a Writer's Block*

*is glomped and forced to drag Tass to bed*

D:

I saw. Tass, get on a messenger service.

Hey man, thought I'd let you know, didn't want to be a douche and just abandon, but I'm gonna head out. You guys can continue the thread, but I'm done. I'm gonna get over this porn thing. Now if I could only find out how to delete my dang account....

Aside question that I'm pretty sure I know the answer to: if you're taking tight/large, do you get both at once or is each one a separate mutation requiring it's own pick? If they are separate mutations, does the limit of three apply between the two of them, or does it apply to each one individually?

Note: these last three should have all been one, but they hit the character limit for a profile post. =/

...Or, I suppose a last possibility (that just graced my mind) is for Aquatic to have a higher priority than serpentine body, overriding it instead of the other way around. That would probably be the simplest solution to the case that I can see.


Something marginally related that isn't explicitly listed: A mermaid's base form is to have a tail instead of legs, as per aquatic. I would imagine that this would prevent them from taking leg/feet mutations, much like Serpentine Body - and the only reason they could have a certain leg-based mutation when walking on legs is because they shapeshifted those mutations on. However, preventing leg mutations to the base Mermaid isn't listed in Aquatic, so I'll ask: is my understanding correct?

Heh, now this is an odd case. My general assumption with Naga half-breeds is that when a leg conflict would occur, Serpentine Body overrides any incompatible mutations, like a harpy's talons. But if there was a half-breed Mermaid-Naga, the resulting creature would have both Aquatic and Serpentine Body, which would not necessarily be a conflict (because sea-snakes). The weirdness comes into play with shapeshifter - the aquatic can be shifted out of, but the serpentine body can't.
"In the sea, the dreaded MerNaga has the lower body of a deadly sea-snake... but when on land, it hides it's nature by pretending to simply have the lower half of a more terrestrial snake!"

...Or would Aquatic simply be overridden by Serpentine Body? If it does, then would the MerNaga still get the Mer's in-water/out-of-water bonuses and penalties, or the ability to let others breathe underwater (Mermaid's Kiss)... despite no longer being able to breathe underwater or swim as a fish as per 'Aquatic'?

...Wait. Are you absolutely certain about that 'a character can have one of each mutation unless otherwise specified' answer you gave earlier? Because appendage does not specify implicitly that it can be taken multiple times, yet expects a character to be able to take it four times. Additionally, Venomous Attack states that the particular effect of the venom must be picked at the time the mutation is taken, 'and can only be changed when the character gains another mutation' - seeming to imply that a character was expected to be able to take the mutation a second time to change the venom effect.

Ah, that's missing from the Goblin race in the creation thread.

Wonderful. Though, you do appear to have overlooked one of the mass I've sent; does a half-goblin half-something-else get the inability to be a succubus that goblins have, or a half-sidhe half-something-else get the 'does not get a talent for picking mutated' condition?

I suppose can use this opportunity to add another case to this; if a halfbreed has one normal creature (ala human) and one 'female only' creature (ala nagas), is the resulting crossbreed required to be female, or not?

EDIT: on Naga lycanthropes: the template is geared towards wolves, but the fluff only specifies animal spirits. How about a naga that transforms into a giant snake? ...and now I actually want to try and stat up such a creature. Getting too ahead of myself...