Given the lore about shapechaning dragons and how they mate with elves and humans in Forgotten Realms.
I was wondering what would happen when a wildshaped druid mated with a beast of same species. As wildshaped druid is consider beast by raw(thus fertile with the same species of beast), yet with mental and social attributes of his pc, what would do offspring would be like?
What is more, what would happen if one such druid mate with an awakened beast which is also a high level beastmaster's animal companion which through leveling up further increased it's AS. Would any of the traits like AS gains or awakened abilities pass heriditorily, how would it be effected by the druid parents ability scores. Can that possibly create a halfbreed offspring, or a straight beast with advanced AS?
Might sound disgusting or even as perversion at first, but within the lore there are characters who experience love with, lycantrophes(even reversed versions), dragons, even treants. And as druids are defenders of nature as well as principals hold dear by the nature like "evolution" and "diveristy", though might be a subject worth sharing a few opinions...
Unlike dragons, humanoids are not genetically compatible with most other species, so humanoid druids would not produce any halfbreeds. They may produce normal animals of their shapeshifted species though. At the DM's discretion, satyr and other druids with the fey type may produce half-fey animals and dragonborn and draconians may produce half-dragon animals.
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Unlike dragons, humanoids are not genetically compatible with most other species, so humanoid druids would not produce any halfbreeds. They may produce normal animals of their shapeshifted species though. At the DM's discretion, satyr and other druids with the fey type may produce half-fey animals and dragonborn and draconians may produce half-dragon animals.
The funny thing is, humans seem to be able to mate with half of the playable races that are not size Small. Half-elves, half-orcs, Dragonborn, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi....all of these are by default considered to have at least one human parent, which is weird, but the lore seems quite biased about the genetic malleability of humans over other races/species.
Unlike dragons, humanoids are not genetically compatible with most other species, so humanoid druids would not produce any halfbreeds. They may produce normal animals of their shapeshifted species though. At the DM's discretion, satyr and other druids with the fey type may produce half-fey animals and dragonborn and draconians may produce half-dragon animals.
The funny thing is, humans seem to be able to mate with half of the playable races that are not size Small. Half-elves, half-orcs, Dragonborn, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi....all of these are by default considered to have at least one human parent, which is weird, but the lore seems quite biased about the genetic malleability of humans over other races/species.
Dragonborn don't have a human parent. They are a separate race completely.
As for Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi .... those are planetouched and operate a little bit different than just genetics. On a genetic level they're technically still humans but their bodies are infused by elemental/good/evil energies which may or may not carry over to their offspring (well, for Tieflings it definitely does but only because of the ritual that ascended Asmodeus to godhood. Before that the offspring of a Tiefling could be just a regular human). Those planetouched (sub)races exist for some non-human races as well by the way. Fey'ri are from elves and demons, Maeluth are from dwarves and devils, Tanarukk are from orcs and fiends, Wisplings are from halfings and demons and so on and on.
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Unlike dragons, humanoids are not genetically compatible with most other species, so humanoid druids would not produce any halfbreeds. They may produce normal animals of their shapeshifted species though. At the DM's discretion, satyr and other druids with the fey type may produce half-fey animals and dragonborn and draconians may produce half-dragon animals.
The funny thing is, humans seem to be able to mate with half of the playable races that are not size Small. Half-elves, half-orcs, Dragonborn, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi....all of these are by default considered to have at least one human parent, which is weird, but the lore seems quite biased about the genetic malleability of humans over other races/species.
Dragonborn don't have a human parent. They are a separate race completely.
As for Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi .... those are planetouched and operate a little bit different than just genetics. On a genetic level they're technically still humans but their bodies are infused by elemental/good/evil energies which may or may not carry over to their offspring (well, for Tieflings it definitely does but only because of the ritual that ascended Asmodeus to godhood. Before that the offspring of a Tiefling could be just a regular human). Those planetouched (sub)races exist for some non-human races as well by the way. Fey'ri are from elves and demons, Maeluth are from dwarves and devils, Tanarukk are from orcs and fiends, Wisplings are from halfings and demons and so on and on.
That's why I said that that Genasi, Aasimar, etc. are considered by default to be part human. Not that they have to be or should be. When I made a Half Orc Bard PC, the parents were an Elf and an Orc. I'm just pointing out the common assumption based on a common bias of fantasy (and science fiction) storytelling.
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Given the lore about shapechaning dragons and how they mate with elves and humans in Forgotten Realms.
I was wondering what would happen when a wildshaped druid mated with a beast of same species. As wildshaped druid is consider beast by raw(thus fertile with the same species of beast), yet with mental and social attributes of his pc, what would do offspring would be like?
What is more, what would happen if one such druid mate with an awakened beast which is also a high level beastmaster's animal companion which through leveling up further increased it's AS. Would any of the traits like AS gains or awakened abilities pass heriditorily, how would it be effected by the druid parents ability scores. Can that possibly create a halfbreed offspring, or a straight beast with advanced AS?
Might sound disgusting or even as perversion at first, but within the lore there are characters who experience love with, lycantrophes(even reversed versions), dragons, even treants. And as druids are defenders of nature as well as principals hold dear by the nature like "evolution" and "diveristy", though might be a subject worth sharing a few opinions...
Maybe that's how Harengon, Loxodon, Leonin, and Shifters etc. where created in the first place!
Unlike dragons, humanoids are not genetically compatible with most other species, so humanoid druids would not produce any halfbreeds. They may produce normal animals of their shapeshifted species though. At the DM's discretion, satyr and other druids with the fey type may produce half-fey animals and dragonborn and draconians may produce half-dragon animals.
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The funny thing is, humans seem to be able to mate with half of the playable races that are not size Small. Half-elves, half-orcs, Dragonborn, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi....all of these are by default considered to have at least one human parent, which is weird, but the lore seems quite biased about the genetic malleability of humans over other races/species.
Dragonborn don't have a human parent. They are a separate race completely.
As for Tieflings, Aasimar and Genasi .... those are planetouched and operate a little bit different than just genetics. On a genetic level they're technically still humans but their bodies are infused by elemental/good/evil energies which may or may not carry over to their offspring (well, for Tieflings it definitely does but only because of the ritual that ascended Asmodeus to godhood. Before that the offspring of a Tiefling could be just a regular human). Those planetouched (sub)races exist for some non-human races as well by the way. Fey'ri are from elves and demons, Maeluth are from dwarves and devils, Tanarukk are from orcs and fiends, Wisplings are from halfings and demons and so on and on.
I've never encountered a forum where I got this many "talking to a wall" impressions as this one...
That's why I said that that Genasi, Aasimar, etc. are considered by default to be part human. Not that they have to be or should be. When I made a Half Orc Bard PC, the parents were an Elf and an Orc. I'm just pointing out the common assumption based on a common bias of fantasy (and science fiction) storytelling.