Rebma wrote:
No no no, that's not what I meant (though that was messy too, not in the way I meant it). What I mean was the way that fto handles hybrid descriptions, primary and (lack of) secondary. (Half breed, shares features with another race, great, which one?) Especially when two hybrids mate. Or the hybrid children of hybrid mates mate. Okay, like, the first mate is race A+b and second is C+b, so you end up with A+c or C+a child. To me it seems like secondary or not, if race b is the common factor in a pair it should have some impact on the baby's race. You might even have a B+a or B+c child.
So I guess I mean, how are you planning on handling that situation, or race descriptors in general. ( I don't know, maybe you were going to list all contributing races on newborns lol)
...I bet I'm less of a pain when I'm talking about eating faces.
You're not a pain at all! I'm sure other people are curious about it as well, you're just the first to ask.
Ah I see! Well, the system I currently have in place is rather simple. If the feature became overtly popular I would likely make it more involved (showing percentages of all included races on an individual, or something like that). Currently, it's like this.
Hybrids themselves do have a primary and secondary race, however both descriptions show under the character tab indicating which is primary and secondary.
During the birth tick, we take the races of both the mom and dad taking into consideration the combinations of hybrid/pure parents.
If the
both parents are hybrids but
both of their primary races are the same The character inherits that primary as their own, and
stays a hybrid, taking on the secondary of the father.If
neither are hybrids, but their
primary races are different the child
will inherit the father's primary as their own and
will inherit the race of the mother as their secondary.
If
one is hybrid and the other is pure the child
will inherit the race of the purebred as their own primary and will take the hybrid parent's primary as their own secondary if neither of their races are the same as the purebred (if they are then the child will inherit whatever race of the hybrid parent that is not the same as the primary as their own secondary), effectively wiping out evidence of the parent hybrid's secondary race in the local bloodline unless the purebred has the same race as the hybrid's secondary.
EDIT: If
both parents are hybrids with
different primaries and the same secondary,
the secondary would then become the primary of the child since there is more of that particular race in the child. Their
secondary will be inherited from the primary of the mother.
It's all pretty confusing, but there you have it! Hybrids have yet to be tested so everything is subject to change, but that is the general procedure I'm doing. Essentially, there can only ever be two race combinations. Races which are secondary to a character are considered recessive and easily dominated out of the gene pool by another secondary race - however, it goes without saying, it's a one way road so you cannot ever have another purebred in the local line once you bring hybrids into the mix. At least.. not naturally.
Might be interesting if we had some kind of 'purifying' magic potion. But that's a topic for another day!
Even better if you don't even call them humans at all and just name them after the continent they came from or something vague related to their skill boost. Like 'Tinkerers' or...something. I got nothing. Though it may be worth pointing out when describing this mystery race that they come in an unusually wide variety of sizes, colors, and shapes.
