Shifter Race


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Can shifters reproduce with humans? Elves? Orcs?
And what about the resultant child(ren); are the offspring shifters?

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Heathansson wrote:

Can shifters reproduce with humans? Elves? Orcs?

And what about the resultant child(ren); are the offspring shifters?

I don't remember where I read this, I think it might have been part of the Keith Baker FAQ on the Wizards boards.

What I remember is that shifters are a "true-breeding race". This means that it doesn't matter who they reproduce with, the kid is still going to be a furry little mutt with a lycanthropic heritage

Liberty's Edge

Cool.


What I have been wondering is if they have to stay in female form after they have been fertilized; does changing to male abort the pregnancy as all the equipment in the body changes so to carry a child to term does a shapechanger have to stay in some female form with a womb or lay and egg or something; yep; I am bothered by the strangest things.


Valegrim wrote:
What I have been wondering is if they have to stay in female form after they have been fertilized; does changing to male abort the pregnancy as all the equipment in the body changes so to carry a child to term does a shapechanger have to stay in some female form with a womb or lay and egg or something; yep; I am bothered by the strangest things.

I think you are referring to the Changelings. The Shifters are the want-to-be lycanthropics. The Changelings are want-to-be doppelgangers.

Fizz


still, I do wonder about it.


Valegrim wrote:
still, I do wonder about it.

According to Races of Eberron a Changleing in female form who conceives a child loses the ability to change her gender.

Fizz


Valegrim wrote:
What I have been wondering is if they have to stay in female form after they have been fertilized; does changing to male abort the pregnancy as all the equipment in the body changes so to carry a child to term does a shapechanger have to stay in some female form with a womb or lay and egg or something; yep; I am bothered by the strangest things.

o.o;;

Wow. Hadn't thought of that... Different.

Kinda similar (but not really), but what would happen if someone was polymorphed into say, a ooze and got chopped, splitting it in two, then poly morphed back to normal?

-Kurocyn

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Kurocyn wrote:
Kinda similar (but not really), but what would happen if someone was polymorphed into say, a ooze and got chopped, splitting it in two, then poly morphed back to normal?

Depends on how gruesome your DM is. Either you end up with two identical halflings, or two messy, gore-spurting halves of the same person.


Is it wrong of me to find that funny with either result?

If it happened in my game, I'd say two halflings. (unless I didn't like the player. >.>; ) Could make for an interesting side quest, if anything, it'd be an entertaining situation.

-Kurocyn

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Heathansson wrote:

Can shifters reproduce with humans? Elves? Orcs?

And what about the resultant child(ren); are the offspring shifters?

Hey, Heathy - you have kids. Don't you already know the answer?

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