Hybrids Anonymous or How to Differentiate an Opaki from a Choirboy
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, April 14 2003 09:50
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*sigh* Test it yourself. A Dervish, the super-elite of the Empire, will be defeated by 3 Nephil Chiefs and a Nephil Shaman with the Nephil Shaman still alive. (At least, that's what happened when I tried it.) Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, April 14 2003 10:14
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I tried this twice, in both cases the dervish defeated all the nephilim. Just for purposes I performed mine in a 7x7 area with a 9x9 wall surrounding. The dervish was placed on one side, the nephilim were on the other. How did you have your test set up? -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, April 14 2003 10:46
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Standard setup, although one the Nephil Chiefs were surrounding the Shaman instead of leaving him wide open for the Dervish to kill. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Wednesday, April 16 2003 11:49
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The zebra-horse hybrid is at my local zoo. Called a 'zeedonk.' Although there are actually several. I don't know if they're sterile. The zoo does make a tidy profit in selling their dung as novelty compost though. Posts: 1000 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2001 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, April 17 2003 21:45
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How did hybrid zebra dung get in on all this?  Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, April 18 2003 10:43
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It's called an Okapi, and it's perfectly natural. -------------------- Rate My Scenarios! Streila Spies Unbalanced Accounts Inn of Blades Echoes Echoes: Assault Echoes: Black Horse Echoes: Pawns Bandits Echoes: Combat/Skirmish Two Strands Bandits II: Ballad of the Red Star Roses of Reckoning (BoE) Corporeus The Claim Roses of Reckoning (BoA) Nebulous Times Hence Emerald Mountain Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, April 21 2003 04:19
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An okapi is more closely related to a giraffe than anything else. -------------------- ... Posts: 647 | Registered: Wednesday, February 19 2003 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, April 22 2003 10:37
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I wish I'd never bought the subject up. Can we retitle this thread 'Hybrids Anonymous' or something?  Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, April 22 2003 14:01
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For you, X, to celebrate your veteranship.  -------------------- Aces off. Posts: 611 | Registered: Friday, January 3 2003 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, April 23 2003 02:11
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I don't know whether to thank you or be shocked, even if the tide of discussion was unfortunately flowing that way. We discussed the hybrid nephars above. It occurs to me that if dragons can change gender for breeding purposes, is it possible their fellw reptilian sliths might also, but usually don't bother as they're a lot more abundant and so don't typically have to make such 'hard choices'? Yes, this is a sort of sidewise ::casts revive topic:: attempt!  Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, April 23 2003 12:54
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I don't think the sliths can change gender. If the dragons can, it's a function of their magic. But then, I still think the switching was just Jeff being confused. ?Alorael, who doesn't think Sulfras would ever bother to switch his/her gender. It would undoubtedly be inconvenient, and somehow inconvenience without tangible gains don't seem in character for Sulfras. And no, he/she probably wouldn't view a brood of little dragons as gains. [ Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:55: Message edited by: Alorael ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 04:01
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And why is it assumed that the Nephar are rejected from Nephil, or even regarded as less? Their society ranking is most likely rated on strength/warriorship, and the Nephar beat the Nephil at that. Almost like a Native American thing. (Rain dances, rain dances, rain dances, rain dances, rain dances.) -------------------- "Oh, North Wind, why frighten others? In Nature's family all are brothers. Puff and blow and wheeze and hiss; You can't frighten Shingebiss. Bring your frost and ice and snow; I'm still free to come and go. You can never frighten me, One who never fears is FREE!" -Shingebiss, the mighty duck Posts: 830 | Registered: Tuesday, August 20 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 08:28
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Since this has been renamed the hybrid thread: I recently found out that if you cross a goat with a sheep the result is called either a shoat or a geep. I am not making this up. -------------------- ... Posts: 647 | Registered: Wednesday, February 19 2003 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 09:16
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Strange that there aren't any important sliths or nephilsin the game. Why not? -------------------- Steal things in the sight of the guards without getting caught Get to the other half of the Blackrag fortress Get into Erika's Private Chambers Joining the Anama wihtout losing Mage Spells Two ways to make money quickly and easily "Storm, earth and fire, heed my call!" Posts: 2286 | Registered: Thursday, December 12 2002 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 09:48
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Um, wasn't Sss-Thiss (?) rather important in Exile 1? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 10:09
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My what a fascinating thread! It is a mix of game world history and bizarre biological cross-breeding. One post about the history of the Nephil and another about breeding sheep and goats. It is kind of like watching a new show on Fox.  Actually, as a newer player I found these posts quite interesting. John [ Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:13: Message edited by: Felwynne ] Posts: 97 | Registered: Friday, April 18 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 11:02
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Where do Nephar come from? By the way, I could argue all day and make up 25 explanations to discredit the idea that dragons change gender. -------------------- The great light bulb converses its thoughts in a fashion most particular to its complicated nature. Posts: 215 | Registered: Friday, August 30 2002 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 11:10
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When you look back at the previous posts in this thread you see someone mention that Nephar are some kind of cross breed between a Nephilim and something else. Then people jump in and say no that isn't true, they are sterile and bigger and stronger, and come from two Nephilim parents but are cast out. Actually, all the arguements against them being crossbreeds sound like reasons FOR them being cross breeds. Sterility is often a crossbreed characteristic. Being an outcast from your two Nephilim parents may be due to the fact that you are an embarrassment because they aren't REALLY your parents! Once dad realized the situation, the kid was out on his own. -------------------- Ebony Narhorse Mighty Yucca Brevifolia Defender! Posts: 40 | Registered: Sunday, April 27 2003 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 12:15
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quote:The only other explanation possible regarding the Exile world is that Jeff forgot which gender Sulfras was supposed to be. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 12:55
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However, I believe somewhere something says that a quarter to a third of all nephilim children are nepharim. Unless the nephilim don't like each other very much, that sounds like a common mutation or recessive genetic trait. ?Alorael, who also can't think of anything even remotely close enough to nephilim that crossbreeding would be possible from a genetic standpoint. Besides, the only other intelligent mammal present in large numbers is humans, and there can't have been widespread interbreeding between humans and nephils on the xenophobic surface. [ Thursday, May 08, 2003 16:24: Message edited by: Alorael ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 15:01
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A quarter to a fourth? -------------------- Aces off. Posts: 611 | Registered: Friday, January 3 2003 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, May 8 2003 16:25
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Make that a third. But it makes sense if you use furry math... ?Alorael, who has obviously fallen to a Freudian slip. Yes, he does indeed have quarters, fourths, or whatever you want to call them on the mind. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, May 9 2003 06:42
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Quarters? How is this a Freudian slip? 'Portions' - now that I'd understand...Posts: 2333 | Registered: Monday, January 7 2002 08:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, May 17 2004 19:47
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He accidentally let on that he wanted to have sex with his mother, that's how. Geez, X, you can be dense sometimes. -------------------- AnamaFreak (3:59:56 AM): Shounen-ai to the MAX ...there really is nothing that can compare to hot gay sex with a mythological icon. --665 Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Monday, May 17 2004 20:04
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WTF I didn't even know they kept threads from a year ago. -------------------- I'd be tender, I'd be gentle And awful sentimental Regarding love and art I'd be friends with the sparrows And the boy who shoots the arrows, If I only had a heart. Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |