Then again, if chimerical sentients are common enough, it might not be
that much easier to track.
What is the difference between 'tall Caucasian with short brown hair'
and 'short Minotaur with light-brown head-fur' when at least 1/3 of
the local population are chimeric?
It just depends on the local population('We don't have many of _your_
type around these here parts' works just as well for Arabs, Asians,
Cat-men, and Minotaurs), if there are several families in the area,
'just follow the horns' does not work quite as well.
Also, the Uncanny Valley is a race specific modifier, and if that race
is not around much, then that should not be a relevant modifier. Just
as if red-heads cause Minotaurs to charge, it is not relevant for
playing a red-head in a sci-fi game without chimeras.
I would put all racial appearance modifiers in a 'setting specific'
section of the description.
Anything else is just flavor.
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Johannes Trimmel
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Nigel McCarty-Eigenmann wrote:
>
>> This raises a point I've often had trouble with,
>>
>> Trouble not mechanically but ethically [so to speak], with racial
>> appearance.
>>
>> If I come from a mixed sapient world where giant insects are food animals,
>> speaking Dragons are the enemy, and Mr Mhrhrg the Minotaur delivers the
>> milk; is a beast headed man going to be perceived to be Horrible, or just
>> foreign?
>>
>> Would "Unnatural Appearance" or "Non-Human" be better descriptors?
>>
>
> Effectivly it comes down to "What reaction modifers do i have with whom?".
> If non human races are so common (or even if stories about them are so
> common, that their existence is widely accepted) then you don't really get
> a reaction modifer for not looking human. You might still have a social
> stigma (or propably an equivalent advantage if reactions are net
> positive).
>
> An apearence within the uncanny vally of a relevant race could still give
> a disad though.
>
> And if you have a feature that makes you easy to spot in a crowd or easier
> to track you, in some campains would still warrant a disad.
>
>
>
> One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle
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