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Nickeris86:
I have been a huge fantasy/science fiction nerd for a long time and if I have learned one thing from playing table top RPG's is that if the party meets a hot elf someone is going to try and boink it resulting in a Half-elf running around. now i have no problem with cross species breeding's most of the time if the physiology is compatible. since this may be an issue in one of my books i wanted to see what others had to say about it.

Thrythlind:
In most of my books, the body is mutable aspect of the soul as expressed through the mind.  We only remain incapable of changing because we fail to believe that changing is possible.

Also, I tend to operate on what I call the "template" theory of fantasy evolution: ie, if a particular person becomes powerful enough then they become the template for a new subspecies or species...the alterations they've created in themselves is passed on to their children

this is even perceptible in normal people, as a skilled martial artist will likely (not certainly) pass on a talent to their children and then that will be further enhanced by upbringing...

IE: I believe in equal parts nature and nurture...with talent being largely nature and skill being largely nurture

this particular concept means that pretty much any species is capable of interbreeding with any other, as long as those species are sentient enough to believe that it is possible...or even just hope so strongly that it is

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
It doesn't matter what your rules are provided that they are consistent and make sense, and also that if you are going to make them work magically/non-realistically you make it a different paradigm rather than screwing around with some feeble explanation of how "but DNA turns out to really work this way" when DNA doesn't. 

Thrythlind:

--- Quote from: neurovore on July 22, 2010, 07:32:57 PM ---It doesn't matter what your rules are provided that they are consistent and make sense, and also that if you are going to make them work magically/non-realistically you make it a different paradigm rather than screwing around with some feeble explanation of how "but DNA turns out to really work this way" when DNA doesn't. 

--- End quote ---

what I said without succumbing to rant mode

^_^;;;;;

Aakaakaak:
It depends on your definition of breeding. If you're talking about the traditional method then it would be limited. (If you're going with standard theory, but remember, this is sci-fi. There really aren't any rules.) If you're including bio-engineering we're already splicing fish with plants. Glofish include a coral gene that make them glow under black/bluelight. Several other "splices" exist.

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