How to Guide for Using Breeds (and how not to)

[FantasyWriter]

Send the breed in!

This is a good idea for anything.

Things for which sending in the breed is not a good idea:

-- Apologizing to the templar for you
-- Surrogate parenting
-- Serving at your dinner party

Continue.

[Synthesis]

> sit at bar
There are no seats available at a scarred, baobab bar.

> subdue breed
You subdue the rangy, weathered breed, despite his attempts to struggle away.

> put breed bar
You pull the rangy, weathered breed up to a scarred, baobab bar.

> sit at bar
You sit at a scarred, baobab bar.

[Jeshin]

- Brokering trade agreements with desert elves
- A comedy central roast
- Morale officer on the silt skimmer with a newbie pilot.

[Clavis]

bahamet fodder

doorstop

barstool

latrine cleaner

target practice

[boog]

Not to:
Ever have as a lover.

<afterglow>
"Baby, did I do it right?"
<yawn, cuddle up>
"Uhh, are you ... sleeping on me? -- Oh, <insert city-state being here>, just tell me I did it right. Please, oh, I'm going to throw myself off the balcony if you don't tell me I was alright. Please, please!"
<snore>
<half elf weeps> "Why, why, why? Why didn't you just tell me? Why am I so horrible at everything?! I should just kill myself!"
<half-awake response>"You ... <snore> lovely."
"What was LOVELY? My hair?! My hairless, scrawny chest? Oh, you play with my heart! You toy with my emotions! Tell me it was good or I will kill myself nowwww."
...
Blah blah blah, times forever, on repeat, though eventually the other person usually goes away or kills THEMselves out of being purely annoyed by such an unsure and self-deprecating creature as the half elf.

[Cutthroat]

[spicemustflow]

This is a very simplistic view of breeds.

[MeTekillot]

This is a very simplistic view of breeds.

[spicemustflow]

Well, maybe, but even in more serious discussion about breeds there's a view that if your breed isn't of the obviously sniveling kind you're not doing it right or, even, you took it for the stat bonuses.

[HavokBlue]

Please don't turn an amazing thread into an RP-police racial stat argument.

[Riev]

Well, maybe, but even in more serious discussion about breeds there's a view that if your breed isn't of the obviously sniveling kind you're not doing it right or, even, you took it for the stat bonuses.

Not a single person has even hinted at that, until you came into the thread informing that it might happen.


Also, on-topic:

The best job for a breed? Clearly, its to sub House Servant, and lick the boots of the -real- elves until they trust you enough to ask your opinion on something.

[Fathi]

The best job for a breed? Clearly, its to sub House Servant, and lick the boots of the -real- elves until they trust you enough to ask your opinion on something everything.

[Dakota]

archery practice.

[Fomalhaut]

Breeds make good toothpicks, but I find myself needing a sharp-ear to clean those hard-to-reach areas.

[Morrolan]

The tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "We have a gith raiding party out there.  We need to find it, pin it down, and kill it."

Looking up at the skinny, emo halfbreed, the tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "Runner Qel?

Clearly startled, the skinny, emo halfbreed says in southern-accented common,
   "Yes, Sergeant?"

You notice:  the skinny, emo halfbreed's eyes widen in excitement.

Barking an order and pointing northward with his bone longsword, the tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "Runner Qel.  Go up there and draw fire."

You notice:  the skinny, emo halfbreed's eyes narrow thoughtfully.

The skinny, emo halfbreed nods glumly in understanding.

[Taven]

Breeds make good toothpicks, but I find myself needing a sharp-ear to clean those hard-to-reach areas.

This totally sounds like it would lead to the creation of more tooth picks. Ewwww.

[Qzzrbl]

The tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "We have a gith raiding party out there.  We need to find it, pin it down, and kill it."

Looking up at the skinny, emo halfbreed, the tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "Runner Qel?

Clearly startled, the skinny, emo halfbreed says in southern-accented common,
   "Yes, Sergeant?"

You notice:  the skinny, emo halfbreed's eyes widen in excitement.

Barking an order and pointing northward with his bone longsword, the tall, burly byn sergeant says in southern-accented common,
   "Runner Qel.  Go up there and draw fire."

You notice:  the skinny, emo halfbreed's eyes narrow thoughtfully.

The skinny, emo halfbreed nods glumly in understanding.

Good god I wish stuff like this would happen more often.

Yeah, I know, that breed has like... a billion days played, has his skills all maxxed out, and he's the most experienced thing in your crew.

But he's still a breed.

[Nana]

Good god I wish stuff like this would happen more often.

Seconded

[Kol]

Good god I wish stuff like this would happen more often.

Seconded

Thirded. I want my breeds to be 'volunteerd' for shit like this. People are too friendly to my breeds, even when my breeds are miserable little gimps.

HATE ME DAMN YOU!

[JustAnotherGuy]

I think I've always treated breeds badly... I had on character that was utterly horrible to them and could get away with it.  Most things he did were right in public too... it's great to see severe racism sometimes in Arm.

[X-D]

My last Byn sarge always sent the breeds out front...an amazing number of them actually survived.

But I think that is because they all got really good at running away and high flee skills.

Also used to check any new dark areas. Breeds, the disposible mobile light source, Don't need to be able to throw torches, just have a breed in your group.

[Ender]

Also, those of you who play breeds remember that hate and discrimination is a two way street.  As a half-elf you should expect hatred and discrimination, and especially in the cities you should expect that even your friends and coworkers will mistreat you and there should almost be a feeling of powerlessness about it.

BAD:

"Shut up breed!"
"WHY I NEVER!"

GOOD:

"Shut up breed!"
"..."

[Synthesis]

Doesn't mean you can't poison their waterskins when they're not looking, though.

[Ender]

Doesn't mean you can't poison their waterskins when they're not looking, though.

Well the point is that so many people should be discriminating against you, that it should be a normal occurance for the half elf.  If you have enough poison to kill everyone who's discriminating against your half-elf, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST YOU.

[Synthesis]

Doesn't mean you can't poison their waterskins when they're not looking, though.

Well the point is that so many people should be discriminating against you, that it should be a normal occurance for the half elf.  If you have enough poison to kill everyone who's discriminating against your half-elf, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST YOU.

Fortunately we have a life-long supply of urine.