Editing Questions/Question 6

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|QuestionFaqPage=FAQ/Main FAQ
|Topics=Natural souls
|Link=https://alogos.dreamwidth.org/1341.html?thread=10557#cmt10557
|AskedBy=assholic
|DateAsked=2025-02-21
|QuestionText=Dammit. I was leaning towards dragons, too. So things like chimaera or lamia or naga would also be no? Is it the sentience level? And as for the flytrap... hear me out here.... Audrey II. Surely homicidal space alien plants could work... (jk)<br><br>What about things that focus on a blend of something, like crystal spiders or anything that's a mix of mineral (rock/metal/lava) and a creature? Or should it be strictly singular species specific?<br><br>(apologies in advance. I'm a severe pedant on details because I can easily go off rails with ideas, so I like limits on my own things before I start.)
|DateAnswered=2025-02-21
|AnswerText=Unfortunately, no outright dragons at this time. :c It might be easier to start with a category of critter, and seeing if the kind of mythical creature has a connection to it. Like if you chose a snake (under Reptilia), pulling inspiration from nagas or lamias would make sense. (And for Audrey II... well. With a flytrap as the base Terra soul, it's a reasonable source for inspiration!)<br><br>Generally, blending <i>across</i> soul types isn't possible (so no mixing rabbits and wolves). Blending <i>within</i> a soul type (like picking goat and deer traits for a Ruminantia, or spider and crab traits for an Arthropoda) is allowed.<br><br>Rock creatures (including mixes of minerals, metals) are totally viable under the Golem type!<br><br>A traditional chimera (goat/lion/snake), and for that matter any other kind of chimera would be indirectly achievable through AC rewards- as there's an option there to add a second Natural Soul to a character (and... hypothetically you could just keep going with that, get real crowded in there). So a character can, in the longer term, end up with a Carnivore/Glire hybrid, or an Arthropod/Golem (for literal crystal spiders). Or any other combination!<br><br>No problem with the questions at all, I hope these explanations make some sort of sense....
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