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- Apr 15, 2014
You know, FATAL has some things that could be interesting in the hands of somebody who's not terminally autistic. For example, Bugbears.
Bugbears as sea-fairing Pirate/Viking slavers could be interesting. However, FATAL goes the retarded and grimdark route by making them edgy people who eat bad children, because edgy.
I could see this being rewritten into something more interesting, like "Bugbears are the remnants of a warrior race created by a long dead civilization in the wars that lead up to it's demise. Due to their "construction", Bugbears have the ability to turn members of other races into Bugbears, via long, complex spells that only Bugbears can master. This was designed so that an army of Bugbears could replenish its soldiers by converting captured prisoners into new Bugbears, to replace losses in manpower.
Bugbears also bear another mark of their makers. A product of a Bugbear-Bugbear couple suffers genetic degradation, causing more frequent mutations. Over several generations, this would result in most Bugbears being infertile, with any new offspring suffering from severe mutations. This was designed so that the Bugbear armies could never overrun their masters, as any attempt could be waited out. When their masters collapsed in an orgy of violence, civil war, and famine, the Bugbears found themselves alone, and facing a bleak future.
However, several groups discovered a cure. "Turned Bugbears", members of other races who were transformed into Bugbears, have a much lower mutation rate, about the same as the first Bugbears ever created. Having Turned mate with "Natural" Bugbears introduces non corrupted genes, and causes the offspring of such a union to have much lower mutation rate than the offspring of a Natural-Natural pairing.
Because of this, the Bugbears turned to slavery and raiding to acquire new people to convert, and new sources of "fresh" genes."
Why are Bugbears evil pirate/vikings? Because they need a continuous source of slaves to preserve their rotting genetics. Why do Bugbears like to kidnap naughty children? Because naughty children take more naturally to bugbear society, and are easier to convert.
There, did I do better?
Bugbears as sea-fairing Pirate/Viking slavers could be interesting. However, FATAL goes the retarded and grimdark route by making them edgy people who eat bad children, because edgy.
I could see this being rewritten into something more interesting, like "Bugbears are the remnants of a warrior race created by a long dead civilization in the wars that lead up to it's demise. Due to their "construction", Bugbears have the ability to turn members of other races into Bugbears, via long, complex spells that only Bugbears can master. This was designed so that an army of Bugbears could replenish its soldiers by converting captured prisoners into new Bugbears, to replace losses in manpower.
Bugbears also bear another mark of their makers. A product of a Bugbear-Bugbear couple suffers genetic degradation, causing more frequent mutations. Over several generations, this would result in most Bugbears being infertile, with any new offspring suffering from severe mutations. This was designed so that the Bugbear armies could never overrun their masters, as any attempt could be waited out. When their masters collapsed in an orgy of violence, civil war, and famine, the Bugbears found themselves alone, and facing a bleak future.
However, several groups discovered a cure. "Turned Bugbears", members of other races who were transformed into Bugbears, have a much lower mutation rate, about the same as the first Bugbears ever created. Having Turned mate with "Natural" Bugbears introduces non corrupted genes, and causes the offspring of such a union to have much lower mutation rate than the offspring of a Natural-Natural pairing.
Because of this, the Bugbears turned to slavery and raiding to acquire new people to convert, and new sources of "fresh" genes."
Why are Bugbears evil pirate/vikings? Because they need a continuous source of slaves to preserve their rotting genetics. Why do Bugbears like to kidnap naughty children? Because naughty children take more naturally to bugbear society, and are easier to convert.
There, did I do better?
