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【RF】泛智慧种族介绍 p. 98-101
« 于: 2018-02-12, 周一 20:17:28 »
许多泛智慧种族在智力上并无差异,但却在文化上受到大众排斥。他们被接受的数量有限,即便是被接受了,那也是对于这个个体本身来说的。然而,泛智慧种族的聚集,像是导致布劳赛良德森林或吴哥窟那个娜迦王国创立的事件,仍然让大多数人感到紧张不安。
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Intellectually equal but culturally shunned by the masses, many metasapients are accepted in limited numbers and on an individual basis. However, gatherings of metasapients, such as the events that created the Brocéliande Forest or the Naga Kingdom of Angkor Wat, still put the majority of people on edge.

半人马 CENTAUR
物种:马属人马种 SPECIES: EQUUS SAGITTARIUS


半人马是马家族的一员。他的下半身是马一样的身体,上半身原本应该是马头的位置却被人的躯体代替了。半人马通常身高2.7-3.2米左右,体重在400-1000公斤之间。大部分的变异之处来自马的身体,那可能和几种不同类型的常见马(普氏野马)类似。半人马每只手上只有三根手指和一根对生拇指,同时颅骨形状也可能会变异。在大觉醒之后不久就被泛人类所了解的常见半人马,拥有一个与马首相似的头部,但在长度上略有缩短。第二种变种,更像是泛人类亚种的变种,具有人的脑袋。这些“劣人马(lesser centaurs)”——其他的半人马这么称呼他们——很少能够活到成年,因为他们大多数被驱出部落自生自灭。其中的少数被好心的半人马、泛人类、其他泛智慧种族、甚至至少一条龙收养,游离在他们的常规文化之外,活到成年。
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Centaurs are a member of the equine family, with a lower body resembling a horse with a hominid torso attached where the horse head would be. A centaur typically stands 2.7–3.2 meters tall and weighs between 400–1000 kilograms. Most of the variation comes from the horse body, which may resemble several different breeds of common horse (Equus ferus). Centaurs possess only three digits and an opposable thumb on each hand, and the skull shape can vary within the species. The common centaur, known to metahumanity since shortly after the Awakening, has a primarily equine head similar to a horse but shortened slightly in length. A second variation of the species, much like the varieties of metahuman subspecies, has a human head. These “lesser centaurs,” as other centaurs referred to them, rarely reach adulthood, as they are generally cast out of their tribes and left to fend for themselves. A few have been taken in by kind-hearted centaurs, metahumans, other metasapient species, and at least one dragon, and have survived to adulthood outside of their regular culture.

虽然半人马长期以来一直被认为愚昧落后,不过这种观点并不完全公正、准确。虽然半人马通常希望保持他们简朴的部落生活方式,并生活在他们的自然栖息地里,但是他们也完全能完成复杂的思考,了解现代技术。有些常见半人马与劣人马已经开始探索泛人类社会,并根据需要做了相应的适应,展示出了可靠的能力。特别值得注意的有草原男孩,一支完全由常见半人马组成的乐队;还有胭脂勒缰,一位专业的劣人马战士;以及麦洛·捷尔达,一名诺贝尔奖获得者,并且是天龙基金会理事会成员。其他的半人马服务于雇佣兵团,耕耘在乡村农场,或是依靠他们的魔法追踪天赋充当向导或追踪者。虽然他们能够融入泛人类社会的许多地方,但大多数选择了不。
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Though centaurs have long been considered primitive, this view is not entirely fair or accurate. While centaurs generally desire to maintain their simple tribal lifestyle and live in their natural habitats, they are quite capable of sophisticated thought and understanding of modern technology. Several common centaurs and many lesser centaurs have begun to explore metahuman society and demonstrated a solid facility with adapting as needed. Of particular note are the Prairie Boys, a band completely composed of common centaurs; Rouge Bitless, a lesser centaur professional fighter; and Milo Czerda, a Nobel laureate and member of the Draco Foundation’s board of trustees. Other centaurs serve in mercenary units, work on rural farms, or act as guides or trackers thanks to their innate magical tracking sense. Though they are capable of integrating into many parts of metahuman society, most just choose not to.

估测世界人口:50000(常见半人马);1500(劣人马)
人口中心:欧亚大草原、北美庇护区(由巨龙Dunkelzahn创建),以及希腊与捷克共和国的部分地区
目前的国际地位:美洲本土原住民国、希腊、捷克共和国、亚马逊国、雅库特和蒙古都承认半人马是智慧生物,给予他们完全的公民身份。目前天演是唯一一家向半人马提供公民身份的超级公司。
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Estimated Worldwide Population: 50,000 (common); 1,500 (lesser)
Population Centers: The Eurasian Steppe, North American refuge (created by the Great Dragon Dunkelzahn), and parts of Greece and the Czech Republic
Current International Status: The Native American Nations, Greece, the Czech Republic, Amazonia, Yakut, and Mongolia all recognize centaurs as sapient beings and allow them full citizenship. Currently Evo is the only megacorporation that offers centaurs citizenship.


娜迦 NAGA
物种:守卫属巨蛇种 SPECIES: CUSTOS SERPENS


第六纪的娜迦传说是泛人类的骄傲自大的最好反映。起初娜迦被认为是一种聪明的、可训练的,并且觉醒的十米长的蛇种。各种安保公司抓住娜迦,并像安保动物那样训练他们。这些公司并不知道娜迦们从他们的驯化者与接触到的其他人那里聆听、了解到了泛人类社会的信息。这些相互影响——包括那些在东南亚和印度次大陆(娜迦在那些地方通常会由于当地的传统文化而获得尊敬与崇拜)上的——使得娜迦能够了解到在他们周遭世界中的新的政权力量。他们所需要做的全部事情就是忍受单调乏味,偶尔会变得危险的工作。
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The Sixth World tale of the naga is one of metahuman hubris at its finest. Originally naga were thought to be an intelligent, trainable, and Awakened ten-meter-long snake species. Various security companies caught naga and trained them to work as guard animals. Little did these companies know the naga were listening and learning about metahuman society from their handlers and others they came into contact with. These interactions—including those in southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, where the naga were often revered and worshipped in local tradition— allowed naga to gain an understanding of the new powers in the world around them. All they had to do was endure tedious, occasionally dangerous jobs.

当安保公司中的娜迦由于年龄或逃脱而退休的时候,他们中的大多数会去和亚洲的其他娜迦聚在一起。同时,柬埔寨的娜迦会聚集在吴哥窟遗址附近。由于对当地超自然动物——娜迦的仆从——的恐惧,游客数量减少,娜迦们得以留下创建自己的家园。在刚刚过去的十年间,吴哥窟娜迦王国被娜迦与超自然智慧生物们所创立。此后,世上的娜迦们开始在自己的天赋方面透露更多的事情,包括他们能够说泛人类语言——仅仅在硬辅音上有轻微的言语障碍——的能力。许多娜迦已经开始使用他们国家的财富来进入大学——不过由于他们的冷血体质带来的气候限制,大多数都在吴哥窟附近的地区。
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When naga in the security firms were retired due to age or escape, many of these gathered with other naga in Asia. Meanwhile, Cambodian naga were gathering around the ruins of Angkor Wat. Tourist travel decreased with fear of the local paracritters, which were servants of the naga, and the naga were left to create a home. Barely over a decade old now, the Naga Kingdom of Angkor Wat was formed by naga and a coalition of sapient paranormal beings. Since, the naga of the world have revealed more about their nature, including their ability to speak metahuman languages with only a slight speech impediment involving hard consonants. Many naga have begun using their nation’s riches to attend universities, mostly in the region around Angkor Wat due to climate restriction of their cold-blooded physiology.

不同起源的娜迦往往与起源地占主导优势的蛇种相似。在吴哥窟,各种蟒蛇、蝰蛇和金环蛇都有很强的代表性,也有一些少数种存在。在亚马逊国,水蟒是其间的王者,这类娜迦变种通常比他们的亲属块头更大。
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Naga of differing origins often resemble the predominant snake species of the area. In Angkor Wat the various python, viper, and krait species are strongly represented, with some of the lesser species present as well. In Amazonia the anaconda is king, and naga of this variant are often bulkier than their kin.

估测世界人口:190000
人口中心:亚马逊国、吴哥窟娜迦王国,以及印度联盟
国际地位:娜迦掌握了娜迦王国中的政治主导地位,同时许多东南亚文化都尊敬他们。他们在亚马逊国、孟加拉联邦、缅甸、印度联盟、老挝、马来西亚、满洲里、四川、萨利希-仙灵理事会、新加坡、斯里兰卡和越南这些地方都有资格获得SIN。十大巨头的每一家都会雇佣那些值得注意的娜迦,通常是派去做魔法安保,亚洲的许多AA公司也会这么做。
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Estimated Worldwide Population: 190,000
Population Centers: Amazonia, Naga Kingdom of Angkor Wat, and the Indian Union
International Status: Naga hold positions of political dominance in the Naga Kingdom, and many cultures in southwest Asia revere them. They are eligible for SINs in Amazonia, the Bangla Commonwealth, Burma, the Indian Union, Laos, Malaysia, Manchuria, the Salish-Shidhe Council, Sichuan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. All of the Big Ten employ significant naga populations, typically in magical security, as do many Asian AA corporations.


皮克精 PIXIE
物种:分类数据不足 SPECIES: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR CLASSIFICATION


这些小型类人生物就像是有翅膀的小型精灵。他们带着全球各地的种族特征,通常和当地泛人类人口相似。皮克精的站立高度不足半米,不过他们的脚也几乎不碰地,所以很难统计。他们的翼展差不多有1米长。常见的皮克精翅膀类似于虹色的蜻蜓翅,但是也有其他变体的,包括类似于蝠翼的、猛禽翼的、蝴蝶翅的、蚱蜢翅的,甚至其他形式的翅膀也是有可能的。无论他们的翅膀外形如何,皮克精的飞行凭借的是对法力的操纵而不是真正的空气动力学。他们同样有着自我遮蔽的天生魔法能力;这似乎是他们的天生形态,鉴于他们会在死亡的那刻瞬间消失,这让对该物种的解剖研究和生物分类变得相当有挑战性。那些名声狼藉者尝试过活体解剖(ummmmm…),但皮克精很狡猾而且很难抓住,此外那些宣称有这样研究信息的也不一定可信。
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These small humanoids resemble miniature elves with wings. They bear ethnic traits from around the world, usually similar to the local metahuman population. Pixies stand under a half-meter tall, though their feet are rarely on the ground to measure them. Their wingspan measures approximately one meter across. The average pixie’s wings resemble iridescent dragonfly wings, but other variations have been noted, including those mimicking the wing profiles of bats, birds of prey, butterflies, and grasshoppers, and pixies claim an even wider spectrum of wings is possible. Regardless of their wings’ appearance, pixies use an innate manipulation of mana for flight instead of actual aerodynamics. They also possess the innate magical ability to conceal themselves; this seems to be their natural state, as they immediately disappear at the moment of death, which makes postmortem study and taxonomical classification of the species a challenge. Unsavory elements have attempted living autopsies, but pixies are tricky and tough catch, and those who claim to have information from such procedures are not necessarily to be trusted.

皮克精通常会生活在森林地区,远离城市。他们以家庭为单位,还发展出自己的树屋村落。极其罕见的情况下,皮克精会尝试一下都市蔓城的生活。他们的体型通常是他们最大的限制因素,不过法力水平的变化同样影响他们飞行以及通过魔法自我遮蔽的能力。
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Pixies tend to live in forested areas away from cities. They group themselves by family and develop treehouse villages. On rare occasions, pixies have been known to try out life in urban sprawls. Their size is usually the most limiting factor, though variations in mana levels also affect their ability to fly and magically conceal themselves.

矮妖会(The Korrigan),一个由超自然存在、精魂、以及精类存在组成的联盟,正在庆贺法国境内那个布劳赛良德森林独立王国的创立。皮克精是这个组织的主要力量,他们属于领导层并制定方向(只要这个松散的群体想要被领导)*。
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The Korrigan, a coalition of paranormal entities, spirits, and fey entities, are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the creation of the independent nation of Brocéliande Forest within France. Pixies are a major force in this group, providing leadership and direction (insofar as this loose gathering allows itself to be led).

估测世界人口:未知
人口中心:劳赛良德森林(位于法国的不列塔尼),英国,提尔纳诺,乌克兰,巴尔米拉公国,黑森林巨魔共和国
国际地位:法国是唯一一个为皮克精签发永久SIN的国家;提尔坦盖,英国,提尔纳诺,和UCAS的政府会为被定罪的皮克精签发罪犯SIN。新网和天演是有皮克精公司公民的仅有两家超企。
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Estimated Worldwide Population: Unknown
Population Centers: Brocéliande Forest (Brittany region of France), United Kingdom, Tír na nÓg, Tír Tairngire, Ukraine, Duchy of Pomoyra, and the Black Forest Troll Republic
International Status: France is the only nation that issues permanent SINs to pixies; the governments of Tír Tairngire, the United Kingdom, Tír na nÓg, and the UCAS issue criminal SINs to pixies convicted of a crime. NeoNET and Evo are the only megacorporations with pixie corporate citizens.

引用
>他们不只是住在树屋里。那些小房子通常都有一个密门,密门后面是一条贯穿树干直达地下的管道,在那里他们建立了完整的地下城市。
>Plan 9(计划9)

>说到犯罪SIN和融入,阿申达(一个黑羽皮克精)因刺杀一个泰勒斯提安(Telestrian)执行官而被提尔坦盖政府逮捕。凶器是突击炮,至少媒体是这么说的*。用的武器其实是一个小口径的步枪,为其量身定做以适合他的小体型。在审判之后没多久他就越狱了。
>Chainbreaker(断链者)

>他故意被抓到的。这是为了传递一个信息:不要介入劳赛良德森林。
>Thorn(荆棘)
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> They don’t just live in treehouses. Those little houses usually have a secret door that leads to a tunnel down through the tree trunk and into the ground, where they have built entire underground cities.
> Plan 9

> Speaking of criminal SINs and trying to fit in, Ashindar, a black-feathered pixie, was caught by the government of Tír Tairngire and convicted of murder after his assassination of a Telestrian exec. He killed the exec using an assault cannon, or so the media depictions seemed to show. The weapon was actually a small-caliber rifle, custom modified to fit his diminutive stature. He escaped custody shortly after the trial.
> Chainbreaker

> He let himself get caught. It was a message: Stay out of Brocéliande Forest.
> Thorn


萨斯科奇人 SASQUATCH
物种:大脚属多毛种SPECIES: PESVASTUS PILOSIS


第五纪关于大脚的传说是真的。如果萨斯科奇人不是在大觉醒前出生,那么他们就是能躲上一千年的长寿种族。萨斯科奇人从来没揭露真相,而且大概可以确定他们以后也不会揭露真相。这些聪明的超常存在的站立高度有3米,而且拥有像是巨魔那样强壮的身躯。复盖他们全身的毛发可以是黑色,棕色,浅黄色或者赤褐色;随着年龄的增长,毛发的末端会逐渐变成银色。萨斯科奇人的毛发颜色通常取决于他们的生活环境,这使它们在处于那那种环境时有着最佳的迷彩保护*。萨斯科奇人是杂食性的,不过他们更倾向于吃那些不会跑的食物,不过这不意味着某些在第六纪的植物会失去资格(即,杂食性的萨斯科奇人更喜欢吃植物,会跑的植物也吃)。虽然他们不具有说话的能力——口头语言的概念对于他们来说是陌生且费解的——萨斯科奇人有着模仿音频声音的惊人能力,这种能力被他们用于狩猎。
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The Fifth-World legends of Bigfoot were true. Either sasquatches were born before the Awakening or they are just a long-lived race able to hide for millennia. Sasquatches have never revealed the truth and likely never will. These sapient paranormal beings stand three meters tall and possess a muscular build similar to trolls. They are covered in fur that can be black, brown, pale yellow, or auburn; this fur develops silver tips with age. A sasquatch’s native region usually determines their color, coloring the creature to provide the best camouflage based on the environment. Sasquatches are omnivorous but lean toward food that doesn’t run away, though in the Sixth World that doesn’t necessarily disqualify some plants. Though they lack the ability to speak—the concept of a spoken language is foreign and incomprehensible to them—sasquatches have an amazing ability to mimic audio sounds, which they use when hunting.

当萨斯科奇人选择加入泛人类社会时,他们往往能获得难以置信的成功,他们通常从事于娱乐与政治行当。有些萨斯科奇人选择用他们的声音模仿能力为3D影像和拟感电影录制声音;其他则作为对其他超自然智慧存在的外交官和大使。
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Sasquatches have been remarkably successful at entering metahuman society when they choose, with work often found in entertainment and politics. Some use audio mimicry ability to create sounds for trids and simflicks; others act as diplomats and ambassadors to other sapient paranormal beings.

估测世界人口(2075年):40,000
人口中心:美洲原住民国家(NAN),尼泊尔,西藏,UCAS,以及雅库特
国际地位:联合国在2042年承认萨斯科奇人是一个智慧种族。萨斯科奇人在大部分国家和超企都符合获得SIN的条件。
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Estimated Worldwide Population (2075): 40,000
Population Centers: The Native American Nations, Nepal, Tibet, the UCAS, and Yakut
International Status: The United Nations recognized sasquatches as a sapient species in 2042. Sasquatches are eligible for SINs in most nations and megacorporations.

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Re: 【RF】泛智慧种族介绍 p. 98-101
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变形者 SHAPESHIFTERS

变形者不是很多人以为的那样。人们常常以为变形者是能够变成动物的泛人类,但实际上是反过来的。变形者实际上是超常智慧动物,他们有着泛人类的智慧,以及变成泛人类形态的魔法能力。他们的自然形态和他们的凡俗同位体几乎一样,虽然他们的肉体会更加强壮*。他们的泛人形态通常有着足以识别出变形者的特征,不过这并不是什么严谨的科学。比如说,很多人类都会有着旺盛体毛和略有松弛的大块肌肉,这不意味着他们是熊之变形者。
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Shapeshifters are not what many people assume they are. Common belief is shapeshifters are metahumans able to transform into animals, but this is backwards. Shapeshifters are actually sapient paranormal animals with metahuman intelligence and the innate magical ability to assume a metahuman form. Their natural forms are nearly identical in appearance to their mundane counterparts, though they are usually more physically impressive. This metahuman form often bears distinctive traits that can be used to identify a shapeshifter when in metahuman form, though this is not an exact science. For example, many humans with excessive body hair and a bit of flab over their massive muscles are not in fact Ursine shifters.

一个变形者的寿命和凡俗泛人类有很大的不同。变形者原本被认为有着和兽人相似的生命周期,但是更新的研究显示出这是一个短视的估计。他们真正的寿命似乎要比其原型动物要长,但更清晰的规律还未明确。毫不惊讶的是,变形者能与同一物种进行繁殖生育,基因测试表明原型动物和他们的变形者亲戚的区别极小。
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A shapeshifter’s lifespan differs greatly from that of a mundane metahuman. Shifters were originally thought to have life spans similar to orks, but more recent studies reveal this to be a shortsighted assessment. The true lifespan appears to be greater than the base animal, but no greater pattern has been determined. Unsurprisingly, as shifters can breed with and originate from the same species, genetics tests reveal very little difference between the base animals and their shapeshifter kin.

虽然每种动物都有可能具有变形者,几种品种的变形者相对而言更为常见。基于他们泛人类形态的相似特征,他们被分为几个大类。但是,鉴于变形者的存在跨越了地球物种的整个谱系,所以观察不应该只限于那些特征。到目前位置,没有变形者源自于任何觉醒动物物种。
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Though every animal species could potentially possess shapeshifters, a few breeds are relatively common. These are divided into several broad categories with similar identifying features in their metahuman forms. However, perceptions should not be limited to these identifiers, as shapeshifters run the gamut of Earth’s species. To date, no shapeshifters have originated from any Awakened animal species.

变形者个体有能力融入泛人类社会,但是他们并没有整体的变形者文化。每个品种都有他们自己的物种独有文化,不过那些文化都是基于他们的动物生活,而不是他们的泛人类生活,而且他们也不会对其他泛人类分享那方面的东西。
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Individual shapeshifters have been able to integrate into metahuman society, but they have no overall shapeshifter culture. Each breed has a species-specific culture, but those cultures are part of their animal lives, not their metahuman life, and they don’t share that aspect with other metahumans.


估测世界人口(2075年):200,000(包含各种种族)
人口中心:亚马逊,阿扎尼亚,萨利希-仙灵,雅库特
国际地位:NAN,亚马逊,阿扎尼亚,以及阿兹特兰承认变形者的智慧,并且当他们从荒野现身时为他们签发SIN。很多并非联合国成员的国家认为变形者是危险的动物,并且常常为他们的破坏力设立界限。觉醒雅库特(The Awakened Yakut;前身是俄罗斯共和国,现在被激进觉醒势力所控制)是唯一一个变形者具有强大政治力量的国家。
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Estimated Population (Worldwide): 200,000 (divided among various species)
Population Centers: Amazonia, Azania, Aztlan, Salish-Shidhe, Yakut
International Status: The NAN states, Amazonia, Azania, and Aztlan recognize shapeshifter sapience and issue them SINs when they come in from the wild. Many countries that are not United Nations members consider shapeshifters dangerous animals and offer bounties for their destruction. The Awakened Yakut, a former Russian republic now in the control of militant Awakened forces, is the only nation with a strong political force of shapeshifters.

牛(Bovine):乳牛,野牛,非洲水牛,婆罗门牛,以及世界各地其他相似的动物。有着瞩目鼻孔的宽大鼻子以及同样广阔的肩宽似乎是他们人类形态仅有的相似之处。
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Bovine: Cows, bison, cape buffalo, brahmin, and other similar animals from around the world. Broad noses with flaring nostrils and broad shoulders tend to be the only universal similarities in the human forms.

犬(Canine):许多狗主人都惊讶地发现,他们的宠物比他们以为的更了解他们。中型和大型犬是仅有的已知变形者——还没有发现狮子狗或者吉娃娃变形者。更大的犬牙,茂密的体毛,一个与他们品种的相似处(我也不是很懂这具体指什么…估计是面相吧….)是犬之变形者谱系的通常标记。
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Canine: Many a dog owner has been surprised to learn their pet understands them far more than they realize. Medium and large breed dogs are the only known shapeshifters—no poodle or chihuahua shifters have been discovered yet. Enlarged canines, extensive body hair, and a resemblance to their breed are the usual markers of a shapeshifter of Canis familiaris.

马(Equine):有着一个拉长的下巴而且马之变形者的面部特征通常也会更长(马,马脸)。他们的后发线通常延伸至肩胛,更低的部分会长成一道窄条,更像是鬃毛。
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Equine: A drawn-out chin and long features are common on the faces of equine shapeshifters. Their hairline also frequently extends down between the shoulder blades, with the lower portion growing in a narrow strip, much like a mane.

鹰(Falconine):各种猛禽变形者——秃鹰,雕,猎鹰,隼等——能在世界各地被找到。他们通常有着黑眼睛,轮廓分明,以及更倾向于展现出幽闭恐惧症。
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Falconine: Various bird of prey shapeshifters—vulture, eagle, falcon, hawk, etc.—can be found throughout the world. They typically have dark eyes, sharp features, and a tendency to exhibit claustrophobia.

狮(Leonine):由于狮子数量的衰减,狮之变形者成了罕见的品种。大部分来自,也很少离开,南非国家阿扎尼亚。感谢巨龙姆阿吉(Mujaji;意指月)的庇护,狮之变形者的数量在十几年里有所增长,但是龙之内战让他们蒙受损失。当前的数量甚至比十几年前还要少。在人形态,狮之变形者通常有黄褐色的毛发,跟他们的那种南美黑肤色形成鲜明对比。
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Leonine: Due to the dwindling lion population, leonine shapeshifters are a rare breed. Most are from, and rarely leave, the southern African nation of Azania. Thanks to the protection of the great dragon Mujaji, leonine numbers grew for a decade, but the dragon civil war took a toll. Current figures put the population below even the numbers they had a decade ago. In human form, leonines typically have tawny hair, a striking contrast to their dark southern African complexion.

狼(Lupine):这些变形者能在北半球各处找到,“不管狼步何方”(“wherever wolves may roam”;梗为Wherever I May Roam,一首金属歌曲)。他们的泛人类形态拥有浓密的眉毛和手毛,尤其是在手掌和指关节(ummmmm…)
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Lupine: These shapeshifters are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, “wherever wolves may roam.” Their metahuman form possesses prominent eyebrows and hairy hands, particularly the palms and knuckles.

豹(Pantherine):这包括了大量中型大猫,像是美洲虎,美洲豹,美洲金猫,和豹猫。这类变形者可以在全球各地找到。在他们本土环境的当地文化中,许多是受崇拜以及尊敬的。即使在第一世界国家,比如说阿兹特兰,也有他们的一席之地。亚马逊据说有美洲虎变形者在他们的智囊部门工作。豹之变形者在人形态时依然有着猫样的虹膜和照膜,而且很多的头发和皮肤也会保留着他们天生的皮毛花纹。
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Pantherine: This covers a wide range of mid-size great cats including the jaguar, leopard, puma, and ocelot. These shapeshifters can be found all around the world. Many are worshipped and greatly honored by local cultures in their native environment. Even first-world nations, such as Aztlan, have a place for them. Jaguar shapeshifters are idolized by many citizens for their place in native mythology. Amazonia is said to have jaguar shapeshifters in their intelligence services. Pantherine shapeshifters in human form retain the catlike iris and reflective layer in their eyes, and many possess traces of their natural coat pattern in their hair and skin.

虎(Tigrine):这类变形者可以在中部以及东部亚洲被找到。和豹之变形者一样,他们的泛人类形态会保留他们的猫眼和天然毛发颜色,后者有着一些代表着他们天生斑纹的条纹。他们生活在中华大陆的各处地方,而且通常保持低调——鉴于他们会因可用于传统中药的身体部位而被狩猎。
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Tigrine: These shapeshifters can be found all over central and eastern Asia. As with pantherine shifters, their metahuman form usually retains their catlike eyes and natural hair color with some hint of their natural stripes as streaks. Those living in and around the various Chinese states usually maintain a low profile as they are hunted for their parts, which are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

熊(Ursine):熊之变形者能在北半球各处找到。他们的泛人类形态有着旺盛的毛发,而且通常很肥壮,厚厚的脂肪下是结实的肌肉。
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Ursine: Bear species can be found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Metahuman forms have excessive body hair and tend to be robust, with layers of fat over solid muscle.

狐(Vulpine):狐之变形者主要出生于日本和中国,虽然也有一些出现在欧洲和北美。他们的泛人类形态的独特特征是狐尾的保留,有时候会用长外套或者长袍遮起来。
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Vulpine: The fox breed is primarily native to Japan and China, though a few rare instances have appeared in Europe and North America. A unique trait of the metahuman form is the retention of the fox tail, which the vulpine will sometimes cover with long coats or robes.

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Re: 【RF】泛智慧种族介绍 p. 98-101
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调换儿 CHANGELINGS

在2061年,哈雷彗星的经过永久性的改变了泛人类的面貌——在一些情况下,是相当字面含义的改变。第一次不明基因表现(UGE;Unexplained Genetic Expression)将精灵和矮人带到了第六纪,然后地精化事件给我们带来了兽人和巨魔,而最终那颗彗星触发了突然不明隐性基因表现(SURGE;Sudden Unexplained Recessive Genetic Expression),这让世界接触到那些调换儿。调换儿并不是他们自己的一种泛形态,而是看似随机散播在全球的泛基因表现。从那些年开始,研究者发现一些事件是有规律的,不过其他依然是秘密。比如说,迦尼萨(在恒河事件中出现的象头人;在2061年,有成千上百在恒河沐浴的苦行僧被转化了迦尼萨)反应了当地人口的信仰,而一个小企业会计部门的职员突然长出蓝色的毛皮,尾巴和蝙蝠耳朵似乎是完全随机的。研究表明泛基因特征带来的变化早在长年累月的自然选择和跨基因输入(cross-genetic input)中被破坏了,跨基因输入可以是病毒/基因疗法,基因漂变或传播,同化,失调修复系统(dysfunctional repair systems),和因辐射,污染以及化学之类的环境因素导致的基因变异。这些被破坏的代码需要特定的法力高峰以将其激活,而这首次出现与哈雷彗星那次掠过盖亚圈的时候。另一次SURGE出现在几个月之后,那是哈雷彗星在它的返程途中第二次掠过盖亚圈。第三次大型SURGE时间还未出现,但这不意味着就没有新的调换儿出现了——也不意味着能够引起新一轮人口激增及SURGE现象的事件并不存在。
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In 2061, the passing of Halley’s Comet changed the face of metahumanity forever—in some cases, quite literally. First UGE (Unexplained Genetic Expression) brought elves and dwarfs to the Sixth World, then Goblinization gave us orks and trolls, and finally the comet triggered SURGE (Sudden Unexplained Recessive Genetic Expression), which exposed the world to the changelings. Changelings are not a metatype of their own but a metagenic expression that sprang up across the globe, seemingly at random. In the years since, researchers have discovered that some events had a method, while others remain a mystery. For example, the ganesha, elephant-headed people that arose from the Ganges River event, reflect the beliefs of the local populations, while a clerk from the accounting department of a small business suddenly growing blue fur, a tail, and bat ears seems completely arbitrary. Research has explained that the changes were caused by metagenic traits that were damaged over millennia of natural selection, cross-genetic input from viruses or gene therapy, genetic drift and spread, assimilation, dysfunctional repair systems, and mutation by environmental factors such as radiation, pollution, and chemicals. This damaged coding required a certain spike in mana to activate, which first occurred en masse when Halley’s Comet swung by and threw the Gaiasphere for a loop. Another round of SURGE occurred a few months later when the comet made its second pass. A third major SURGE event has yet to occur, but that does not mean that new changelings are not appearing—or that there is not a new event waiting to cause a new spike and accompanying SURGE.

世界上好几个地方都有着高度不稳定的法力水平,还有偶然随机出现的法力高峰。如果对的人有着对的基因代码在对的时间出现在对的地点,那么那个人就会显化(express)。那些希望获得一个调换儿人生的——大都是心怀怨恨的少年,他们坚决的想要躲开公司项圈,却没有意识到那项圈已经套上了——会朝着那些地点踏上朝圣之旅,祈求着能感受一下SURGE。有些会,有些不会,有些还在坚持着,有些则接受了他们的凡俗命运,还有些在一个星期,一个月,甚至一年后突然出现改变。意料之中,有些希望从中获利者会宣称知道如何确定是否有变成调换儿的可能,但实际上我们时代中最好的科学以及奥秘学脑袋也无从得知*。
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Several locations around the globe have highly fluid mana levels, and occasional mana spikes occur randomly. If the right person with the right genetic code is in the right place at the right time, that individual might express. Those who wish for the changeling life—mostly disgruntled teens hell-bent on avoiding the corporate leash they fail to realize is already around their necks— make pilgrimages to these locations, hoping to experience SURGE. Some do, some don’t, some keep trying, some accept their mundane fate, and some suddenly change a week, a month, or a year later. As expected, there are some people who profit from this by claiming to know how to identify changelings pre-change, but the best scientific and arcanological minds of our time have found no way to know.

一旦变化出现了,调换儿的特征也有可能被其后代所继承。少数几个完成的研究表明,遗传基因属于标准显性基因特征的标准范围。因此所有被发现的特征都是常染色体,和性染色体并无关联。一个调换儿的后代可以展现出某个或双方父母的一些特征,当然只是一个平凡的人类婴儿也是可能的。
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Once a change has occurred, there is a chance a changeling trait will pass on to offspring. The few studies performed show that genes pass on within the standard range for primary genetic traits. Thus far all traits discovered are autosomal and not linked to specific sex chromosomes. A changeling’s offspring can exhibit some of the traits of either or both parents, or a plain human baby can result as well.

当我们观察对调换儿变化前的人口统计时可以发现,人类是最有SURGE可能的(59%),其次是兽人(16%),巨魔(10%),矮人(9%),最后是精灵(6%)。经历过SURGE的人可以基于他们变化的程度分为大致三类,不过这些分类的界限也随着时间变化而模糊变换着。
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When looking at pre-change demographics for changelings, humans are the most likely to SURGE (59 percent), followed by orks (16 percent), trolls (10 percent), dwarfs (9 percent), and elves (6 percent). Those who have SURGEd are separated into three basic categories based on the extent of their change, though these categories are beginning to blur and shift over time.

Ⅰ型调换儿会展现出有限几种特征,通常和他们以外的泛形态有关,像是尖耳朵,尖牙,热感视觉,或真皮沉积。一些Ⅰ型表现也可以是在其他泛形态也不明的特征,但由于数量稀少,因此他们也被算在此类。
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Class I changelings have a few select traits, usually associated with metatypes other than their own, such as pointed ears, tusks, thermographic vision, or dermal deposits. Some Class I expressions exhibit traits unknown in other metatypes, but due to the minor nature of the changes they are classified here.

Ⅱ型调换儿展现更广泛的可得显性表现,其中很多都是不属于泛人类的特征。显性表现可以是那些通常只限于其他哺乳动物,双栖动物,爬虫类,鸟类,甚至鱼。这些特征可以是完全显性的,但很多都会带来功能性器官,比如说鳃。Ⅱ型表现通常集中于一个单独类别的生物,但近期调换儿之间的繁衍带来了好些混血儿。
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Class II changelings express a wider breadth of alternative phenotypic expressions, many of which are found outside metahumanity. Expressions can include traits normally limited to other mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and even fish. These traits can be strictly phenotypic, but many generate functional organs such as gills. Class II expressions are usually focused within a single classification of creature, but recent breeding between changelings has created several hybrids.

Ⅲ型调换儿展现与他们原泛形态最彻底的不同,常常会到看起来像是另一个物种的程度。类似于Ⅱ型,表现通常集中于一个单独类别的生物,但改变是极端的。大部分改变是如此彻底以至于从中存活下来应该是不可能的事情,但由法力诱导部分的蜕变允许这种大规模的肉体变化出现。虽然这样说,但是精神并不总能毫发无损的度过改变,这让很多Ⅲ型调换儿有精神健康方面的问题。有着不同动物原型的Ⅲ型调换儿之间的繁衍会有更高数量的早期流产,这更进一步证明了不同物种的概念。少量Ⅲ型调换儿的后代成长到了青春期,不过没有对于他们的进一步检验。
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>据他所知。
>Plan 9(计划9)
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Class III changelings are the most radically different from their initial metatype, often to the point of seeming like an entirely different species. Like Class II, expressions are usually focused within a single classification of creature, but changes are extreme. Most changes are so extreme that surviving them should not have been possible, but the mana-induced portion of the metamorphosis allowed these massive physiological changes to occur. That said, the mind does not always come through so intact, leaving many Class III changelings with mental health issues. Breeding between Class III changelings of different animal phenotypes has produced a larger number of early miscarriages, further promoting the concept of differing species. Few Class III-born changelings are old enough to have reached puberty, and none have been subjected to further testing.

> That he knows of.
> Plan 9