Recent content by Bez

Am I failing to see the wood for the trees here? Where are the stats for Battledress in the 2022 update? Is there anything else missing from this publication that we are aware of?

I just realised that I’ve asked this question before, and forgot - D’OH! I don’t think I was totally convinced by previous answers so have been pondering it ever since. I know that as a Ref, I will simply state that in my games, genetic material is, indeed universal, and it is a particular...

Cool. Thanks for the replies. I can’t see that The Solomani Hypothesis answers the question though. Is DNA universal? Does every organism across known space use DNA/RNA as genetic material, or are there different ways of coding inheritable traits?

As the title says, I was wondering whether there is any canonical material that explains the structures of genetic material across known space. We know that several species were transplanted across various worlds by The Ancients, and that they had the ability to manipulate DNA. The Ancients...

I getcha. My question wasn't restricted to breeding however. The genetic macro-molecules (whatever form they take) define how a species is made up, as well as being the material used for replication. So a plant-analog which has a completely different set of genetic coding will most likely not...

Cool - I will check out that resource. Depending on the campaign tone, most referees would probably hand-wave such things rather than getting bogged down in the biochemistry of each and every world. It's far too mundane a topic and can't compete with starship battles or exploring alien ruins...

I ask this more out of personal interest rather than it having any impact on game mechanics. The question is whether the self-replicating macro-molecules that are universal in all life on Earth (DNA/RNA) are also present on other worlds? Obviously, worlds which were seeded by The Ancients will...