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Something that's missing from Technomancer and Funny New Guys is what a racist calls a chimera.
It's mentioned that chimera are part of the civil rights movement along with blacks.
What's the equivalent to the N-word for a chimera?
Even if we have to use code like "N-word" to say it, there should be something.
In world, there definitely will be such a term.
Probably something like 'Chimy' or 'Mixie' or something.
ReplyDeleteUsed to be "yellow", or High yellow if a second generation white parent child. Mulatto was a term, but not derogatory in intent. Student of history, not a racist.
ReplyDeleteThose are terms for mixed race black people, not half-human half-animal chimera from this particular game world.
DeleteBut you've underscored there WILL be a racist term for them. There's a special term for each level of sanguinary for for how many levels? Gotta be a special term for someone whose legs are replaced by a giant diamondback rattlesnake body.
Naga is the first thing that comes to mind for a being with a human torso on a snake body. I will leave it up to the GM to devise a pejorative.
DeleteThere's half-coyote, half-fox, half-spider, and half-hawk too.
Deletedog boy and bird head come to mind as less than respectful names , not sure about spider based
DeleteI've come up with several good insults, but nothing that really seems like a slur.
DeleteOf course, the N-word started as mere descriptive slang and became a slur.
Therio, short for theriomorph or just therion.
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