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** They say now that Elves do reproduce, but it's a long pregnancy, and that they need to wait 5 years to get pregnant again. But, of course, [[Your Mileage May Vary]].
** Another example is the 3.5 edition Elan, a race of psionically enhanced and modified humans who are functionally immortal. They can no longer procreate with humans due to their modifications (they are classified as [[Humanoid Abomination|aberrations]], not humanoids), and the only way to make more Elans is by modifying an existing human with a mixture of psionics and [[Super Serum|an alchemical conversion process]].
** The Wind Dukes of Aaqa, or the Vaati (famous for crafting the Rod of Seven Parts), are truly a [[Dying Race]], having nearly suffered genocide at the hands of the Queen of Chaos. While ageless, they have a very low birthrate, with one child being born every 50 years at most. Their race will likely never recover from what happened.
* In ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', the same procedure that turns humans into near-immortal, superhuman [[Space Marine]]s also renders them sterile.
** Possibly it could just be a result of the degeneration inherent in certain chapters' methods or traditions. The Salamanders chapter is known to raise families of their own, and the Space Wolves are renowned for their, ahem, ''voracious'' appetites when it comes to the pleasures of the flesh. But most chapters do indeed not have children, whether because the process that made them Space Marines is corrupt or they are simply forbidden is left up in the air, which, given ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' canon, is completely intentional.
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* ''[[Spycraft]]'' has a setting, 'World on Fire'. One faction is the Eternals, which are [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. They can have children, but these are very very mundane.
* Invoked by [[Jerkass Gods|Tzeentch]] in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]''. The ancient race of Dragon Ogres asked the Lord of Change for a boon, to make them immortal. He did, but also rendered them sterile. Most of the still-living Dragon Ogres consider this to be Tzeench's idea of a joke.
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