Immortal Procreation Clause: Difference between revisions

** The original mummies were sterile too. However, their successors, the mummies of ''[[Mummy: The Resurrection|Mummy the Resurrection]]'', are fertile, capable of having mortal children (justified, as the mummies' immortality is the result of the Spell of Life).

** It carries over into the [[New World of Darkness|new version]]; a [[Vampire: The Requiem|vampire]] can only give birth to a [[Dhampyr|Dampyr]] through the use of certain dark rituals and curses, and the [[The Fair Folk|True Fae]] of ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' are described as immortal, all-powerful, and utterly sterile. {{spoiler|That is, until you find out that the titular changelings risk ''becoming'' True Fae if they hit Wyrd 10 and Clarity 0 -- which means their abduction/MindRape was ''the reproductive cycle''.}}

** 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]].

*** Most likely Space Marines remove their... umm, you know.

** Space Marines are genetically and surgically modified. Even assuming that they are fertile (seems unlikely) and not poisonous, the children wouldn't be Space Marines, and might not be normal humans either.

** Also, now that Night Elves are no longer immortal (their natural lifespan is still probably pretty long, but not infinite) they're starting to have kids more, as evidenced by some of their quotes.

* Played straight and Averted in [[The Sims|The Sims 2]]. Zombies and Servo robots are immortal but cannot have children, while Vampires can reproduce, but any children born will be completely normal.

* The [[All Trolls Are Different|Trow]] in [[Bungie]]'s ''[[Myth]]'' series were created as an entire species by the god Nyx at the begining of the world. They have no natural causes of death, are eighteen feet tall, and have bodies that are as tough as stone. For many thousands of years they dominated the world, but entropy and a series of costly wars took its course, and now [[Dying Race|there are only a few hundred Trow left, if that]]. The ones that remain tend to keep to themselves, though prey you never have to [[Demonic Spiders|run into one on the battlefield]].

* A female dwarf in ''[[Divine Divinity]]'' mentions that she is pregnant, but she's only in her tenth month, so she's not showing any visible signs yet.

* In Aselia's ending for ''[[Eien no Aselia]]'' {{spoiler|both she and Yuuto are Eternals}} and have a child together. This is apparently completely unheard of and they're a bit nervous about how they're going to explain it.

* In ''The Elder Scrolls'', the Elven races live considerably longer (how long is undisclosed), but have far fewer children. However, their chance of having children if they have a non-elven lover.

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