> I have no clue how Steve will do it, but I once played a Phoenix > half-breed in a LARP, so I can tell you how I did it. My character > was intent on her child being the next Phoenix heir, so she > sorcerously "borrowed" genetic material from a number of cross-breeds > with the appropriate backgrounds (post-conception) and then arranged > for there to be a Phoenix around when the birth happened. I imagine > Aliera could help pull off something like that. The hard part was > finding the cross-breeds, but if you have the whole house of Jhereg to > sort through, you may have a chance. Or you could substitute some > God DNA in for the non-Phoenix bits, since that doesn't seem to > disqualify one from being heir (at least not in the House of the > Dragon). Hey! There you go right there! All Zerika's got to do is boink a god and that will solve the problem! "I didn't spend all those years playing D&D and not learn a little something about courage." -Some Dork, The X-Files Erik Holmes Shoby187 at yahoo.com AIM: ErikHolmes & Erickh0510 ICQ: 2593395 MSN: Shoby187 at hotmail.com Y!: Shoby187 at yahoo.com ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions – no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/