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TheSpaceMan

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Different Creatures same name?
« on: July 20, 2008, 01:06:19 pm »

I am playing around with some random generation of creatures and I am wondering if it possible to have creatures using the same name, for instans "Mutant" but still being separate creature types, (diffrent body parts, damblock etc ) would this work as long as the as the actual CREATURE:Name is unique, the ordinary name could still be shared?
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Captain Mayday

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Re: Different Creatures same name?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 01:08:02 pm »

I am playing around with some random generation of creatures and I am wondering if it possible to have creatures using the same name, for instans "Mutant" but still being separate creature types, (diffrent body parts, damblock etc ) would this work as long as the as the actual CREATURE:Name is unique, the ordinary name could still be shared?

Yes.
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Re: Different Creatures same name?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 01:09:58 pm »

Yeah, that'll work fine.  I have two versions of humans with different unarmed combat abilities and personalities, and that hasn't caused any problems.
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