>I would put that down as "Adventurer Rumor" and assign it an "F" rating.
>Sure, all previous mentions (Scorpion Hall, Lord of Chaos/Terror, Book of
>Drastic Resoultions: Chaos) have them laying eggs, but that's because the
>authors didn't do their research (sez I).
Rather than making a canonical decision that all prior sources are codswallop, can I make a modest suggestion? Instead of assuming that the Scorpionfolk are based on only one type of scorpion that reproduces parthogenetically, it might be better to assume that the folk are instead based on broad spectrum of species. Hence some scorpionfolk live in hives and lay eggs while others are nomads that bear live young. Some queendoms have no males while other queendoms are really a warrior aristocracy. Because the folk are chaotic, all these types are fertile with each other and they can even change reproductive behaviour based on the circumstances (Heroes smash a scorpionfolk hive that was based on aliens - the few surviving females become nomads that bear live young).
--Peter Metcalfe
>It's also noted that "most
>nonchaotic people are unaware that queens exist, and often chaotic races
>only know of them through rumor". So whatever you want to tell your
>player/heroes is fine. But unless we're going to throw out the "Scorpion"
>part of scorpion men, live birth is the way to go. Along with all the other
>scorpion wierdnes.
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>RR
>He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad
>R. Sabatini, Scaramouche
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