Why isn't Herm a starting option for Half-Kaithrit PC?
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That just means that there are herms, not that you can be born a herm. Also, statistically significant just means there's at least X% of herms around the galaxy. I don't remember my statistics that well but I'm pretty sure it's a single digit.
Kara specifically states she was born a herm when asking about her past in KaraQuest 2. Also, the line "statistically significant occurrence of hermaphroditism" is in the "Sexes" part of the beginning of the codex, not history or society and culture, implying natural occurrence as opposed to mass modding. The character creation is, or at least appears to be, choosing from naturally occuring genetics from the mother's race. Even if herms are a mutation, they appear to be one that can easily occur, like how red hair is one in humans.
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Honestly, full hermaphrodite should have been a starting option for nearly any race at the very beginning, Dear old Mom & Dad *did* have us artificially inseminated in a top-shelf gene-lab, there is even a mention of how difficult the half-leithan splice is supposed to have been... However, on the other paw, it really is *not* that difficult to start out as male, and add in some lady-parts later. If you're female, you don't have to wait long before you can get into Penny's supply of Male-enhancement drugs either.
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Key word there is "might". Until we get official confirmation one way or another, it's still a legitimate question.
I'm only mentioning it because it is the only starting race that lists three sexes in the codex section as opposed to two. I don't care too much anyway since the Synth Sheath is on Tarkus and there aren't really any required one off scenes before that (sans Celise in the tutorial), but it felt logical to include it, again because of the codex. Just wanted to put the question and the reasoning behind it out there.
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