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--- culture:oddbody [2017/03/26 01:51] – created moogle
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 ==== Technology ====
->What is the culture's main draw? What do they like using?
+Oddbodies, true to their name, have the highest investments into cybernetic and genetic modification technologies. Otherwise, their focus and development is really based on a societal/situational need. They tend towards cities due to the massive amount of body-modification infrastructure and options available versus rural zones. Oddbodies also have an easier time seeking employment, given their willingness to modify their bodies to achieve their goals.
-=== Tech Focus ===
+=== Magic & Psionics ===
->What the society's main focus in technology is. It could be that they heavily invest in ballistic weaponry, argricultural growth in an underground plane, or magitek construction, and so on. Essentially, what they're interested in developing towards.
+Magic traditions are based on whatever groups fall in with Oddbodies. From Greaseheart revmages to Hagblood witchcraft to even Rolaan geomancy, Oddbodies take their pick from their lives. The same follows suit for psionics.
-=== Magic ===
->Does the society encourage magic use? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life? Are there common spellcasting traditions?
-=== Psionics ===
->Does the society use psionics? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life?
 ==== Agriculture ====
->Do they farm? What do they farm? How do they farm?
+Oddbodies have a higher tendency to live in cities rather than rural areas, so personal gardens tend to be more popular in their communities. Like most humans, they keep pets of all varieties for companionship.
-=== Horticulture ===
->Do they have any sort of gardening/landscaping habits? Terraforming?
-=== Fauna ===
->Do they keep animals? For food? For play? What kind?
 === Cooking ===
->What are common cooking traditions? What is a likely flavour profile?
+Oddbodies tend to favour the "fusion" style of cooking, taking bits and pieces not only from human cultures but also alien cultures.
 ==== Religion ====
->What is the commonly shared belief system through the species?
+One of the primary ways to identify an Oddbody is through their religious views. Oddbodies fully embrace aspects of transhumanism, which often puts them at odds with primitivist and naturalist sects of humanity.
 === Core Tenets ===
->The main focus of the religion.
+  - Your body is your garden. Tend to it well.
+  - Your body is your garden. Grow what you will.
+  - Your body is your garden. You decide who witnesses it.
 === Ceremony ===
->Are there any sort of rituals the culture goes through to celebrate the advancement of one through life and religion?
+Oddbodies have two major ceremonies (of those that practice the particular ideology) of note. Many variations exist but these two are the most general.
+  * ** Embarking ** - When an Oddbody makes their first modification, it's a major step in their life towards becoming what they want to be.
+  * ** Arrival ** - This celebration honors an Oddbody's final modification towards realizing their dream. This doesn't necessarily mean it is the last time they will modify their body, but it certainly is the the end of one line of thought.
 ==== Traditions ====
->What are common traditions the culture holds? Is it annual, or based on some celestial alignment, or based on weather conditions, and so on.
+Traditions are highly dependent on the society they oddbodies are currently or previously a part of. Particularly entrenched communities celebrate generalized holidays, but every household may have different traditions for each one. This goes for birth, birthdays, and funerary proceedings as well.
+==== Subgroups ====
+|[[society/balance|Balance Oddbodies]]|Balance Oddbodies are a special isolationist population split into four major groups, each gene-aspecting themselves after a specific type of animal (Cats, Dogs, Rabbits, Foxes). They have a very strong cultural identity tied to their respective kingdoms on Balance.|
-=== Birth and Death ===
->How do they celebrate birth? Do they mourn the dead? Etc.
-==== Subgroups ====
->This section is used for showing some of the varieties of subcultures, subfactions, or subgroups present within a culture that one might encounter, or
-that the designers may desire for the setting.