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Originally posted by Sir Goulum:
I think the sons/daughters of Bhall were formed like out of a mold sort of. Not the god Bhall and a mortal person doing it. I think sons/daughters of Bhall or formed.
No, it is clearly stated more than once in the game that the Bhaalspawn were born in the normal way, they all had a mortal mother who carried them and gave birth to them.
About the taint being spiritual instead of physical, I agree with Mossy. It isn't really said with that many words in the game, but I've always thought that practically all of the physical form of the Bhaalspawn comes from the mother. After all, Bhaal is a human god, so him giving his DNA as well as his spiritual essence to his kids would mean that there couldn't be any Dwarven, Elven etc. Bhaalspawn, only half-Dwarf/half-human etc. Besides, do gods even have DNA? They have avatars to manifest themselves in the prime material plane, yes, but the shape of that avatar is entirely up to the god's whim. They manifest themselves as for instance a patch of golden mist as often as they take the form of a well-shaped human warrior.