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[D&D] What is a 'Half' Orc?
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<blockquote data-quote="zztong" data-source="post: 7425424" data-attributes="member: 6943414"><p>I've set it up various ways for different games. I guess I've typically assumed that it was the offspring of a male orc raider and a female human.</p><p></p><p>My favorite interpretation is that it is similar to the mating of a Horse (64 chromosomes) and a Donkey (62 chromosomes). You get a hybrid. They're genetically similar enough to produce an offspring, but the result is a Mule (63 chromosomes). The Mule is sterile. Thus, Half-Orcs were sterile.</p><p></p><p>That setting was also fun that the Halflings were changed such that they had very short lives and large litters of children of which several were likely to perish in their childhood to either curiosity or predators. They would mature to young adult after 2 years, and typically die of old age at age 8. A halfling player could have a family lineage in the same amount of time other characters just matured. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zztong, post: 7425424, member: 6943414"] I've set it up various ways for different games. I guess I've typically assumed that it was the offspring of a male orc raider and a female human. My favorite interpretation is that it is similar to the mating of a Horse (64 chromosomes) and a Donkey (62 chromosomes). You get a hybrid. They're genetically similar enough to produce an offspring, but the result is a Mule (63 chromosomes). The Mule is sterile. Thus, Half-Orcs were sterile. That setting was also fun that the Halflings were changed such that they had very short lives and large litters of children of which several were likely to perish in their childhood to either curiosity or predators. They would mature to young adult after 2 years, and typically die of old age at age 8. A halfling player could have a family lineage in the same amount of time other characters just matured. :) [/QUOTE]
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