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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7530765" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>Really, this heavily depends on the setting. Taking half-elves out of Eberron means removing one of the Dragonmarked Houses. Taking them out of my Errantas setting removes the mortal/fae connection that was a big deal since my elves were immortal in that they never died of old age, but had issues bringing back from the dead because the had unchanging spirits instead of souls. Removing half-orcs from the Dragon Empire setting means is a big deal, as their orcs half just bubble out of evil from the ground and half-orcs can come from any parents and seem to be nature's adaption to orcs.</p><p></p><p>In a generic setting, there's a style of player who wants outcast/generally-evil types for how they envision their character arcs. Tieflings made it into the PHb when Aasimar didn't because they were more popular. Drow and Tieflings fit different niches then the half-orc.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can remove them - and anything else - for a setting. And you should - tailoring choices is a great tool for giving specific feels to your setting. But a blanket statement that they are the "easiest" to remove shows your biases just as much as if I said that dragonborn are the easiest to remove because they weren't around in earlier editions. We need to look at how it fits in any particular setting to give a call for that context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7530765, member: 20564"] Really, this heavily depends on the setting. Taking half-elves out of Eberron means removing one of the Dragonmarked Houses. Taking them out of my Errantas setting removes the mortal/fae connection that was a big deal since my elves were immortal in that they never died of old age, but had issues bringing back from the dead because the had unchanging spirits instead of souls. Removing half-orcs from the Dragon Empire setting means is a big deal, as their orcs half just bubble out of evil from the ground and half-orcs can come from any parents and seem to be nature's adaption to orcs. In a generic setting, there's a style of player who wants outcast/generally-evil types for how they envision their character arcs. Tieflings made it into the PHb when Aasimar didn't because they were more popular. Drow and Tieflings fit different niches then the half-orc. Sure, you can remove them - and anything else - for a setting. And you should - tailoring choices is a great tool for giving specific feels to your setting. But a blanket statement that they are the "easiest" to remove shows your biases just as much as if I said that dragonborn are the easiest to remove because they weren't around in earlier editions. We need to look at how it fits in any particular setting to give a call for that context. [/QUOTE]
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