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I mean, when I started the world it was more a Warcraft thing, so "thing I can put in my world" and "available WC3 custom content" tended to be a bit of a circle of a venn diagram

Being that popular means I'm probably going to find a way to include them in my world and try to do some unique stuff with 'em (Drag them away from the cartoonishly evil portrayal of the past for one) and also focus on the enviroment they're in, resulting in having to think about what the...

That's how Pathfinder 2E does it, and I'd be fine with it My opposition remains to them taking the place of one of the 10 seperate options at the moment, so being a sub option like the elves is acceptable (plus let's be honest the PHB kinda be needing more of those) Before I even knew about...

They're never going to be unique though, they're half elves. They've been a mix of elf and human in every edition except 4E. Why should we lose a fully formed race for half elves? Just nostalgia? As above, so below (though I do think the High/Wood/Dark split is probably the easiest to handle...

I'll drag this one up first: I don't want to give up one of the races we have at the moment. I don't think half elves are more important than the 10 races we have at the moment I respect that half elves are important to folks and they want them back, but I'm not willing to give up what we have...

Would be the better spot for 'em in my opinion. Gives you an example of how to build your own race by very noteable building blocks (IE: The pieces of pre-existing races) and its a popular archetype for folks to muck around with

I will oppose this and say that I think the half races do serve as a good mix and match thing Show folks how to design a new race with them as the goal like Aasimar were back in the original DMG. Explain the background weighting of features and how they're balanced internally for re-balancing...

What measures do we have though? We have 5E's character numbers, which we know for a fact is inherantly biased due to the half elf's inherant power. We don't have anything that comprehensive for any other edition. I decided to do an experiment on this, incidentally, and ways we can determine...

When even /tg/'s little wiki opens their Half Elf article with "who, alongside gnomes, have the dubious honor of being regarded as one of the most superfluous and "do we really need this race?" races in fantasy gaming", I get the feeling its not just a me thing. Gnomes at least have a bit of a...

And its been a weird look for those past 30 years. Let's not kid ourselves, it has always been a weird look that one of the basic races for the game is "One of your parents is an elf and the other a human, but you're all rare enough its not like a big ol civilisation or anything". Its been a...

Let's not drag back to that hot mess of an argument because of how absolutely messy it got when we had the elves who have actual differences to them Both of those races are in the PHB, so why do we need a combo of them to also be in the PHB? No other PHB race is a combination, why should a...

Elf (Darkvision and Fey Ancestry) and humans (Versitile is just their skill bonus but stronger). Almost like they're half of humans, and half of elves. Avarial and aquatic elves have unique combinations of abilities, but we still consider them under Elf overall. Why should half elf be treated...

My blanket statement is "They're fine in D&D but they are a variant on an existing race, not a stand-alone thing. They should be relegated to similar status as the Wood/High/Dark elf mix or put in a future book dealing with more ingrained stuff, not the PHB" I'm hardly the first one to say it...

Firbolg aren't in the PHB? That's basically my argument. Half elves conflict too much on the elf design space so they're best left for other books. Just like Firbolgs are in another book, that's where Half Elves should be Angels and giants aren't playable. Elves are. Aasimar adiditonally...

Powerful Build got removed from orcs This is the starter book supposed to show you a wide variety of options to pick from, not the "Most popular choices in game's history" book. Popularity absolutely should sit to the side for a wider assortment of niches to give new players a wider option. I...

The only shared abilities in the PHB are Darkvision and the idea of damage resistence. They changed it up so no races share abilities. So, yeah, Half Elves would stick out as the only one that just uses another race's options And I like Thri-Kreen and Genasi, but I understand why they don't...

Two abilities is still enough, plus the whole entire set of "Pick your elf type" options that SCAG brought along and are outstandingly popular. Whereas, all of the options in One? They all have unique abilities, every single one of them, even when they probably shouldn't (orc should get...

Frankly should have made something new up than pick gnolls, who have been playable since basic. Something being in every edition as 'yup these can be people, just weird hyena ones' probably wasn't the best idea, especially after their 4E interpretation was so well received Hence being watered...

Reincarnation roll gone spicy, or self-polymorph experiment to hide from debtors