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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goddess FallenAngel" data-source="post: 3015714" data-attributes="member: 11434">They are an essential part of the game mechanics the way any given race is - which is: not at all.However, they may be an essential part of the game world, depending on which world you play in (like the Forgotten Realms, for example).Frankly, if you want to drop half-races in your game world, then that's up to you. Personally, I don't have gnomes, halflings, or dwarves in my homebrew. I also don't have half-orcs, because orcs don't exist. Elves are replaced by fey, so no half-elves either. However, I do allow several other races to make up for the lack of PHB races - various fey (homebrew, from ECL +0 to +10), half-fey, various humaniods from multiple sources, and a few others.  I once played in a game where the only races allowed were humans and elves, and they couldn't breed, so no half-elves. It all depends on what feel you are going for in your game world.</blockquote>