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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8982895" data-attributes="member: 7035894">The main issue is that in the real world, it is an inherently racist way of framing someone's ancestry, as WotC pointed out.&nbsp; We would never use it. It also leads to a lot of inaccurate assumptions. Per the example, in my current campaign one player's barbarian is of mixed elf and orc ancestry. Is he a half-orc? Half-elf? And what about someone who has a bunch of different species in their lineage?I think the new system solves the problem perfectly. Everyone can just pick their own labels, and those who still want to use the half-(whatever) designation are free to do so. And if you are really attached to the half-elf/half-orcs from 2014, you are free to keep using those, too.I'm honestly confused - doesn't calling himself half-elven therefore suggest that he is not a complete elf? Or does he mean &quot;man&quot; as in gender?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8982895, member: 7035894"] The main issue is that in the real world, it is an inherently racist way of framing someone's ancestry, as WotC pointed out. We would never use it. It also leads to a lot of inaccurate assumptions. Per the example, in my current campaign one player's barbarian is of mixed elf and orc ancestry. Is he a half-orc? Half-elf? And what about someone who has a bunch of different species in their lineage? I think the new system solves the problem perfectly. Everyone can just pick their own labels, and those who still want to use the half-(whatever) designation are free to do so. And if you are really attached to the half-elf/half-orcs from 2014, you are free to keep using those, too. I'm honestly confused - doesn't calling himself half-elven therefore suggest that he is not a complete elf? Or does he mean "man" as in gender? [/QUOTE]

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