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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 9410527" data-attributes="member: 58416">My own experience as belonging to multiple groups. I don't see that as less valid than other creatures and options among which people have been able to envision themselves or explore some semblance of identity through roleplay.While I understand the idea of "opening up" options by being able to just say you're of two heritages, that doesn't (in my mind) adequately cover what was represented by half-orcs and half-elves previously. There are reasons why those two specific options were previously highlighted as options and why they were two different reflections of the same thing (as well as humanity's varying attitudes toward them). Most notably, living that experience is not as simple as 'I look like X but I am functionally Y.'I don't expect the game to bend to my own viewpoint. Sometimes, something doesn't fit a creative vision, and I am fine with that. At the same time, it feels a bit off to juxtapose the loss of mixed-heritage options (that I identified with) against the new cornucopia of goliath options and other such changes. While, as an individual, I tend to have thick skin and wouldn't go so far as to say I am offended by the 5e24 approach; it certainly feels like a step in the wrong direction (especially given DEI design concerns,) and I can see how others might feel more marginalized by 5e24.</blockquote>