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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9117152" data-attributes="member: 7006">At the end of the day... I would not be surprised if WotC decided to keep the Half-Elf (renamed to something else) as its own stand-alone entry in the species book just due t its popularity (even if I don't like it).  Then WotC adding (or perhaps not) adding a section on creating custom multi-species.But the one thing that I think has little to no chance of surviving (but again, just my opinion, I could end up wrong) is the Half-Orc remaining as its own stand-alone entry-- even though it's one of the two "legacy" half-species.  And the reason I believe that is simple... despite attempts to change its narrative over the decades, its origins as a species were most often due to sexual assault.  And I would tend to believe there is almost a zero-percent chance of WotC keeping the species stand-alone because of it.  Now sure, if a multi-species entry or ruleset is introduced, then there will be opportunities for players to create PCs of human/orc parents... but that will have to be one of the custom creations, and not printed in the book by WotC.I just do not see a world with our current social landscape that keeping this species as its own thing with its own lore (that while it could be changed in the 5E24 book, is based upon lore that is not socially conscious anymore) is worth the potential issues many players might have.  Especially when they can just add Orc as a species on its own to the PHB.</blockquote>

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