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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3727883" data-attributes="member: 22424">In general, I've seen something of a continuum, from the very human-looking Orcs to the not-at-all human-looking Orcs, and everything in between. So, it strikes me as not impossible. Also, IRL a lot of people are attracted to larger, stronger 'protector' types, and in a more egalitarian fantasy universe that may be more pronounced. Similarly, a lot of people find the idea of 'rescuing the damsel in distress' similarly attractive. So, I think that works somewhat.In addition, in campaigns where the two races live in reasonably close proximity, it is entirely possible that humans will become integrated into an Orc tribe as some sort of slave class, or conversely that Orcs will live as an underclass in Human cities. It's not unreasonable to think that a significant number of Half-orc children will thus be born.And then, of course, there's all the rape that goes with various tribes invading one another all the time. I have no great problem with accepting crimes of that sort occur on both sides.I go with much the same explanation for Half-elves, too, although my campaign also includes some of the stuff from one of the early 3e Dragon magazines, which said that young elves would often go on 'exploratory' tours into the human world where they would experiment. So, I assume lots of half-elves result from those.</blockquote>