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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 6588459" data-attributes="member: 6777737">The reason Half-Orcs were removed from 2e is precisely because this sort of racial background is creepy, disturbing, and discourages people (both women and men) from playing the game.  You'll note the 5e PHB doesn't even mention one word about unwilling conceptions.  While it certainly makes sense in a realistic background sense, it's really not appropriate for a social game like D&D without careful consideration and discussion with all the players.  Rape isn't a fun or enjoyable topic, and -- given how morals and ethics of in-game universes tend to inherit from reality -- this characters actions would be seen by all other races as extremely evil.  If this is the race's background and culture, it basically precludes them from being a PC race.  They're suddenly monstrous creatures just like Troglodytes are.  They would be seen as predators to be destroyed, not peers, and certainly not allies.  The closest thing in the game now is the Succubus/Incubus.  They're fiends -- a literal embodiment of evil -- and even they don't rape.  The description is written such that the creatures don't get what they want (the victim's soul) if the subject is unwilling or charmed.  It's also changed them to preferring to reproduce with each other instead of with a humanoid.If this player wants to fantasize about this, I'm sure there's all kinds of literature about it out there somewhere.  The game table really isn't the place unless you're at a very special gaming table.  Rape is not a theme to be taken lightly.</blockquote>

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