half-elf in 3.5

[SpiderMonkey]

Hello all!

not sure if this has already been posted or not, but does anyone know if the half-elf is being changed in 3.5? If so, how?

I'd appreciate any responses.

Thanks!

 

[Kai Lord]

Apparently WOTC considers the half-elf a "popular and powerful race", and isn't changing it at all for 3.5.

 

[megamania]

huh. Not broken but less than worthy all the same....

 

[TroyXavier]

Yeah only the weak races like dwarf and elf are getting changes..the uber-powerful Half-Orc and Half-Elf were judged to be well balanced.

 

[Felon]

Yeah only the weak races like dwarf and elf are getting changes..the uber-powerful Half-Orc and Half-Elf were judged to be well balanced.

Actually, only the dwarf seems to really be getting anything. And since that race already has more features than everyone else, you have to really wonder what the guys WotC were thinking.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

heh. i see what you mean. thanks for the responses. i've never been a half-elf player, and one of my players is interested in running one, but to be honest, they look kinda disappointing.

 

[TroyXavier]

Well, knowing how WOTC loves elves, I am guessing they'll get something, but only Gnomes and Dwarves have definite changes(due to Weapon Familiarity for Gnome) that we know(but this is WOTC)

Half Elves were so fun in 2nd ed., but there is no real reason to play them in 3rd......you don't get the bonus skill points or feats a human gets, and almost none of the great abilities an elf gets. They're my least played(and created) race in 3rd ed. 3.5 isn't going to change it.

 

[Mercule]

Marginally on topic for this thread....

Does anyone (not bound on the matter by NDA) have an inkling of whether the elven thinblade will be in 3.5?