Half-orc dad, half-elf mom --> 'human' child?

[Mark]

What's the other half?

In your game? Something wet, I'd imagine.

 

[Aeolius]

In your game? Something wet, I'd imagine.

Sea Pixes were in Greyhawk Adventures, after all.

Perhaps a half-fiend pixie....i.e. Pixie, Styx

 

[Mark Plemmons]

What's the other half?

Well, if you're using HackMaster, it's a fairy. That's where pixie fairies originally came from. (And which you'll see even more of in the Adventurer's Guide to Pixie Fairies, in October). But I digress...

Regarding the D&D crossbreeds, I agree that humans should be the only race that produce half-breeds (with a few rare exceptions when needed and when appropriate). When you make an exception, there should always be some reason behind it.

For example, the Tel-Amhothlan (half-elf/half-orc) of the Kingdoms of Kalamar campaign setting is connected to the deity known as the Creator of Strife. Legend has it that this deity used elves to create the race of orcs. The two races have genetic similarities. So, there is a very slight chance that orc raping of elves may lead to the birth of these bizarre creatures.

Making a half half-breed (quarterbreed?) would require a very creative player and a very understanding (and rules-aware) DM. While I wouldn't allow it in anything I might run/write/edit, doesn't bother me if other folks want to do so in their own campaigns.

 

[Umbran]

LOL, that would be a easy childbirth!

That depends. A St. Bernard/Chihuahua cross can go two ways. If the Mom is the smaller one of the two, you're in for trouble.

 

[Teflon Billy]

IMC, there are no female orcs. The child of any orc or half-orc with a non-orc race produces a half-orc. A child of an orc with a half orc or two half-orcs produces a full blooded orc. So the product of the above woulld produce a half-orc as the orc heritage takes over. This is one of the reasons that orcs and half-orcs are so dispised and distrusted even by other humanoid races as they are an intrusive race that must prey upon others to survive (so demands Gruumsch!).

This is closely related to the spiritual side of my world as there is only one orc god, Gruumsch, and he is male. As below as above, so since there is no female orc god, there can be no female orcs. It's said that Gruumsch has spawned female orcs before, but that he kills them as soon as they are born. This keeps his race strong by not only encouraging them to prey upon other races but also causes other races to fear his offspring, which is what he wants.

Neat! (and yoinked!)

 

[LightPhoenix]

Semi-advanced genetics stuff...

That was awesome. Can I have your babies?