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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1975364" data-attributes="member: 5100">Biologically speaking, it'd be a mix, plain and simple.  Some features of each of the mixed ancestry groups.  Maybe a thick brow, slightly upturned nose, large canines, slightly tilted eyes, long fingers, fine hair, hair in potentially unusual places, slightly pointed ears, etc.  Pick a few traits and have fun.Mechanically, it's going to be one of three things IMO: Human, Near-Human, or Mongrelfolk.  It would be human if you decided that those aspects of its heritage showed through most.  I'm only 1/4 Scottish, but those seem to be many of the features that show through.  These things happen.Near human, if there were some noteworthy differences, like low-light vision or some such.  Open up some odd-ball abilities as feats at first level.  If the PC takes any, he's near human.  Otherwise, he's human.  He'll breed with others as a human would.If you decide the child is an freakish mix that actually displays the 25% influence of elf and orc, then make it a mongrelfolk.  That's pretty much exactly the explanation given for their existence.IMC, I had a 1/4 elf PC (son of 1/2 elf PC) marry a half-orc NPC.  I ruled the kids were just human.  Over the generations since, they have largely married humans, with a couple of elves in the mix, so rarely does anyone manifest any orcish traits.  When a scion does show orcish blood, it's usually just in the form of being strong or tempermental.</blockquote>

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