Half-orc revisions

[Aloïsius]

[3.5]Half-orc and half-elf won't change.

Be happy ! They won't change them ! That's what we all wanted, no ?

Q: Is anything being done to half-orcs and half-elves?

A: Many of the races in the Player's Handbook received minor changes, but both half-orcs and half-elves are extremely popular as PCs. If we changed them significantly (particularly the half-orc, which is a very powerful and popular PC race) we would do a disservice to fans of those races and the revision.

More informations here :http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rs/20030318a

 

[hong]

They're redoing the blackguard pic?

Yes!

 

[haiiro]

Interesting article, thanks for the link.

After hearing a fair amount of grumbling about half-elves (<a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?threadid=44172">this recent thread</a> comes to mind), I suppose I half expected them to get tweaked.

 

[EricNoah]

Re: [3.5]Half-orc and half-elf won't change.

If we changed them significantly ...

...which to me says they might receive "insignificant" changes.

 

[Aloïsius]

Re: Re: [3.5]Half-orc and half-elf won't change.

...which to me says they might receive "insignificant" changes.

Hum...
Did you know something ?
(is that a silly question ? I think yes...)

 

[Shard O'Glase]

I'm kind of curious what altenrate universe survey they were looking at that said half elves and half orcs were really popular and half orcs were powerful.

 

[Remathilis]

I'm voting with Eric, they might recieve a minor boost, but I don't think...

a.) Any new stat mods.
b.) Any new favored classes.
c.) Bonus skill points or feats (maybe a weapon prof, or skill bonus though)
d.) Changes to the current list of racial abilities.

 

[Ranger REG]

Re: Re: [3.5]Half-orc and half-elf won't change.

...which to me says they might receive "insignificant" changes.

I don't know, EricNoah. Any change they make to those mixed races are going to be significant to us, good or bad. One can hope that the changes includes various sub-race mix (e.g., half high elf, half drow elf, half wild elf, etc.).

 

[Angcuru]

I've heard some people saying that they want a more Tolkien-esque elf, but there's a very simple method. Just apply the Celestial(or half-celestial, if you prefer) template to an elf and there ya go!

 

[Wolf72]

might be as little as letting them have access to racial weapon familiarity like elves and dwarves (will) get ... or officially giving the 1/2orc the option to take the scent feat (is there a wis requirement for that?)