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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9113772" data-attributes="member: 7006">I understand and appreciate your feelings on this matter and why the Half-Elf is that important to you.  And why you feel a full lore write up of this species is important in the PHB and not just having it be one of many different custom lineages.But here is my particular issue with that idea.  It gives me the impression of the Half-Elf being "First Among Equals".  As though this specific mixed ancestry is the truly important one... and all others are not.  And that, to me, isn't exactly great or representational either.Now I understand why some people would be okay with that... after all, the Half-Elf is the most popular and most well-known mixed ancestry (going all the way back to Aragorn), so having that be the standard-bearer I'm sure makes sense to them and they are happy that it's that way.  But I personally find that off-putting.  To me, half-elves are not more important to the game than any other mixed ancestry.  I don't find the Dwelf to be second-best to it, nor the Gnomeling to be second-tier in comparison.But by highlighting the half-elf at the expense of all the others, we are singling that parental pairing out.  To me it would be like using Black/Asian children as the example of mixed ancestry and only talking about them, but the Hispanic/White children, Middle Eastern/Black children, East Asian/Indigenous children, they aren't as important when it comes to talking about this subject.  And that doesn't sit right with me either.So I don't discount your feelings on the matter... I just don't know if it's the best option available.</blockquote>

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