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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9122890" data-attributes="member: 7635">This would be my only thought. Imagine an RPG set in the real world where you can pick your ethnicity: Caucasian, African, Asian, Latinx, etc. And then the only options you have for mixed race characters is Asian/Caucasian and African/Caucasian, and if you wanted to a different mix, you had to work with your DM to get them to allow it (and potentially make stats for it). People would be rightly pissed at that. Now, is it better to say "you can pick any mixed race you want, but that doesn't change your stats?" In some senses no. But the alternative is either a system where you make your own species OR you create a stats for every combo that was, is, or will be. And for every person saying "you can't compare D&D species to real-world races", then the point of representation is now moot. Several people in this thread have said they feel half-elves (and half-orcs) resonate because they are mixed race. That's fine and that's valid. But what is the game told you there were only two mixed races, and work with your DM if you want to be something else. The problem is there is NO good solution to this. Hundreds of mixed species statblocks? A "build a species" ruleset ripe for minmaxing? Pick a set of stats and reflavor? Only two hybrids are recognized, the others are invisible" You can't win for losing.</blockquote>