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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9079817" data-attributes="member: 22779">Exactly.&nbsp; If you want the fact that your character is a half-whatever, to actually be important in the game, then it's up to the player to make it important.&nbsp; Frankly, in my experience, half-elves are just humans that can see in the dark.&nbsp; Pretty much any half-elf character I've ever seen has basically no reason to actually be a half-elf.&nbsp; The race was only taken for whatever reason at character generation and then never referred to again.&nbsp; I'd far, far rather players actually step up to the plate.&nbsp; The whole &quot;man in a funny hat&quot; problem isn't a mechanical one and no mechanics will actually solve it.&nbsp; Individuality of a character is not found in a Skill proficiency or an ASI.&nbsp; It's 100% on the player to make that choice matter.&nbsp; And if the player doesn't care enough to actually make it matter in the game, then, well, why should I really care what the mechanics are under the hood?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9079817, member: 22779"] Exactly. If you want the fact that your character is a half-whatever, to actually be important in the game, then it's up to the player to make it important. Frankly, in my experience, half-elves are just humans that can see in the dark. Pretty much any half-elf character I've ever seen has basically no reason to actually be a half-elf. The race was only taken for whatever reason at character generation and then never referred to again. I'd far, far rather players actually step up to the plate. The whole "man in a funny hat" problem isn't a mechanical one and no mechanics will actually solve it. Individuality of a character is not found in a Skill proficiency or an ASI. It's 100% on the player to make that choice matter. And if the player doesn't care enough to actually make it matter in the game, then, well, why should I really care what the mechanics are under the hood? [/QUOTE]

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