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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 4666326" data-attributes="member: 17077">Half-Elves are one of my least favorite aspects of 4e. Even their description says "Born heroes and leaders who combine the best features of humans and elves." Yet they have nothing in common with either parent! I also don't like how eladrin are left out. Why are half-elves possible but not half-eladrin? In the past, most half-elves had high elf (eladrin) parents. Pairings of humans and the very reculsive wood elves (now just elves) were quite rare. Here's how I would have made half-elves:Ability Scores: +2 Dex, +2 to one other ability score of your choiceSize: MediumSpeed: 6 squaresVision: Low-lightLanguages: Common, Elven. I see no good reason why they should get more languages than anyone else.Bonus At-Will power: Same as humans. I don't see any good reason why half-elves should all be partially-mutliclass characters. I think it makes much more sense for them to have a certain degree of human talent and drive instead.Dual Heritage: You can take feats that have either human, elf or eladrin as their prerequisite (depening on your parent race), as well as those specifically for half-elves, as long as you meet any other requirements.Fey Origin: Same as the Elf and Eladrin trait.Trance: Same as the Eladrin ability. I prefer to give Elves this ability as well instead of their +1 perception "aura", as I despise such abilities.I think this makes half-elves a good blend of humans and elves/eladrin. They get the best ability score selection and feat selection of any race, but they lack the human's bonus feat, skill and +1 defenses. Likewise, they don't have the skill bonuses, weapon proficiencies, fey step, speed, or elven accuracy of their other parent. This makes half-elves a good, versatile race, without making them a superior choice to humans or elves, IMO.</blockquote>

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