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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zero Cochrane" data-source="post: 4667052" data-attributes="member: 74410">Half-elves in 4e are just plain weak.  They get fewer than half the perks that any other race gets.  I suggest two simple solutions that won't require you to rewrite your NPCs.  1) Allow a half-elf to apply a +2 bonus to any two ability scores of his choice, instead of to Constitution and Charisma.  This reflects an inheritance of human adaptability, and lets you customize them to be more elf-like if you want to add the bonuses to Dexterity and Wisdom.  Wrt NPCs, you can simply assume a typical half-elf chooses to apply the bonuses to Consitution and Charisma. 2) Allow a half-elf to take a free elf or human feat of his choice.  This simply supplements the rule that allows a half-elf to take these feats. Again, you can use this to make your character more elf-like or more human-like.</blockquote>