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<blockquote data-quote="Da'Shain" data-source="post: 4385212" data-attributes="member: 73529">The half-races rub me the wrong way as well.&nbsp; I picked Half-orc (because half-elves at least have Tanis as a redeeming character), but anything that can't propagate itself seems rather ridiculous to count as a race.&nbsp; &nbsp; Obviously the half-races can breed, but their child isn't going to be another half-whatever; they'll be a half-half-whatever, and so on.&nbsp; I'd be all for eliminating them, and then having rules for crossbreeding the races show up in the DMG so that the DM can tailor a halfbreed for their players if necessary, but they aren't immediately playable.&nbsp; In other words, barely anyone would look at the PHB and say &quot;these races both look good, I want to play a cross between them&quot; compared to the amount of people who look in there and say &quot;the half-whatever looks good, I'll play that&quot;.&nbsp;Halflings are not included in this because they're their own race.&nbsp; I don't mind them so much, although sometimes they are a bit bland.&nbsp; They're basically just small humans, IMO.&nbsp;Dragonborn are also a bit too gimmicky for me.&nbsp; At least the writers were honest about it being for people who want to play dragons, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Da'Shain, post: 4385212, member: 73529"] The half-races rub me the wrong way as well. I picked Half-orc (because half-elves at least have Tanis as a redeeming character), but anything that can't propagate itself seems rather ridiculous to count as a race. Obviously the half-races can breed, but their child isn't going to be another half-whatever; they'll be a half-half-whatever, and so on. I'd be all for eliminating them, and then having rules for crossbreeding the races show up in the DMG so that the DM can tailor a halfbreed for their players if necessary, but they aren't immediately playable. In other words, barely anyone would look at the PHB and say "these races both look good, I want to play a cross between them" compared to the amount of people who look in there and say "the half-whatever looks good, I'll play that". Halflings are not included in this because they're their own race. I don't mind them so much, although sometimes they are a bit bland. They're basically just small humans, IMO. Dragonborn are also a bit too gimmicky for me. At least the writers were honest about it being for people who want to play dragons, though. [/QUOTE]

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