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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Honorable Intent" data-source="post: 9546524" data-attributes="member: 7049161">I think the change to Species was done lazily, much like I think the Tasha's variant of "pick whatever attribute bonuses you want" was done lazily. It's not a researched, thought-out decision. It's a slapped on change, meant to bandaid fix the whole "the existence of race means the existence of racists" bit. Maybe it's meant to futureproof because they intend to do more Spelljammer.However, if they had thought a little harder, I think they could have come to a much better term (ancestry, heritage, etc) and also come to a more interesting cross-pollination strategy than "elf/human hybrids are mechanically either a human or an elf". The fact that they choose the easiest, simplest answer and left it for a 3rd party source to 'fix' later means that they intend to do what they've done for all of 5e's lifespan still: make really cheap, bandaid fixes for the glaring problems people have with the game and thus, encourage someone to make something better and sell it on DM's Guild (where they take a 50% cut) or Drive Thru RPG (where they take a 35-50% cut) while spending none of the time paying people to make it. The world gets a better option, they get "free" money.</blockquote>