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Plea to traditionalist fans: No more “half” races?
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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5913865" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>It seems unlikely that either half-elves or half-orcs will be in the core. And when it comes to non-core elements, I don't particularly mind if something is included or not - half-elves are no more controversial than dragonborn; if you don't like them, don't use them.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I'm afraid I can't agree with you. If we were designing the game again, I suspect I would argue for not including them (instead making them selectable traits for <em>human</em> characters). However, with thirty years of accumulated use, I think they now have sufficient pedigree that they should remain races in their own right.</p><p></p><p>(Oh, and incidentally - count me as another who doesn't want full orcs as a PC race in the core game. Again, I don't care one way or another if they show up in the expansions, but not in the core, thanks.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5913865, member: 22424"] It seems unlikely that either half-elves or half-orcs will be in the core. And when it comes to non-core elements, I don't particularly mind if something is included or not - half-elves are no more controversial than dragonborn; if you don't like them, don't use them. In any case, I'm afraid I can't agree with you. If we were designing the game again, I suspect I would argue for not including them (instead making them selectable traits for [i]human[/i] characters). However, with thirty years of accumulated use, I think they now have sufficient pedigree that they should remain races in their own right. (Oh, and incidentally - count me as another who doesn't want full orcs as a PC race in the core game. Again, I don't care one way or another if they show up in the expansions, but not in the core, thanks.) [/QUOTE]
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