D&D (2024) Should 2014 Half Elves and Half Orcs be added to the 2025 SRD?

[aco175]

Why not. I mean Tiger Woods is the greatest Asian golfer of all time- possibly just the greatest golfer period.

 

[Charlaquin]

I don’t see why it would need to. They’re in the SRD 5.1, which is still available to use, right? And they’re in the Creative Commons now. If they aren’t in the revised rulebooks, why would they be in the system reference document for the revised rules? It’s sufficient that the revised rules say any content not replaced in the revisions is still usable alongside the stuff that was replaced in the revisions.

 

[Yaarel]

Having only Elf and Orc be "half" isnt worth it.

There needs to be a more inclusive approach.

Picking one parent for the mechanics works well enough.


I hope there are ways in the future to mix-and-match mechanics between any species.


Having a "Half-Elf" with stats that disresembled both parentages was annoying anyway.

 

[DragonLancer]

From what I understand you can still play a Half Elf by taking the Elf ancestry. I'd prefer to have Half Elves and Half Orcs but I can understand why they aren't there.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

They are going to be available via the 2014 version. You can mix and match the two via the CC.

Trouble is there is a good chance that 'official' play like adventure league will start requiring the 2024 core books, basically disallowing half-elf/orc from then on.

 

[Remathilis]

Trouble is there is a good chance that 'official' play like adventure league will start requiring the 2024 core books, basically disallowing half-elf/orc from then on.

Official Play has nothing to do with the System Reference Document, which is only used to create third party content. Adventurer's League isn't relevant to this specific discussion.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

No, that are not part of the new PHB so should not be part of the SRD for the new PHB. There are in the old SRD for anyone that wants to incorporate them in to a third party product.

 

[cbwjm]

I think @Blue has the right of it. Even though I want to keep using half-elves and half-orcs, since it's a reference for the 2024 rules and they aren't included in these rules the SRD shouldn't include them. Also, as others have said, there is still the SRD for the 2014 rules which people can access for this information.

 

[Blue]

I think @Blue has the right of it. Even though I want to keep using half-elves and half-orcs, since it's a reference for the 2024 rules and they aren't included in these rules the SRD shouldn't include them. Also, as others have said, there is still the SRD for the 2014 rules which people can access for this information.

Oh yes, please keep using them. I intend do, though I want to see the 2024 ones to see if they need any mechanical tweaks to fit. They just don't belong in a reference document that doesn't contain them.

 

[jasper]

Yes they should be in the 5.2srd. To make it stand out. Anything not overwritten by 5.2 srd should be labeled 5.1.