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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9463916" data-attributes="member: 7635">The issue is that for a lot of players (and DMs), the idea that &quot;somewhere back in your bloodline&quot; ends basically at &quot;your mom and dad&quot;. I actually blame half-elves a bit for this; for at least 20+ years, half-elves were described as being a true-breeding species, sometimes with their own culture (Eberron) but every half-elf I've ever seen is a first generation elf daddy/human momma (or vice versa) blend. (This thinking goes back to AD&amp;D, when literal % bloodlines determine if you were an elf, half-elf, or human). Which is why I'm fine with moving the idea of half-anything into something other than species and instead making every species a true-breeding one that long ago has some monstrous element to it (if any). Goliaths are goliaths, not half-giants and if you want a human/elf mix, it will be something other than a separate species.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9463916, member: 7635"] The issue is that for a lot of players (and DMs), the idea that "somewhere back in your bloodline" ends basically at "your mom and dad". I actually blame half-elves a bit for this; for at least 20+ years, half-elves were described as being a true-breeding species, sometimes with their own culture (Eberron) but every half-elf I've ever seen is a first generation elf daddy/human momma (or vice versa) blend. (This thinking goes back to AD&D, when literal % bloodlines determine if you were an elf, half-elf, or human). Which is why I'm fine with moving the idea of half-anything into something other than species and instead making every species a true-breeding one that long ago has some monstrous element to it (if any). Goliaths are goliaths, not half-giants and if you want a human/elf mix, it will be something other than a separate species. [/QUOTE]

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