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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9471390" data-attributes="member: 7635">I dunno what name you give it that's snappy and descriptive. I assume sensitivity readers will find something. Because people say that removing that conflict removes Tanis and his struggles. Now don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fine not making the basis of half-elves origins Tanis or the issue of orcs "breeding up" implied in Half-orcs. The issue is, will it stick? But that's the catch 22; some people just want half-x to be a mix of x and y (this is typically the response to WotC's idea of pick X or Y) and others want them to be z (something unique to them that x or y don't get). So you end up with the three general camps1. Choose X or Y and reflavor (Wotc option)2. Get parts of X and Y (hybrid/level up option)3. Get Z, which neither X or Y have (new species option)Personally, I don't want to save the half-elf and half-orc. I want them to be a choice alongside half-dwarves, goliath-gnomes, dragonborn-elves, orc-tieflings and aasimar-halflings and all the other combinations. They don't need to be first among peers and they certainly don't need to be the only officially sanctioned pairings.</blockquote>