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Should 2014 Half Elves and Half Orcs be added to the 2025 SRD?
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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9476118" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Heh, I dont understand why you are ignoring what the Players Handbook says, while incorrectly claiming there is some kind of special Players Handbook canonical setting. The Players Handbook itself says these ten species are "options", and that species from other books are also options.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the DM (and players) decide which species are available − that is true for the ten example species as well.</p><p></p><p>Every species is an "option". None is a requirement.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If the DM (and players) want to use only the species in the PH 2014, then that is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written.</p><p></p><p>If the DM (and players) want to use only the species in the PH 2024, then that is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written.</p><p></p><p>If the DM (and players) want to use an assortment species from various books, like Astral Elves, Plasmoids, Warforged, plus Satyrs, then this too is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written.</p><p></p><p>In my games, Session Zero includes getting the group to decide together on which setting and adventure to play to play next.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There will be an official 2024 Forgotten Realms setting focusing on five regions around the planet Toril. We will all get to see how that particular setting handles the new and old options.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>By the way, I looked and saw, the "<a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/character-origins" target="_blank">Free Rules</a>" in DnDBeyond, also mention how you can also choose species from other books.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p>ORIGIN COMPONENTS</p><p>Each part of your character’s origin reflects facets of your character, their life, and the circumstances that started them on the path to adventure. If you choose a background or a species from an older book, see the sidebar “<a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/creating-a-character#BackgroundsandSpeciesfromOlderBooks" target="_blank">Backgrounds and Species from Older Books</a>” in <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/creating-a-character" target="_blank">chapter 2</a> for how to use them with the options here.</p><p></p><p>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9476118, member: 58172"] Heh, I dont understand why you are ignoring what the Players Handbook says, while incorrectly claiming there is some kind of special Players Handbook canonical setting. The Players Handbook itself says these ten species are "options", and that species from other books are also options. Of course, the DM (and players) decide which species are available − that is true for the ten example species as well. Every species is an "option". None is a requirement. If the DM (and players) want to use only the species in the PH 2014, then that is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written. If the DM (and players) want to use only the species in the PH 2024, then that is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written. If the DM (and players) want to use an assortment species from various books, like Astral Elves, Plasmoids, Warforged, plus Satyrs, then this too is officially legitimate per the 2024 Rules-As-Written. In my games, Session Zero includes getting the group to decide together on which setting and adventure to play to play next. There will be an official 2024 Forgotten Realms setting focusing on five regions around the planet Toril. We will all get to see how that particular setting handles the new and old options. By the way, I looked and saw, the "[URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/character-origins']Free Rules[/URL]" in DnDBeyond, also mention how you can also choose species from other books. " ORIGIN COMPONENTS Each part of your character’s origin reflects facets of your character, their life, and the circumstances that started them on the path to adventure. If you choose a background or a species from an older book, see the sidebar “[URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/creating-a-character#BackgroundsandSpeciesfromOlderBooks']Backgrounds and Species from Older Books[/URL]” in [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules/creating-a-character']chapter 2[/URL] for how to use them with the options here. " [/QUOTE]
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