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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7994601" data-attributes="member: 7015558">As you say, not an exact science. I do find the idea of ancestry completely unimportant in fantasy, as the humans of Greyhawk are created by a different god than the humans of Forgotten Realms, yet we wouldn't say they are different species. But maybe a geneticist would think so, because travel between these two worlds is relatively uncommon.I personally think humans and orcs would just be different breeds, especially as if a half-orc mates with a human, their children are humans.In the case of the Mul, they are actually infertile! Which points to Athasian dwarves (which have klingon-like foreheads) are very much a distinct species from humans. In the Forgotten Realms, human-dwarf mixes do exist, and although not common do not seem to be infertile, the Forgotten Realms dwarf may be the same species as human.This is something we probably can't have a definitive answer for without actually having an actual experiment showing the fertility rates of each race mingling with the other (which I definitely do not want). Considering that half-elves and half-orcs are in the PHB I find their fertility rate likely high, while half-dwarves are not so are relatively low, meaning that perhaps elves/humans/orcs are the same species but that doesn't include the others.I might make a thread detailing all of the interbreeds of races, because if you go deep into the editions there are a LOT.</blockquote>

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