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<blockquote data-quote="Gargoyle" data-source="post: 98769" data-attributes="member: 529">I would suggest forgetting about the science of it.&nbsp; There could easily be magical and/or divine reasons why an elf and orc can't produce &quot;orlfs&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The question isn't so much can they mate, as it is &quot;Which interracial combinations do you want to deal with in your game?&quot;&nbsp; Whether they can mate and produce offspring with traits of both depends on whether the DM sees a place for such a race in their campaign.&nbsp; The designers of the game obviously felt that there was no such place in the &quot;default campaign&quot; aka the core rules, for elf/orcs, so they don't exist.&nbsp; Same with human/halflings, etc.&nbsp; Personally, I don't care for too much &quot;half-this and half-that&quot; in my game.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMC, I think there's enough potential for dramatic conflict and intriguing characters with half-elves or even full-blooded humans that have parents from different races or nations.&nbsp; Too often, players try to make their characters interesting by choosing an odd racial mix, instead of using the vast possibilities for personality traits that are present even in an all-human campaign.All that being said, I don't see anything wrong with having &quot;orlfs&quot; or any other combination in your game.&nbsp; It's just not my cup of tea, and I don't think it belongs in every campaign, or in the core rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gargoyle, post: 98769, member: 529"] I would suggest forgetting about the science of it. There could easily be magical and/or divine reasons why an elf and orc can't produce "orlfs". The question isn't so much [i]can[/i] they mate, as it is "Which interracial combinations do you want to deal with in your game?" Whether they can mate and produce offspring with traits of both depends on whether the DM sees a place for such a race in their campaign. The designers of the game obviously felt that there was no such place in the "default campaign" aka the core rules, for elf/orcs, so they don't exist. Same with human/halflings, etc. Personally, I don't care for too much "half-this and half-that" in my game. IMC, I think there's enough potential for dramatic conflict and intriguing characters with half-elves or even full-blooded humans that have parents from different races or nations. Too often, players try to make their characters interesting by choosing an odd racial mix, instead of using the vast possibilities for personality traits that are present even in an all-human campaign. All that being said, I don't see anything wrong with having "orlfs" or any other combination in your game. It's just not my cup of tea, and I don't think it belongs in every campaign, or in the core rules. [/QUOTE]

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