D&D 5E (2014) Survivor Core Races: HALF-ELF WINS

[ZickZak]

Half Elf 4
Human 2
Dwarf

 

[Mercule]

Double XP to the killers of the half-elves!

How you going to manage that?

Because I'll give XP to them, also. After drow, everything with "half" in the name should have disappeared before the other races ever twitched.

 

[Mercule]

Half Elf 1
Human 3

Kill Tanis!

 

[delericho]

Of course, some might suggest that offering bribes to people voting a particular way corrupts, and thus invalidates, the results...

 

[MoonSong]

Half Elf 2
Human

Naah, default human is bland. Half elf is better. And you can't buy me. Except when you can. But not now, or is it?

 

[Yunru]

W00t Humans won!
...
What? Half-Elves are the offspring of Elves and Humans and can themselves reproduce. Therefore Elves, Humans and Half-Elves must all be the same species.

What's truly interesting is it suggests that Orks and Elves could be compatible too.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Mercule]

Of course, some might suggest that offering bribes to people voting a particular way corrupts, and thus invalidates, the results...

Which is why I didn't do it, earlier, regardless of my personal feelings on the absurdity of the half-elf being the winner. At this point, I don't think it made an actual difference.

It was more a matter of supporting the sentiment of incredulity that the half-elf was even a contender, let alone winner. The drow is the only race in the 5E PHB that I actually don't think should have been there. The half-elf, though, is a weird also-ran, IMO. Elves get a lot of flak for being mary-sue characters, but you can at least tweak their history to make them interesting. The half-elf takes the mary-sue of the elf, gives it a hipster beard, and a Charisma bonus.

See, because the half-elf is an emo outcast that was always teased as a child, but that has great strength of personality, leadership ability, and general likability. He has the grace, dignity, and androgynous sex-appeal of the elf; but he also has the rugged handsomeness, relative sturdiness, and versatility of a human. All that, with a healthy dose of silent loner on top. Drizz't only wishes he could be so cool.

 

[Yunru]

I am shocked at the results. In a squeaker, it's the half elf!

For those interested, I have posted what I believe to be the last, and least meaningful, survivor thread- alignments. It looks like Mr. Popularity is a half elf rogue. What shall his/her alignment be?

You haven't done gender yet, it can't be last.

 

[delericho]

You haven't done gender yet, it can't be last.

Yeah, that would go down well!

Background, maybe?