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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9412371" data-attributes="member: 5142">Based on some past discussions, some would consider this a feature and not a flaw. FWIW, I do think it is worth asking whether the lore, story, and style for these species is strong enough on their own. For some people, just like other people with the half-elf and half-orc, these species options aren't strong enough on their own so they deem that little is lost by combining them.WotC has a terrible track record of failing horribly with their initial attempts to do things like Ardlings, Psions, or Druid Wildshape Templates, missing some obvious solutions, and then deciding to scrap their ideas entirely. Their motto seems to be, "If at first you don't succeed, never try again." That said, I think that they were trying to do too much with the Ardling. It was not just trying to be Beastfolk but also Angelic Outsider Beastfolk.Regardless, there are plenty enough "PHB-only GMs" to make that allergy an inconvenience that the whole table has to deal with.</blockquote>