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<blockquote data-quote="Cang" data-source="post: 4397233" data-attributes="member: 74396"><p>the way i see it is the "half" races only happen when there is some sort of magic involved. From what i read about the direction they are talking d&d most half-elves are from elderin elf background. Then they are sent out of the fey into the human world, essentially being banished for their imperfection,shame, law, how ever you see it. All other halves come from magical creatures, ie dragons, demons, etc. </p><p></p><p>The way i play it is that to create a "half" breed involves a certain level of magical infusion. It is not a purely genetic thing. Elderin and to a certain extent elves are considered magical creatues. So if a human has a child with an elf, you create a partially magical entitiy that is essentially a human with some of the elves magical being infused in it. Not a true hybrid like a mule, but more of a magical mix. (like something a magician might create in a ritual, but complety natuaral.) I could assume that sometimes the infusion does not take place. I would also assume that if a halfling,dwarf, and other fairly "human" races crossbred with an elf, they would get essentially the same entitiy as a human and an elf. Perhaps alittle shorter or thicker but nothing stat wise would change. This could easily explain why you dont see half-halfling running around. A human and halfling arnt considered magical creatures, thus no infusion. </p><p></p><p>The same concept might go for a half dragon. In theory there should be no way (even polymorphed) that a human can have a child with a dragon. But being that it would be a magical infusion and not a true genetic hybrid, then you have a half-dragon, so to speak.</p><p></p><p>And the teifling are there own race now just like the dragonborn, coming from an ancient civilization that has been placed in this world. So perhaps you cant have half of those because they are not as magical as the fey elves.</p><p></p><p>my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cang, post: 4397233, member: 74396"] the way i see it is the "half" races only happen when there is some sort of magic involved. From what i read about the direction they are talking d&d most half-elves are from elderin elf background. Then they are sent out of the fey into the human world, essentially being banished for their imperfection,shame, law, how ever you see it. All other halves come from magical creatures, ie dragons, demons, etc. The way i play it is that to create a "half" breed involves a certain level of magical infusion. It is not a purely genetic thing. Elderin and to a certain extent elves are considered magical creatues. So if a human has a child with an elf, you create a partially magical entitiy that is essentially a human with some of the elves magical being infused in it. Not a true hybrid like a mule, but more of a magical mix. (like something a magician might create in a ritual, but complety natuaral.) I could assume that sometimes the infusion does not take place. I would also assume that if a halfling,dwarf, and other fairly "human" races crossbred with an elf, they would get essentially the same entitiy as a human and an elf. Perhaps alittle shorter or thicker but nothing stat wise would change. This could easily explain why you dont see half-halfling running around. A human and halfling arnt considered magical creatures, thus no infusion. The same concept might go for a half dragon. In theory there should be no way (even polymorphed) that a human can have a child with a dragon. But being that it would be a magical infusion and not a true genetic hybrid, then you have a half-dragon, so to speak. And the teifling are there own race now just like the dragonborn, coming from an ancient civilization that has been placed in this world. So perhaps you cant have half of those because they are not as magical as the fey elves. my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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