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<blockquote data-quote="Veltharis ap Rylix" data-source="post: 9353468" data-attributes="member: 66357">Let me be clear: I am in no way, shape, or form advocating for a return to the &quot;half-X&quot; nomenclature. I am advocating for the preservation of distinct mechanical toolkits for Khoravar and Jhor'guntaal (or whatever other names you want to ascribe to peoples of mixed human-elf/human-orc ancestry for general use and non-Eberron settings), because choosing not to do so undermines their foundations as a distinct, cohesive population block.Of course people of mixed heritage are not defined solely by their mixed ancestry. No one is defined solely by their ancestry. But an elf can be everything a character can be without compromising on the fact that they are an elf. In order to play a Khoravar, I now have to decide whether they are the &quot;human&quot; kind of Khoravar or the &quot;elf&quot; kind of Khoravar, and for every future interaction with the game system, that is all that matters. Wanting some kind of mechanical representation for mixed lineage is not &quot;doing it for the wrong reasons&quot;. I can very much want my Khoravar to celebrate both their human and elf lineages, and still feel that being mechanically chained to the entirety of the elf statblock is a limiting factor to my enjoyment of the character.And most of the &quot;suggestions&quot; on how to meld the two mechanical kits boil down to &quot;make it your character's entire background and 1st level feat&quot; (in an entirely theoretical fashion, given that we have no indication of WotC's official system changing from the proposed &quot;pick a parent and reflavor&quot; methodology).Honestly, I know nothing about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veltharis ap Rylix, post: 9353468, member: 66357"] Let me be clear: I am [B]in no way, shape, or form[/B] advocating for a return to the "half-X" nomenclature. I am advocating for the preservation of distinct mechanical toolkits for Khoravar and Jhor'guntaal (or whatever other names you want to ascribe to peoples of mixed human-elf/human-orc ancestry for general use and non-Eberron settings), because choosing not to do so undermines their foundations as a distinct, cohesive population block. Of course people of mixed heritage are not defined solely by their mixed ancestry. No one is defined solely by their ancestry. But an elf can be everything a character can be without compromising on the fact that they are an elf. In order to play a Khoravar, I now have to decide whether they are the "human" kind of Khoravar or the "elf" kind of Khoravar, and for every future interaction with the game system, that is all that matters. Wanting some kind of mechanical representation for mixed lineage is not "doing it for the wrong reasons". I can very much want my Khoravar to celebrate both their human and elf lineages, and still feel that being mechanically chained to the entirety of the elf statblock is a limiting factor to my enjoyment of the character. And most of the "suggestions" on how to meld the two mechanical kits boil down to "make it your character's entire background and 1st level feat" (in an entirely theoretical fashion, given that we have no indication of WotC's official system changing from the proposed "pick a parent and reflavor" methodology). Honestly, I know nothing about it. [/QUOTE]

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