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<blockquote data-quote="Veltharis ap Rylix" data-source="post: 9354354" data-attributes="member: 66357">It is, admittedly, less of a glaring issue with &quot;half-orcs&quot; in Eberron, as they don't have the same kind of unified identity that Khoravar do and are far more interwoven into a mixed society of humans, orcs, and Jhor'guntaal, but the underlying point remains the same.Without the option of distinct mechanics, it becomes harder to envision them independent of their parent ancestries. Any world (whether homebrew or official) that tries to treat &quot;half-orcs&quot; the way Eberron treats Khoravar now has to operate around the implications inherent in &quot;pick-a-parent&quot; or else given them (back) their own distinct stats anyway.Which means addressing &quot;half-orcs&quot; in future settings is now more work intensive than either humans or full orcs.Which means people are less likely to do that work.Which means we will get fewer &quot;half-orcs&quot;.I focus on Khoravar because I think it's a good illustration of the problems with the proposed system, but the issues are universal. It discourages treating ANY mixed ancestry as a cohesive population unto itself. They are never anything more than a subset of their parent populations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veltharis ap Rylix, post: 9354354, member: 66357"] It is, admittedly, less of a glaring issue with "half-orcs" in Eberron, as they don't have the same kind of unified identity that Khoravar do and are far more interwoven into a mixed society of humans, orcs, and Jhor'guntaal, but the underlying point remains the same. Without the option of distinct mechanics, it becomes harder to envision them independent of their parent ancestries. Any world (whether homebrew or official) that tries to treat "half-orcs" the way Eberron treats Khoravar now has to operate around the implications inherent in "pick-a-parent" or else given them (back) their own distinct stats anyway. Which means addressing "half-orcs" in future settings is now more work intensive than either humans or full orcs. Which means people are less likely to do that work. Which means we will get fewer "half-orcs". I focus on Khoravar because I think it's a good illustration of the problems with the proposed system, but the issues are universal. It discourages treating ANY mixed ancestry as a cohesive population unto itself. They are never anything more than a subset of their parent populations. [/QUOTE]

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