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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 9354674" data-attributes="member: 2525">With respect, this is incredibly not compelling. The half-elf in the PHB has a huge amount of detail and identity to it. A description about them being from two worlds, their common roles in society as diplomats and wanderers, names lists, a differing age range and descriptions, they are all fey ancestry, they have a long list of variants like Aquatic, Drow. High, Mark variants, Wood, etc.. there is a full identity to the Half-elf. There is tremendous history behind the concept, not just in novels but in all editions of D&amp;D. There are thousands of players playing a half-elf with a distinct identity which isn't elf and isn't human. You can't just whitewash that with a handful of kloogy rules to try and fit it into one concept or another. It's not an elf or a human. It's its own thing, and hand waiving that isn't going to go over well with a lot of players.Now they might do that anyway. But responses like yours are very unpersuasive to make those upset players feel any better about it. We all understand what the UA article is trying to do. You don't need to keep repeating it. A lot of people find it objectionable. That should be OK.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 9354674, member: 2525"] With respect, this is incredibly not compelling. The half-elf in the PHB has a huge amount of detail and identity to it. A description about them being from two worlds, their common roles in society as diplomats and wanderers, names lists, a differing age range and descriptions, they are all fey ancestry, they have a long list of variants like Aquatic, Drow. High, Mark variants, Wood, etc.. there is a full identity to the Half-elf. There is tremendous history behind the concept, not just in novels but in all editions of D&D. There are thousands of players playing a half-elf with a distinct identity which isn't elf and isn't human. You can't just whitewash that with a handful of kloogy rules to try and fit it into one concept or another. It's not an elf or a human. It's its own thing, and hand waiving that isn't going to go over well with a lot of players. Now they might do that anyway. But responses like yours are very unpersuasive to make those upset players feel any better about it. We all understand what the UA article is trying to do. You don't need to keep repeating it. A lot of people find it objectionable. That should be OK. [/QUOTE]

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