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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Avenger" data-source="post: 9355424" data-attributes="member: 779">Half-Elf from the earlier editions always felt to me like it's &quot;watered-down elf&quot; so there's one edition where they aren't mechanically &quot;watered-down elf&quot;, well I felt the Half-Elf was then taking up too much room from then from other species that could be in a PHB like Aasimar and Goliath. They definitely realized that more than 95% of anyone who picks Half-Orc as a PC option really wants to be be playing an actual Orc, so there's definitely a good reason why Orc is in, and Half-Orc gets side-barred.Two other &quot;half-races&quot; the Tallfellow Halfling (Elf-Halfling) and the Stout Halfling (Dwarf Halfling) sub-species are implied to be &quot;half-races&quot; in other editions haven't really added too much to the Halflings, like the fact that most don't even realize they were Half-Halflings. But they certainly do demonstrate the current 2024 thing of &quot;pick your main heritage&quot;. Yes if they have feats for an Elf or Dwarf bloodline you can pick a Halfling and take those feats, and they'd be a Tallfellow or Stout Halfling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Avenger, post: 9355424, member: 779"] Half-Elf from the earlier editions always felt to me like it's "watered-down elf" so there's one edition where they aren't mechanically "watered-down elf", well I felt the Half-Elf was then taking up too much room from then from other species that could be in a PHB like Aasimar and Goliath. They definitely realized that more than 95% of anyone who picks Half-Orc as a PC option really wants to be be playing an actual Orc, so there's definitely a good reason why Orc is in, and Half-Orc gets side-barred. Two other "half-races" the Tallfellow Halfling (Elf-Halfling) and the Stout Halfling (Dwarf Halfling) sub-species are implied to be "half-races" in other editions haven't really added too much to the Halflings, like the fact that most don't even realize they were Half-Halflings. But they certainly do demonstrate the current 2024 thing of "pick your main heritage". Yes if they have feats for an Elf or Dwarf bloodline you can pick a Halfling and take those feats, and they'd be a Tallfellow or Stout Halfling. [/QUOTE]

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