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<blockquote data-quote="Veltharis ap Rylix" data-source="post: 9359835" data-attributes="member: 66357">There are always reasons.I am saying that however compelling those reasons may be, I find the end result to be shallow and counterproductive to its stated purpose, which is purportedly to encourage a broader array of mixed ancestry characters within the game. It does nothing for &quot;pure roleplayers&quot;, does nothing to &quot;pure optimizers&quot;, and forces everyone in the middle to accept the disconnect between the game's narrative saying &quot;all lineages are welcome&quot; and its mechanics saying &quot;only single ancestries need apply&quot;.Meanwhile, they quietly retconned two mixed characters out of Phandelver and Planescape, and so far as I can tell haven't actually noted a character as being of mixed lineage within a published book in more than a year.So forgive me for feeling that their words and their actions are not exactly matching up on this particular topic...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veltharis ap Rylix, post: 9359835, member: 66357"] There are always reasons. I am saying that however compelling those reasons may be, I find the end result to be shallow and counterproductive to its stated purpose, which is purportedly to encourage a broader array of mixed ancestry characters within the game. It does nothing for "pure roleplayers", does nothing to "pure optimizers", and forces everyone in the middle to accept the disconnect between the game's narrative saying "all lineages are welcome" and its mechanics saying "only single ancestries need apply". Meanwhile, they quietly retconned two mixed characters out of Phandelver and Planescape, and so far as I can tell haven't actually noted a character as being of mixed lineage within a published book in more than a year. So forgive me for feeling that their words and their actions are not exactly matching up on this particular topic... [/QUOTE]

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