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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2123088" data-attributes="member: 30035">I would not be opposed to playing any race, although I admit I've actually only played a few.&nbsp; I'd probably be least likely to play an orc or half-orc.&nbsp; I *love* playing elves.&nbsp; I cannot abide people who insist on playing them as arrogant or snobbish, though.&nbsp;What I am opposed to is referring to half-elves and half-orcs as races.&nbsp; They're not a separate race!&nbsp; (Except in Eberron, where half-elves are a race.)&nbsp; I just find it irritating to refer to a being produced by a combination of two races as another race.&nbsp; And while I'm in pedantic mode, they're not &quot;races&quot; anyway.&nbsp; They should properly be called species.&nbsp;I'd also really like to know why we have half-elves and half-orcs, but no half-dwarves or half-gnomes or the like.&nbsp; Is there some reason why humans can interbreed with elves and orcs, but none of the other &quot;races&quot; can interbreed with each other or with humans?&nbsp; &nbsp;I know what the reasoning probably was in the beginnings of D&amp;D:&nbsp; there are half-elves in LOTR (never mind that there are only a very tiny number of D&amp;D-type half-elves in the entire history of Middle-Earth).&nbsp; I suppose somebody thought it would be fun to add another half-something to the mix.&nbsp; I know there's nothing expressly prohibiting people from playing other types of hybrids, but there aren't any rules for it.&nbsp; It would at least seem reasonable that the smaller races could mix, however horrifying KODT has made that idea.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 2123088, member: 30035"] I would not be opposed to playing any race, although I admit I've actually only played a few. I'd probably be least likely to play an orc or half-orc. I *love* playing elves. I cannot abide people who insist on playing them as arrogant or snobbish, though. What I am opposed to is referring to half-elves and half-orcs as races. They're not a separate race! (Except in Eberron, where half-elves are a race.) I just find it irritating to refer to a being produced by a combination of two races as another race. And while I'm in pedantic mode, they're not "races" anyway. They should properly be called species. I'd also really like to know why we have half-elves and half-orcs, but no half-dwarves or half-gnomes or the like. Is there some reason why humans can interbreed with elves and orcs, but none of the other "races" can interbreed with each other or with humans? I know what the reasoning probably was in the beginnings of D&D: there are half-elves in LOTR (never mind that there are only a very tiny number of D&D-type half-elves in the entire history of Middle-Earth). I suppose somebody thought it would be fun to add another half-something to the mix. I know there's nothing expressly prohibiting people from playing other types of hybrids, but there aren't any rules for it. It would at least seem reasonable that the smaller races could mix, however horrifying KODT has made that idea. :D [/QUOTE]

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