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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Veltharis ap Rylix" data-source="post: 9705997" data-attributes="member: 66357">Lorewise, Jhor'guntaal (Eberron "half-orcs") are ostensibly still a thing - they make up the bulk of House Tharashk, one of the dragonmarked houses. The only real difference between them and Khoravar is that Khoravar are known to have their own majority Khoravar communities and distinct cultural identity separate from both their human and elven ancestors, whereas Jhor'guntaal generally live in mixed human/orc communities and see themselves as a bridge between the two instead of something distinct from their "parent" species (a perspective largely shared by the "half-elves" of House Medani as well, who reject the "Khoravar" identity precisely for that reason).As happy as I am that Khoravar have made a return - and I am happy, this looks pretty much exactly like what I was wanting out of an update to the 2014 "half-elf" statblock - they either need to extend the same courtesy to Jhor'guntaal or, better yet, there needs to be a system for constructing species mechanics for mixed ancestry characters of any combination.By all means, ditch the "half-x" naming scheme. But the concept of mixed ancestry characters should be mechanically supported, particularly since, unless I'm very much mistaken, the whole "Pick a Parent" thing never made it into the 2024 rules.</blockquote>