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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 9706641" data-attributes="member: 58401">I was thinking of Métis too! Obviously it can be problematic to compare a real-world culture to a fictional one, but there’s at least a structural basis of comparison between Métis and Khoravar.For those who don’t know this term, in Canada “Métis” is a recognized ethno-cultural group whose identity is based on mixture: they’re descendants of French colonists (usually the man) who married First Nations/Indigenous people (usually the woman). This was super common during colonial times, when there were a lot of European men but very few European women for them to marry, so in aggregate these folks (their children) were common enough to form their own significant cultural group.Nowadays if someone in Canada has mixed white + FN parenthood, they aren’t automatically considered Métis because that’s a specific historical culture in Canada; most Métis probably have Métis parent(s). The parallel to Khoravar is that Métis is a stand-alone group that defines itself at least partially based on its history as a mixture.In the context of D&D, one other factor to consider is the extent to which, in practice, people don’t really treat elves or dwarves as separate species, just separate cultures anyway (regardless of how the rules frame them).</blockquote>