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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9706978" data-attributes="member: 27957">Because none of those ethnicities have mechanical game stats attached to them. They're all bumping elbows in the "human" category, nice and equal.Attaching game stats to something is a delicate matter. It makes it an objectively true fact, as far as the game system is concerned. So D&D has to be careful what they assert is an objectively true fact when it comes to easily construed metaphors about human society. Especially what with being a big international brand that has to respect the viewpoint of a lot of different cultures, all of whom have different histories and attitudes informing their take on things.It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If you include half-races, you're perpetuating a history of racial segregation and persecution of mulattos. If you don't include half-races, it's erasure of multi-ethnic family representation. Right now, WotC is trying to thread the needle by making the default answer "Describe your character cosmetically however you please, just pick a dominant bloodline for mechanical purposes" and only giving unique stats when it's a well established ethnic group like the Khoravar. Which obviously doesn't please everyone, but no answer was going to do that.</blockquote>