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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Panask" data-source="post: 2496866" data-attributes="member: 35448">I agree with those who said that Tolkien seems to set the trend for D&D. In Middle-Earth and elf and a human could have children together (although, as pointed out, the offspring didn't much resemble D&D's half-elves), and there were strong rumors of orcs being bred with humans to create dangerous (and repulsive) minions for evil. But there are no dwarf/non-dwarf half-breeds, no halfling/non-halfling half-breeds (despite the fact that it is generally agreed that hobbits are a kind of human), and no troll/humans or (don't even think about it) ent-humans. I've always liked half-breeds, in D&D and literature - the mixing of cultures and the characters' status in society can be very interesting - but only in moderation. IMC there are half-elves and half-orcs, as well as half-satyrs and half-dryads. But no half-dwarves, half-gnomes, or half-halflings (quarterlings, but I'm sure I'm not the first to make the joke). The other half-breeds in my campaign occur when a very powerful being who can take on human form mates with a human. So I'm not intrinsically opposed to, say, half-dragons.  Some very interesting characters came about when a prince among mirror elementals took on human form and spent some years wandering the material plane; he left behind a few children who (along with their children, now approaching adulthood themselves) fit into human society but have some odd abilities, physical features, and personality traits. But I try to treat this as a very rare - almost unique - event, rather than having a "race" of half-mirror elementals running around. PanaskServitar to Baldur</blockquote>

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