I think I must be the ONLY person in the world who likes Half Elves. Maybe it's from my Everquest days when I played Glororhan Greatsong, Half Elf Bard, and entertained the world, but I like the idea of a cool friendly charismatic race that is a good diplomat and negotiator. I think that makes sense for a half elf, who is from different but agreeable cultures.
Also, they exist in Lord of the Rings. Elrond is a half elf! Oh, and they used to walk the bridge between eternal life and immortality, but now not so much.
Elves and humans also kind of look similar and are both pretty hawt. So it seems reasonable that they could produce children but not, say, a halfling and an orc. And I think the idea with the 1/16th thing is that once you go Half Elf, you never go back, but that's probably up to the DM. Maybe it's like, there's a chance you're a half elf and a chance you're a human?
Oh, Tieflings who mate with humans sometimes spawn Tieflings and sometimes don't, but no half breeds for them!
I don't know Rory. Never underestimate the power of opposites attracting. Some human couples resemble a halfling and an orc.
Semi-unrelatedly, I have the same objection about Elrond being a half-elf that I have about Spock being half Vulcan. Elrond is more elf than any other elf; Spock is more Vulcan than any other Vulcan! If they're not fully embodying elfness/Vulcanity, WHO DOES?
It's true, I sometimes feel about Spock the way I feel about Data: they're both protesting way too much in the "As you know, I have no emotions, and therefore cannot grieve/comfort you/commit to a monogamous relationship/pick you up at the airport" department.
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Also, they exist in Lord of the Rings. Elrond is a half elf! Oh, and they used to walk the bridge between eternal life and immortality, but now not so much.
Elves and humans also kind of look similar and are both pretty hawt. So it seems reasonable that they could produce children but not, say, a halfling and an orc. And I think the idea with the 1/16th thing is that once you go Half Elf, you never go back, but that's probably up to the DM. Maybe it's like, there's a chance you're a half elf and a chance you're a human?
Oh, Tieflings who mate with humans sometimes spawn Tieflings and sometimes don't, but no half breeds for them!
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Semi-unrelatedly, I have the same objection about Elrond being a half-elf that I have about Spock being half Vulcan. Elrond is more elf than any other elf; Spock is more Vulcan than any other Vulcan! If they're not fully embodying elfness/Vulcanity, WHO DOES?
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