(Sorry if this is in the wrong thread,I didn't know if it should go in lore or rules,so I decided on here.)
Does,say,a halfelf have to be half elf half human,or can it be half dwarf,or half kenku? What about if a orc and a elf had a kid? (it could happen) Would it be a half elf,a half orc,some weird new race,or impossible?
I can't remember if it explicitly stated half human half elf, but I believe that is the default. That said, if it's alright with your DM you can have any race for the other half (personally I'd say as long as it doesn't change the half elf stats go with whatever parents you want in your backstory)
Official half elves are half human. Same with half orcs. There aren't really any rules for other half races, generally if those races cross breed they're just reflavored from an existing half-elf race. Homebrew, of course, has much more variation and variety. If you wanted to make one i'd look at the variant half-elves in the SCAG and use that as a guide to making a balanced one.
They are half elven and half human. That is part of the description:
"Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. "
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(Sorry if this is in the wrong thread,I didn't know if it should go in lore or rules,so I decided on here.)
Does,say,a halfelf have to be half elf half human,or can it be half dwarf,or half kenku? What about if a orc and a elf had a kid? (it could happen) Would it be a half elf,a half orc,some weird new race,or impossible?
I can't remember if it explicitly stated half human half elf, but I believe that is the default. That said, if it's alright with your DM you can have any race for the other half (personally I'd say as long as it doesn't change the half elf stats go with whatever parents you want in your backstory)
Official half elves are half human. Same with half orcs. There aren't really any rules for other half races, generally if those races cross breed they're just reflavored from an existing half-elf race. Homebrew, of course, has much more variation and variety. If you wanted to make one i'd look at the variant half-elves in the SCAG and use that as a guide to making a balanced one.
They are half elven and half human. That is part of the description: