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A picture of a skinny female orc with the side of her head shaved. She wears an armless red dress and a black shawl, as well as matching red bracelets and a black choker with a gold heart at the front.

At the top of the image is the text "You may not like it, but this is what" in large bubble font

At the bottom of the image is a screenshot from the new D&D changelog, reading "• Orcs no longer have the Powerful Build feature."

And below that, the text "Peak 2024 D&D orc performance looks like" continues the bubble font from the top.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

…well, no: sixth-edition core rules no longer support half-races, something-something-against-racism?..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The solution to racism is not to let them breed together? 😕

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We will cure racism through genetic purity!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

...to be explicitly clear: i believe that we're all sarcastically mocking WotC's editorial choice to eliminate half-breeds from the core rules in order to combat real-world racism...

(i wouldn't be surprised to see mixed races included as an advanced option in the new dungeon master's guide, though)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Iirc it's more of a lexical change: until now, half-something automatically assumed the other half was human, making the human race central in the setting. To allow for more liberty, most (all?) humanoid species will become interbreedable and you can choose the traits from one ancestry or the other.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

In Pathfinder 2e I think Half-Elf, half-Orc, and their equivalent of Tiefling and Aasimar are variants you can apply to other species.