Editing Half-Elf (section)

==Origin==
Half-elves were pretty much invented for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. However, they weren't originally a part of OD&D, or BECMI; this was partially due to the "race as class" assumption that those versions of D&D operated on, but may have also had something to do with the way that half-elves operated in the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], where they basically chose whether to embrace their human or elfin heritage. [[Gary Gygax]] invented the half-elf for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], and they hit the ground running; they've been in the [[Player's Handbook]] from AD&D 1e through to D&D 5e, and probably won't be going anywhere any time soon.