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	In Tolkien's ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', the elves (and later, men) were created by CEO god Iluvatar, a god of light and love and tree-hugging who was basically a stand in for the Christian God, if not the very same being. The dwarfs were created by Aule, a middle-management god of crafting and mining. Elves and humans can interbreed because Iluvatar re-used the elfin source code when making men. Dwarfs were built on different hardware, so they can't run the same software for making babbies.		In Tolkien's ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', the elves (and later, men) were created by CEO god Iluvatar, a god of light and love and tree-hugging who was basically a stand in for the Christian God, if not the very same being. The dwarfs were created by Aule, a middle-management god of crafting and mining. Elves and humans can interbreed because Iluvatar re-used the elfin source code when making men. Dwarfs were built on different hardware, so they can't run the same software for making babbies.

	Elrond is half-elven on his mother's side. Aragorn is 1/16th or some smaller fraction elvish. Thorin Oakenshield is a dwarf made of masterwork dwarf and dwarf from the finest craftsdwarfship, and [[Dwarf Fortress\|menaces with spikes of dwarf]], and don't you forget it.		Elrond is half-elven on his mother's side. Aragorn is 1/16th or some smaller fraction elvish, with one drop of [[Ainur]] blood. Thorin Oakenshield is a dwarf made of masterwork dwarf and dwarf from the finest craftsdwarfship, and [[Dwarf Fortress\|menaces with spikes of dwarf]], and don't you forget it.

	Which might be why dwarves eventually go extinct...		Which might be why dwarves eventually go extinct...

1d4chan>QuietBrowser: /* Dragonlance */

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Dragonlance

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	The progeny of humans and dwarves are taller than dwarves on average, ranging in height from 5 to 5 1/2 feet. They are stockier, broader in the shoulders and hips, with a tendency towards shorter legs and wider faces when compared to humans. Half-dwarves inherit the ethnic traits of their human parent. Half-dwarves may pass as dwarves with a +8 bonus to Disguise checks, but they are usually too tall and human-like to fool their dwarven kin. Half-dwarf characters possess the following racial traits.		The progeny of humans and dwarves are taller than dwarves on average, ranging in height from 5 to 5 1/2 feet. They are stockier, broader in the shoulders and hips, with a tendency towards shorter legs and wider faces when compared to humans. Half-dwarves inherit the ethnic traits of their human parent. Half-dwarves may pass as dwarves with a +8 bonus to Disguise checks, but they are usually too tall and human-like to fool their dwarven kin. Half-dwarf characters possess the following racial traits.
	* Humanoid (dwarf): Half-dwarves are humanoids with the dwarf subtype.		::Humanoid (dwarf): Half-dwarves are humanoids with the dwarf subtype.
	* A half-dwarf’s base land speed is 30 feet.		::A half-dwarf’s base land speed is 30 feet.
	* Darkvision out to 60 feet.		::Darkvision out to 60 feet.
	* Weapon Familiarity: Half-dwarves have the same weapon familiarity as dwarves.		::Weapon Familiarity: Half-dwarves have the same weapon familiarity as dwarves.
	* +2 racial bonus on Craft and Appraise checks. Half- dwarves inherit the dwarf’s keen eye for craftsmanship, and their human heritage expands this to more than just stone and metal.		::+2 racial bonus on Craft and Appraise checks. Half- dwarves inherit the dwarf’s keen eye for craftsmanship, and their human heritage expands this to more than just stone and metal.
	* Stability: A half-dwarf gains a +2 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing firmly on the ground. Though not as stocky as their dwarf parents, half-dwarves still have a lower center of gravity than humans.		::Stability: A half-dwarf gains a +2 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing firmly on the ground. Though not as stocky as their dwarf parents, half-dwarves still have a lower center of gravity than humans.
	* +1 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.		::+1 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.
	* +1 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.		::+1 racial bonus on saving throws against spells and spell-like effects.
	* Automatic Languages: Common, Dwarven. Bonus Languages: Any. Half-dwarves often take up their human parent’s regional language as a bonus language.		::Automatic Languages: Common, Dwarven. Bonus Languages: Any. Half-dwarves often take up their human parent’s regional language as a bonus language.
	* Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass half-dwarf takes an experience penalty, his highest-level class does not count.		::[[Favored Class]]: Any. When determining whether a multiclass half-dwarf takes an experience penalty, his highest-level class does not count.

	[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons Races]][[Category:Dwarves]][[Category:Mixed Races]][[Category:Races]]		[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons Races]][[Category:Dwarves]][[Category:Mixed Races]][[Category:Races]]

1d4chan>FenaTiX: Added mixed race category.

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Added mixed race category.

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	* Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass half-dwarf takes an experience penalty, his highest-level class does not count.		* Favored Class: Any. When determining whether a multiclass half-dwarf takes an experience penalty, his highest-level class does not count.

	[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons Races]][[Category:Races]][[Category:~~Dwarves~~]]		[[Category:Dungeons & Dragons Races]][[Category:Dwarves]][[Category:Mixed Races]][[Category:Races]]

1d4chan>Arisano: /* Genetic Explanation */

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Genetic Explanation

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	The reason for why humans, elves and orcs can interbreed but not dwarves can be simply explained. Humans, elves and orcs are not species but rather races or "breeds" (or separate species that are still in the same genus, depending on whether half elves and half orcs are fertile in your world), while dwarves ''are'' in an entirely separate genus.		The reason for why humans, elves and orcs can interbreed but not dwarves can be simply explained. Humans, elves and orcs are not species but rather races or "breeds" (or separate species that are still in the same genus, depending on whether half elves and half orcs are fertile in your world), while dwarves ''are'' in an entirely separate genus.

	Consider dogs, our trusty ''canis lupus familiaris''. A pit bull and a great Dane can have puppies with each other because, although there physical characteristics are significantly altered, their overall genetic code is similar enough to allow reproduction hence we can get things like Labradoodle (this would still be possible even if ~~thy~~ were different ~~spcies~~ in the same genus, but ~~thn~~ the labradoodle itself ~~owuld~~ be infertile like a mule). It also means that breeds of dogs and cats also have a much higher tendencies for genetic defects as to get the traits we want we often breed dogs with their siblings to exaggerate what we want at the cost of recessive diseases also becoming more common.		Consider dogs, our trusty ''canis lupus familiaris''. A pit bull and a great Dane can have puppies with each other because, although there physical characteristics are significantly altered, their overall genetic code is similar enough to allow reproduction hence we can get things like Labradoodle (this would still be possible even if they were different species in the same genus, but then the labradoodle itself would be infertile like a mule). It also means that breeds of dogs and cats also have a much higher tendencies for genetic defects as to get the traits we want we often breed dogs with their siblings to exaggerate what we want at the cost of recessive diseases also becoming more common.

	Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.		Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.

1d4chan>Skadooshbag: /* Aversions */ this paragraph smells a little too strongly of /pol/

2021-03-06T04:10:49Z

Aversions: this paragraph smells a little too strongly of /pol/

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	In [[Dragonlance]], dwarves not being able to crossbreed with anything is pretty much shattered. This is because of the racial myth behind dwarves: to cut a long story short; [[Reorx]] had humans who worshipped him, but he grew sick of them, so he turned them into tinker gnomes. Some of these tinker gnomes then attempted to capture a magical artifact called the Graygem of Chaos, and it turned half of them into the first dwarves and the other half into the first kender. Thusly, dwarves, gnomes and kender can all have half-human kids, because their ancestors were humans.		In [[Dragonlance]], dwarves not being able to crossbreed with anything is pretty much shattered. This is because of the racial myth behind dwarves: to cut a long story short; [[Reorx]] had humans who worshipped him, but he grew sick of them, so he turned them into tinker gnomes. Some of these tinker gnomes then attempted to capture a magical artifact called the Graygem of Chaos, and it turned half of them into the first dwarves and the other half into the first kender. Thusly, dwarves, gnomes and kender can all have half-human kids, because their ancestors were humans.

	Also, in the same setting, dwarves and gnomes can have babies together, since dwarves were magically created from gnomes. Unfortunately, these babies are "gully dwarves", which are universally ugly, hairy, smelly retards. Dwarves ~~and gnomes saw what they had beget with such horror that they have decreed they will never mate with each other again. Unfortunately~~, they ~~didn~~'~~t figure this out before there were enough gully dwarves running around~~ to ~~propagate their own vile selves everywhere~~.		Also, in the same setting, dwarves and gnomes can have babies together, since dwarves were magically created from gnomes. Unfortunately, these babies are "gully dwarves", which are universally ugly, hairy, smelly retards. Gully Dwarves are still a thing, but these days they're almost always born to other Gully Dwarves, for obvious reasons.

	[[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] presented the revelation in "Dangerous Denizens", its Monster Manual, that dwarves frequently marry humans as a result of political maneuvering. These unions are also fruitful, producing fully viable hybrids that the dwarves themselves call different names depending on their dwarven lineage - "Adumark" for half-hill dwarves, "Rurmok" for half-mountain dwarves, or "Durovar' for half-stone dwarves. They resemble short, stocky humans and tend to be physically clumsy, but quite wise, with the tanned skin of their dwarven parents and the eye colors of their human parents.		[[Kingdoms of Kalamar]] presented the revelation in "Dangerous Denizens", its Monster Manual, that dwarves frequently marry humans as a result of political maneuvering. These unions are also fruitful, producing fully viable hybrids that the dwarves themselves call different names depending on their dwarven lineage - "Adumark" for half-hill dwarves, "Rurmok" for half-mountain dwarves, or "Durovar' for half-stone dwarves. They resemble short, stocky humans and tend to be physically clumsy, but quite wise, with the tanned skin of their dwarven parents and the eye colors of their human parents.

1d4chan>Skadooshbag: /* Aversions */

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Aversions

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	On [[Greyhawk]], the [[Derro]] were deliberately bred by the ancient Suloise, who crossed humans and dwarves together in hopes of producing a superior strain of slaves. It technically worked, but they pissed off the god [[Fortubo]] by doing this and the Derro themselves have since become a hostile menace to both of their parent races since the Rain of Colorless Fire freed them by destroying the ancient Suel nation. Not that the Suel learned from this; as revealed in the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] boxed set, the Brotherhood repeated their experiments in their new kingdom of Shar and bred the Komazar, a species of half-dwarf deliberately engineered with stunted legs to hinder escape and deformed mouths that make verbalization difficult; these bredthralls exist to do the minework and much of the stoneworking for Shar.		On [[Greyhawk]], the [[Derro]] were deliberately bred by the ancient Suloise, who crossed humans and dwarves together in hopes of producing a superior strain of slaves. It technically worked, but they pissed off the god [[Fortubo]] by doing this and the Derro themselves have since become a hostile menace to both of their parent races since the Rain of Colorless Fire freed them by destroying the ancient Suel nation. Not that the Suel learned from this; as revealed in the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]] boxed set, the Brotherhood repeated their experiments in their new kingdom of Shar and bred the Komazar, a species of half-dwarf deliberately engineered with stunted legs to hinder escape and deformed mouths that make verbalization difficult; these bredthralls exist to do the minework and much of the stoneworking for Shar.

	Way back in 2e, the "Dwarves Deep" splatbook for [[Forgotten Realms]] claimed that dwarves were in fact perfectly compatible with [[humans]], [[gnomes]] and [[halflings]], and in fact it was necessary for them to breed outside their race, since A: only 30% of all dwarves are female, and B: 55% of all dwarves are sterile. However, such crossings always produced pureblooded (if slightly taller) dwarves. This setting also has elf-dwarfs, but they are stated to be so super-rare that no stats have ever been given, so screw you powergamers!		Way back in 2e, the "Dwarves Deep" splatbook for [[Forgotten Realms]] claimed that dwarves were in fact perfectly compatible with [[humans]], [[gnomes]] and [[halflings]], and in fact it was necessary for them to breed outside their race, since A: only 30% of all dwarves are female, and B: 55% of all dwarves are sterile (this was the result of an ancient dwarf war involving a large amount of magical cloned men). However, such crossings always produced pureblooded (if slightly taller) dwarves. This setting also has elf-dwarfs, but they are stated to be so super-rare that no stats have ever been given, so screw you powergamers!

	In [[Dragonlance]], dwarves not being able to crossbreed with anything is pretty much shattered. This is because of the racial myth behind dwarves: to cut a long story short; [[Reorx]] had humans who worshipped him, but he grew sick of them, so he turned them into tinker gnomes. Some of these tinker gnomes then attempted to capture a magical artifact called the Graygem of Chaos, and it turned half of them into the first dwarves and the other half into the first kender. Thusly, dwarves, gnomes and kender can all have half-human kids, because their ancestors were humans.		In [[Dragonlance]], dwarves not being able to crossbreed with anything is pretty much shattered. This is because of the racial myth behind dwarves: to cut a long story short; [[Reorx]] had humans who worshipped him, but he grew sick of them, so he turned them into tinker gnomes. Some of these tinker gnomes then attempted to capture a magical artifact called the Graygem of Chaos, and it turned half of them into the first dwarves and the other half into the first kender. Thusly, dwarves, gnomes and kender can all have half-human kids, because their ancestors were humans.

1d4chan>Skadooshbag: /* Genetic Explanation */

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Genetic Explanation

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	Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.		Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.

	The observant would note that this would mean we should see Orc/Elf hybrids in the game, however consider the size difference between and Orc and an Elf. Why it's true that you can breed a female Chihuahua and a male great dane (the inverse would require a ladder), the Resulting puppy causes significant problems for the mother. So an Orc male, female Elf would need a C section, at best, in order for the baby to be born at all. Orc Female male elf on the other hand is distinctly more viable but, and lets be blunt, this situation is much less likely then an Orc male elf female combination because the Orc woman would likely find his scrawny elf dick somewhat underwhelming. On the subject of alignment as anyone who has owned dogs knows is that dog breeds have differing temperaments and attitudes explaining the fixed good and evil alignment of most races (~~though~~ in 5e they actually explain it as being because most races have a patron god or pantheon of gods telling them how to behave, ~~which is also why humans are~~ the ~~only race with any particular behavior pattern, as their~~ was killed very early on in the world's history. This is supported by the Ebberon setting, which has a giant magical barrier keeping even outside gods form getting in, and as a result everyone behaves completely different there)~~. That humans are far more Alignment flexible suggests that they are the "base" species and the gods created the Elf and Orc races from humanity leaving the unaltered humans to develop on their own.~~		The observant would note that this would mean we should see Orc/Elf hybrids in the game, however consider the size difference between and Orc and an Elf. Why it's true that you can breed a female Chihuahua and a male great dane (the inverse would require a ladder), the Resulting puppy causes significant problems for the mother. So an Orc male, female Elf would need a C section, at best, in order for the baby to be born at all. Orc Female male elf on the other hand is distinctly more viable but, and lets be blunt, this situation is much less likely then an Orc male elf female combination because the Orc woman would likely find his scrawny elf dick somewhat underwhelming. On the subject of alignment as anyone who has owned dogs knows is that dog breeds have differing temperaments and attitudes explaining the fixed good and evil alignment of most races. That humans are far more Alignment flexible suggests that they are the "base" species and the gods created the Elf and Orc races from humanity leaving the unaltered humans to develop on their own. (Though in 5e they actually explain it as being because most races have a patron god or pantheon of gods telling them how to behave, whereas the human one was killed very early on in the world's history. This is supported by the Ebberon setting, which has a giant magical barrier keeping even outside gods form getting in, and as a result everyone behaves completely different there)

	However, remember that there are dozens of human ancestors any that while close to human, are distinct species and would run into the Mul situation mentioned above of any half breed being sterile (except when they weren't).		However, remember that there are dozens of human ancestors any that while close to human, are distinct species and would run into the Mul situation mentioned above of any half breed being sterile (except when they weren't).

1d4chan>Skadooshbag: /* Genetic Explanation */ woman-on-man rape is very much a thing. the erection reflex is governed by the spine, not the brain, so a woman can give you a boner even if you aren't a willing participant

2021-03-06T03:47:02Z

Genetic Explanation: woman-on-man rape is very much a thing. the erection reflex is governed by the spine, not the brain, so a woman can give you a boner even if you aren't a willing participant

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	Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.		Now lets consider D&D, with active deities loose in the world with plenty of time it very conceivable that at some point in the distant past the gods selectively started to alter traits in some single humanoid species (Let's call her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus) Lucy] for LOL's) to create the human, elf and orc races much as we altered wolves to create our dog breeds. [[Corellon Larethian]] is said to be the god of the elves and would be responsible for creating them, while [[Gruumsh]] made the orcs and the infamous battle between the two that cost Gruumsh his eye would be the result of an argument over what form the elf/orc race would take.

	The observant would note that this would mean we should see Orc/Elf hybrids in the game, however consider the size difference between and Orc and an Elf. Why it's true that you can breed a female Chihuahua and a male great dane (the inverse would require a ladder), the Resulting puppy causes significant problems for the mother. So an Orc male, female Elf would need a C section, at best, in order for the baby to be born at all. Orc Female male elf on the other hand is distinctly more viable but, and lets be blunt, this situation is much less likely then an Orc male elf female combination because ~~Orcs (being mostly evil) are more~~ likely ~~to rape as part of pillaging while massive culture differences keep the two apart in most other cases~~. On the subject of alignment as anyone who has owned dogs knows is that dog breeds have differing temperaments and attitudes explaining the fixed good and evil alignment of most races. That humans are far more Alignment flexible suggests that they are the "base" species and the gods created the Elf and Orc races from humanity leaving the unaltered humans to develop on their own.		The observant would note that this would mean we should see Orc/Elf hybrids in the game, however consider the size difference between and Orc and an Elf. Why it's true that you can breed a female Chihuahua and a male great dane (the inverse would require a ladder), the Resulting puppy causes significant problems for the mother. So an Orc male, female Elf would need a C section, at best, in order for the baby to be born at all. Orc Female male elf on the other hand is distinctly more viable but, and lets be blunt, this situation is much less likely then an Orc male elf female combination because the Orc woman would likely find his scrawny elf dick somewhat underwhelming. On the subject of alignment as anyone who has owned dogs knows is that dog breeds have differing temperaments and attitudes explaining the fixed good and evil alignment of most races (though in 5e they actually explain it as being because most races have a patron god or pantheon of gods telling them how to behave, which is also why humans are the only race with any particular behavior pattern, as their was killed very early on in the world's history. This is supported by the Ebberon setting, which has a giant magical barrier keeping even outside gods form getting in, and as a result everyone behaves completely different there). That humans are far more Alignment flexible suggests that they are the "base" species and the gods created the Elf and Orc races from humanity leaving the unaltered humans to develop on their own.

	However, remember that there are dozens of human ancestors any that while close to human, are distinct species and would run into the Mul situation mentioned above of any half breed being sterile (except when they weren't).		However, remember that there are dozens of human ancestors any that while close to human, are distinct species and would run into the Mul situation mentioned above of any half breed being sterile (except when they weren't).