What They Don't Tell You About Half-Elves - D&D

[@MrRhexx]

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[@migarsormrapophis2755]

"UH, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY'RE CALLED "beings of mixed ancestry" BECAUSE CALLING A PERSON HALF-SOMETHING IS INHERENTLY RACIST!" -The Grand Wizards of the Koast, 2023 for some unknown reason

[@wraithreaper22]

I like that you pronouce human as simply "hume" like what happened to the rest of the word? Lol

[@mattd7695]

Thanks for the video Rexx, hope you feel better soon. I'd also recommend a litrpg series called unbound, great balance of story and stats.

[@firesniperbullet2]

Wait why don't elf's like cold?

[@gabriellang7998]

MrRhexx, can you recommend a decent source of full body portraits? I was wondering where did you obtained so many nice graphics for your video, and would love to use some of them for my characters in Pathfinder, in a non-commercial way :)

[@miguelroca5098]

Honestly, learning that gnomes are rarer than gnolls in the Forgotten Realms was the real twist of this video.

[@josephjohnson5415]

Most gnomes are as uncounted as the goblins and orcs, they're not called the forgotten folk for nothing and you have to find them to take a census which is next to impossible with gnomes. But they are still the least populated civilized species, tends to happen when your kin blow themselves up in their discoveries.

[@cameronmcewen9666]

I want to see gnolls in a _World of Warcraft_ animated series and the next _Dungeons & Dragons_ film.

[@Rannos22]

I mean gnolls do breed like rabbits iirc

[@Xuphilo_CHSM]

I wish we could play knolls in 5e

[@General12th]

@@Rannos22 Or do rabbits breed like gnolls? 🤔

[@MrRhexx]

The second part of this video should be coming out, hopefully, by Tuesday or so. The rest of the Forgotten Realms timeline series are already scripted, so they should be coming out pretty fast as well. Then I am thinking we should go back to doing dragons! Thinking about doing Themberchaud :O

[@mistajongilbert]

Can we maybe get Fyrentennimar?

[@Silver-Spartan]

Looking forward to the second part, do get well soon Rhexx 😎👍

[@TheHornedKing]

Be sure to also do Tchazzar at some point. The guy is a quasi-deity and the ruler of a kingdom, we need a video about this guy.

[@shawnberry760]

Love your channel as much as I love half elves.

[@louis1372]

Would love to see a video about Mikado the Chief of all Stellar Dragons. Fascinating beasts!

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

"There are no cities, no settlements of this kind at all" Brb, making an entirely Half-Sea Elf pirate ship plundering the deep b/c father issues.

[@dylanknight4847]

I can't get enough of your deep dive videos! Knowing ALL the lore between editions makes it so much easier to weave a tale and have fun moments you couldn't if you just went by 5th edition lore.

[@mollvam]

I always thought it would be interesting to have a campaign where you discover a dingy town where the people are strangely taller and weirder as its revealed the town used to be an old meeting place for human and elf traders and theyre so intermixed its almost nonexistent except for ancient customs

[@ulliquarahyuga7534]

For those half-elf numbers to make scene I think you would have to consider anyone with both elven and human blood a half-elf. Like second generations, or the unions between two half elves. That or those blended families are pumping out a crap ton of kids

[@sidecharacter7165]

2 Half Elves: 25% Human genes, 50% Half-Elf genes(Maybe even different types), 25% Elf Play with that as you will.

[@MarekArawn]

@@sidecharacter7165 Oddly, I had considered your example when I started playing AD&D in high school. But, from 2nd Edition reference books and, the Forgotten Realms Boxed Set (1990's or so - Yes! I'm THAT old), it was established that anyone who had an Elf ancestor was considered Half-Elf. (Something akin to the 1 drop rule in the US...)

[@drarsen33]

You also have to take into account longevity of Half elves. Another thing is that Elf that fancies humans,even if monogamous, can have multiple partners trough his life and sire many half elves.

[@trystanfranziskus]

​@@sidecharacter7165you can havd 2 half elves make a kid and it could theoretically have 0% elf DNA because when you have 2 wolfdogs you cam get a dog without Wolf DNA

[@ChargeQM]

I mean, if I had an elf wife I'd wanna make as many kids as possible so she isn't lonely after my short life ends.

[@meswain1123]

I kept expecting you to mention Eberron. I know you focus on Forgotten Realms, but Eberron has some cool lore about Half Elves. There they're recognized as their own people, and most half elves have to go back multiple generations before you get to their non-half-elven ancestors. Half Elves on Eberron have their own culture and are called Khoravar, after the main continent of Khorvaire.

[@shadowkoala5452]

Yeah! If memory serves me right, Khoravar is elvish an elvish term for "Child of Khorvaire." Also, having their own dragonmarks definitely helps with that sense of uniqueness.

[@cameronmcewen9666]

What if _Eberron_ or _Dragonlance_ had animated shows?🤔

[@derekstein6193]

When he started this series, he specifically mentioned he would focus on the most fleshed out setting, The Forgotten Realms. That is why he didn't reference any other setting.

[@wolfsbanealphas617]

@@cameronmcewen9666 😊I would pay to watch it

[@christophermills7693]

well dragonlance did have that one animated movie......

[@christopherrhodes9681]

You make amazing content that has brought me many hours of joy. You creativity and curiosity is absolutely inspiring. Thank you Mr. Rexx.

[@geraldlahey5305]

Hope you feel better soon, man. I always look forward to hearing more of your contents.

[@aaronloeffler3555]

Dang. Hope you get better soon. I was really hoping to get some lore about the afterlife of Half-elves, due to humanoids and Elves having entirely different instances after death, with elves essentially being reincarnated, and humans moving on to the outer planes, the official rulings as far as I had heard was that the ruling elvish councils were suppressing the information of what actually happens to them after death. (Although an old spell cast by a Jergalli cleric would be able to immediately tell the location of a soul's final resting place). Sadly the spell never made it to 5e, and Jergal has slowly sunk into obscurity

[@drewforchic9083]

What's the name and edition of that spell? I have a cleric of Jergal who could make use of it

[@Hektols]

Half Elves are considered full Elves by Corellon so their souls go to the same place as regular Elves.

[@aaronloeffler3555]

@@drewforchic9083 it is called Determine Final Rest

[@vaclavsoukup7302]

@@drewforchic9083 2nd Edition, in a book called Powers and Pantheon. The spell is called Determine Final Rest.

[@sharksam8583]

@@Hektols Now I'm just picturing Corellon having a feud with one or more of the human deities. Over The fate of half elf souls after they die.

[@didsva]

My first character that I created in D&D was a half-elf of the sea elf variant. At first I had only planned for it to be a normal half-elf. But my DM did allow it to be a half sea-elf. Seeing how my character did come from a tribe of pearl divers. That spend lot of time diving and being underwater

[@hoshi5456]

my first character was also a half-sea elf omg!!

[@didsva]

@@hoshi5456 This was technically speaking my first character that I did write up. But I never got to play it as my DM changed his campaign idea last minute. So I had to play a different character and race all together

[@derekstein6193]

8:21 This art reminds me of a half sea elf character I once had in 3.5 that was a sorcerer with her octopus familiar, Urgl'Gurgl.

[@forrestpatterson6053]

Yo that’s awesome

[@emilyhockers1086]

I always love your videos! Learning more about the forgotten realms is fun, and itès enjoyable to see the level of detail that appeared after years of development! It's inspiring

[@talenstout8324]

It’s a mix between humans and elves, so you get to be yourself but with a fantasy twist. They don’t always get the same traits, that’s how science works, different traits from the parents, but not all of them, so they might get those traits or not.

[@justinsummers876]

Get better soon! Love the content. Excited for the sands of doom!

[@derekstein6193]

14:49 Nice. Also fitting for (due to human propensity for producing hybrid offspring with other humanoids) what one commentor suggested humanity be called in such settings, Slutfolk.

[@RealSaintB]

Deepingdale could be considered a homeland for Half Elves too I think. After the retreat and before the re-founding of Myth Dranor many thousands of elves lived in Deepingdale and the most recent canon leaders of Deepingdale were almost all half elven. After the Shade War a lot of Myth Dranor elves ended up in Deepingdale again as refugeess and settlers.

[@lanfae9353]

Take care of yourself! Rest up for as long as you need. We'll be here when you're feeling better!

[@concernedhomosapien9807]

Wizards of the Coast is gonna send Pinkerton thugs to bully Mr Rhexx sooner or later

[@thfkmnIII]

"Cease and desist in this racist language Mr Rhexx, or we might have to break some legs in the name of inclusivity and social justice."

[@Hari-Harmonies]

Take all the time you need, hope you feel better soon. Thank you for introducing me to D&D

[@silverdust4197]

My favorite in the , , "RPG" sub genre of Fantasy /Isekai is Spider , It has a very interesting explanation as to WHY the world works with RPG logic , and how it got to where it is . (though , its also both a survival AND MYSTERY story , so i wont go into detail for the sake of the latter .) But i will say , it becomes more Politics / Mystery as it progresses

[@philurbaniak1811]

👍👍 really enjoyed this one and hearing all the population numbers! Rest and heal, dude 👍😊

[@siloseeairenicus5889]

Didn't know a lich can get sick. Joke aside, rest well Mr Rhexx, and thanks for yet another great video.

[@UnrulyJuli]

All the best for your recovery and thank you for still putting out the video

[@relicapex]

Rhexx… Let me say, I very much enjoy not just your video, but the subtle nose thumb at the villainous rights holders. Ty

[@Managuan]

Take care Rhexx. You are my bible in Forgotten realm content and I'll be waiting for the 2nd part of the half elf, as well as the 3rd part of the Faerun history for as long as it take. Be well.

[@mentalrebllion1270]

Huh, aasimar ranger sounds fun to try~ Oh, actually I have a backup character that is, mechanically, a half drow from a loving union. This because the character they are backing up is the olderest brother, a full drow born on the surface world. The story there is that the full drow mother, while pregnant, escaped the underdark for whatever reason (she’s never revealed this to her children at least). She gave birth to her son, my current character and raised him as a single mother for a time before she met a half moon-elf ranger man. The two fell in love and eventually married. This man became my character’s step father and his father of his heart. It’s a very loving father-son bond between them and my character even took up ranger skills from what his step-father taught him. Anyway, this union is obviously a loving one so my character has three younger siblings, all at least half drow and a quarter moon elf and quarter human. I figured half elf drow is the best route mechanically for these characters. So yeah, my main character is a full drow, but the backup characters are his three sisters who are half drow. As for why I made back up characters…uh well, the campaign is supposed to be a deadly one so I kinda was told to have one. I have updated their reason for joining the party in the event of their elder brother’s death with each session and combat to accommodate. So yeah, half drow from a loving union might be rare, but in the case of mine, I feel it makes sense because they are an isolated family and have been well established in existence for the canon of my particular table I play at. That’s my story at least. I’d love to hear other people’s on their half drow from a loving union. As for why my drow and half drow don’t have to fight to be nice, it’s because it’s well established that my drow is a worshiper of Eilistraee and is taught to be by his family, meaning his mother. So, with her protection his family has little need for it.

[@clericofchaos1]

They also don't tell you that anything can mate with an elf and produce a half elf. From dragons and orcs to giants and pixies. everything goes. They mainly don't tell you this for game balance though, because having everything from the half-orc and everything from the half-elf in one character would be seriously broken...it would be biologically sound and very fun though.

[@mistajongilbert]

Dwelves used to be a thing, can't remember which book. Almost sure it was a 3.5 book though

[@arnox4554]

"giants and pixies" Uh... How, uh... Would that work?

[@حَسن-م3ه9ظ]

​@@arnox4554Gygax said that if you wanted to have a half-pixie + half-storm giant happen, all you needed was a "Growth potion" and a "Love philter"

[@webuser-webloser]

@Arnox you sure you wanna know?

[@arnox4554]

@@حَسن-م3ه9ظ Ah. Right.

[@yuranashi]

Get better soon brother, your videos make DnD comes to life.

[@ElrohillLW]

Great thx and take care of you, good luck on returning to health.

Get better soon Master Rhexx !!! Blessings! Keep up the great work. Regards from Tabasco, México [Land of The Olmecs]!

[@lovenicholson]

Feel better brother, we love your work, and it is worth the wait.

[@DarkCrossGaming]

Great video as always, sorry to hear you're sick. I hope you get well soon and I can't wait to see the next part. It's definitely interesting to see how each race fits in, numbers wise. Definitely gives you something to add in when creating a character in D&D. Keep up the good work and get well soon

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

Thank you for talking about this with reasonable sensitivity, frankness, and good research. You do good work, mate.

[@andrzej6294]

The problem with the Gnome population is that, their "main" homeland is Lantan (I don't know if you counted that). And their are mostly below 1% but everywhere, so there are more gnomes out there, but they are very sparsely settled. And, a trivia about Dambrath - the Crinti (their half drows) were not just "Half Drows". They were descendants of half elven clergy of Loviatar, that were betrayed by human barbarians and formed the alliance with drows of the Underdark. After the years of intermingling with drows, they became the matriarchial Lawful Neutral/Lawful Evil theocracy with the church of Loviatar integrated into the structures of power. And they liked mingling with their human underlings so much, that you were considered "Crinti" if you were 1/16 drow, which meant that you could have looked just as typical human but still be considered a Crinti noble.

[@MarekArawn]

Back when the Forgotten Realms Boxed Set (AD&D 2ND Edition) came out in the 1990's, Aglarond was considered the "Land of the Half-Elves" as that region had the highest number of H-E at the time. As those sections were left open to players to develop (at the time), I had made it the "Official" Home of all Half-Elves in my campaign. But, things change.

[@voshadxgathic]

Kinda surprised you left out the Avariel, or Winged Elves. Especially since you covered Drow and Sea Elves. In any case, hope you feel better.

[@tishhyde6778]

condolences to you . Hope you heal quickly

[@varyar77]

Hope you feel better ASAP!

[@Domdrok]

Hope you feel better soon! Thank you for the video!

[@garvinanders2355]

Hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself.

[@fistimusmaximus6576]

great video, most modern fantasy tend to ignore how important to story telling race is to creating a wider world instead of what they tend to do and every village is diverse as every other place.

[@KnicKnac]

Surprised about the gnome numbers. They have been a favorite lineage since reading "Races of Stone" 3.5 book

[@shaundenehy4681]

Get well, we can always wait for your amazing videos.

[@DStrormer]

Great video, hope you're feeling better soon.

[@SRondeau]

Note that we don't have numbers for Lantan wich is mainly populated by gnomes and a race of humans called Lantanna. The first sundering killed alot of them when they were sent to Abeir, but sources state that after the Second Sundering, they came back and their steamships started to roam de seas again... As for half-elves on Evermett, the Last Mythal novel trilogy has one of the High Mages being a half-elf, but his presence seems to be an exception.

[@tkc1129]

The only D&D novel series I have finished reading took a trip to the Sildëyuir. Interesting place.

[@jacquesbraz4801]

Get better soon man. Thanks for the video

[@BDTMack]

Get well soon, bro!

[@punkydrummer01]

I'd love for you to do a video on the lore of Ehlonna, there doesn't seem to be much covering her online

[@hypersonicblabla]

get well soon. take care bro. looking forward to the new videos

[@grey_wind]

I need pointy ears and a beard. The fact that they actually have interesting lore and RP potential makes it all the more perfect.

[@jamiemiller1885]

Always happy for a new video. You're the only KZbinr I have notifications turned on.

[@paulruiz8150]

Hey MrRhexx, Thank you again for that video, it's always a pleasure to hear about the DND lore. I hope you will recover fast :) Can't wait to see the next video ! Bye !

[@chadreese9501]

That’s so much math! Thanks for doing it for me!! Big fan of the channel! 15:02

[@TheArcSet]

I hope you feel better soon.

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the lore and demographics! ^^

[@EskayRogue]

No worries about being ill brother, get some rest, and get well soon!

[@Ashura_Lex_Veda]

If Half-Elves are so popular, then why did WotC write them out of D&D 2024?

[@just-to-shitpost1267]

Great video, not many people give so much information with a consistently high production value. Good luck in the future but I can't have anything to do with D&D as long as it is owned by WOTC/Hasbro.

[@LeoDVfan]

Get well soon! 🧝‍♂️🧝🏾‍♀️

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Gotta go back and watch the Minotaur video now.

[@varelmarais2222]

Damn, I hope this doesn't come off as insensitive at all-and I really do hope you heal up-but your sick voice sounds kind of awesome 😅

[@pimentinha1121]

I laughted out loud when I saw that Human fighter is so popular since its such a meme for me

[@eduardomartinez9823]

Get well soon! You sound like you got some gifts of nurgle!

[@Avigorus]

Small point of order: LitRPG is more a writing style than a genre, and can and has been applied to more than just fantasy settings (even if fantasy is probably the most popular). My current favorite LitRPG is actually a superhero genre with an antivillain protagonist, titled Fluff (the main character wakes up one morning with the power to summon sister minions who, while obedient, are all basically chaotic silly-evil and revel in mischief in a manner consistent with kids who don't really understand villainy but think it's cool anyways; if the idea of an adorkable communist werebear, a sadistic wannabe biker-girl tryhard, and a three-bodies-one-mind racoon girl with a taste for trash sounds amusing, look it up).

[@tirdadkashani6690]

he likes overlord! I dont know why but I am much happier knowing this.

[@vortigern7021]

I' was surprised one DND has gotten rid of half elves as a distinctive race. But now after hearing how popular the race is with the player base I just can't understand what they are thinking.

[@thfkmnIII]

It's cuz they find the concept of half-something inherently racist. Their words not mine

[@LightStreak567]

Three of my 5th edition tabletop adventure Forgotten Realms D&D characters are human, one of them is half-elf (part human, part drow dark elf)

[@DaySun88]

Thank you for the audiobook recommendation. I would love it if you recommend it more RPG like audiobooks finding good quality ones are really hard to fine. I’ve listen to so many of them and a lot of them just aren’t good but I listen anyway so if anyone can recommend any, please do so

[@Hollowbarista]

Half-orcs have interesting settlement in First or seccond Sellswords book if i recall.

[@Bentron88]

Love your content! They’ve been helping me greatly as I try to write my own campaign. Any chance you’ll be willing to do the mighty phoenix?

[@ryanhernandez5632]

The stats/bio is the best part of lit novel and games

[@burnesper5910]

Feel better soon!

[@TheKrensada]

4:20 actual start of the video.

[@TheAvatar5261]

Keep up the amazing work my friend love your channel and all the videos I know it’s only forgotten realms I would love to see any lore on dark sun you would have

[@skitsandbits6374]

Get well soon bro 🙏

[@walkseva]

Rest well; no worries for the part 2 delay.

[@TehKang]

Feel better soon bro

[@silafuyang8675]

Best DnD content in KZbin.

[@ddooodddoo]

Wonder if there could be a half drow half teifling

[@jeremydrummer2711]

Feel better! I love these videos!

[@davidwilliams5283]

My Half -Elf Ranger is from Aglarond. He's part Wood Elf.

[@yodogg1779]

Brother, feel better, man! Drink water, REST, and kick that virus in the tators! Get well soon!

[@Abrahamrengifo]

get well bro amazing video

[@Walmsal]

Get well soon, mr

[@matthiasarran270]

Get well soon!!!

[@Kirisak_Doru]

Feel better soon king

[@eros5420]

I make half elves as infertile in my games. It adds drama, gives lore for why everyone's not elf-human mutts and nerfs them in a way. I also cut dark vision from elves. I basically give it to only subterranean races.

[@gavinboyer4634]

My half elves can only have kids with humans, elves, or each other. Humans and half elves breed true humans, elves and half elves breed true elves, and half elves breed true with one another.

[@Akrotiriken]

If I were to create a DnD fantasy setting I would make half elfs sterile. Like mules in real life. This would give greater importance on why both humans and elves frown upon half elves. The union would be seen as a selfish act by both races knowing their offspring would be infertile and unable continue family legacies.

[@eros5420]

@Akrotiriken exactly my reasoning. :)

[@alexanderjakubowski5673]

I suspect this was intended to be the case originally but was dropped for one reason or another

[@leoyakafudy]

i mean theres an explanation for why elves get dark vision but i feel like it could be done better than just blanket elves have dark vision no matter what, just because they have big enough ears or something

[@AGS363]

18:20 This makes me so happy!

[@wittvantinkel3113]

Get well soon!

[@marissaojeda7517]

Get better soon! ❤

[@petkoterzievbackupchannel]

Well half a video for the half-elves, don't feel bad dude, get well, cheers.

[@JMPH55]

Love your content!!! Get well soon!!!

[@KhamusSolo]

get well soon!

[@pencils7351]

There's one thing that I know that I feel like I have to mention. Human babies don't try to breathe until they feel air. There's something called water births irl that is literally giving birth into water bc there's no danger of the baby drowning until after they take their first breath. After all, you can't breathe while inside of a womb, and all needs are provided thru the tube that connects to what will be a bellybutton (and I have currently forgotten the name of the tube). And btw humans do have a swimming instinct that fades after some months, so young babies can swim better than some adults There's no issue with giving birth into water, but it likely isn't advisable to keep the baby under water too long so I can see the issue with the sea half elves, but it's not the end all be all if you know what you're doing

[@300SonsofOdin]

I made a Half-Elf Paladin in BG 3 as soon as they released the class! I will be making a Half-Orc barbarian for the release tho. What are you guys going to play on release?

[@Gabe600]

Probably a Half Orc Barbarian too

[@300SonsofOdin]

@@Gabe600 my man!

[@bigainzfan6934]

Overlord? On your channel? Thank you sir!

[@nabra97]

I guess it's not canonical for any official setting, but in our game world humans and wood elves are in a historically complicated relationship, and there is no strict line between humans and elves; half-elf is just one who happened to be born as not really a human and not really an elf. I don't know if somebody ever did this, but by how it is explained, I assume among the group of full-blood siblings, some may be considered humans, some - half-elves, and some elves, while they all will probably have a comparable life expectancy. But half-high elves are just kids of humans and high elves, and they are pretty rare because high elf needs to remove a stick from a certain part of their body to engage with somebody who isn't from their country (-and then they wonder why they are all relatives and suffer from genetic diseases outbreak-). Other elves aren't a thing (DM continues claiming that drows exist, but there is no information about them, and nobody has ever seen them; Youan-ti are elves for whatever reason, but there are not enough of them to talk about half-elves).