It's very rare that a character's race is even relevant to the player's RP - most players hardly even reference their character's race or what meaning it might have, and thus their character may as well be literally any race. Worse, the majority of roleplayers pay little heed to the lore of their racial choice in favor of merely doing as they please (there's heaps upon heaps of miqo'te who totally don't have any kind of tribal connection and are completely monogamous, for example).Â
The question to ask yourself is this: If my character is race X, to what extent is that even going to matter in the RP that's ahead? Think about the type of topics you like in RP, the "content" if you will. Will the racial choice even affect anything, aside from dictating the character's height range? If the answer is anything other than "It's going to be a major plot point for the character's entire run", then my advice is to avoid choosing a half-breed as your race. People will consider it to be a snowflakey detail, which can only be mitigated if it's a serious point of plot for the character over the entire time you play them. If it's just some background tidbit that doesn't ever come up, just play one race or the other and avoid people's OOC judgments.
The question to ask yourself is this: If my character is race X, to what extent is that even going to matter in the RP that's ahead? Think about the type of topics you like in RP, the "content" if you will. Will the racial choice even affect anything, aside from dictating the character's height range? If the answer is anything other than "It's going to be a major plot point for the character's entire run", then my advice is to avoid choosing a half-breed as your race. People will consider it to be a snowflakey detail, which can only be mitigated if it's a serious point of plot for the character over the entire time you play them. If it's just some background tidbit that doesn't ever come up, just play one race or the other and avoid people's OOC judgments.
Lydia Lightfoot ~ The Reliquarian's Guild «Relic» ~ Lavender Beds, Ward 12, #41
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
