As a player, sometimes I want to settle down with an Orc and make a bunch of Half-Orc Babies, but seeing the word “species” gives me pause. I know in real life cross-breeding different species of animals rarely goes well and the children are as a rule sterile, so can i ethically bring a baby into the world that I know is going to be sterile and is probably doing to have serious health problems?
I don’t get your problem here. Either the world that has half orcs declares if they are fine, or you are free to decide for yourself. Why bother yourself with some “knowledge” about the “real world”?
Dude, I live in the real world, I can only suspend my disbelief so much! I can’t just forget how mules are made! The brain keeps thinking and it doesn’t stop when I tell it to lol
I don’t get your problem here. Either the world that has half orcs declares if they are fine, or you are free to decide for yourself. Why bother yourself with some “knowledge” about the “real world”?
Dude, I live in the real world, I can only suspend my disbelief so much! I can’t just forget how mules are made! The brain keeps thinking and it doesn’t stop when I tell it to lol
the species thing isn’t exactly what you said. there are 3 things that can happen that i remember:
1: most cross-species breeding results in nothing.
2: some, like horses and donkeys, or tigers and lions, results in babies that will grow up normally except that they can’t breed themselves.
3: and rarely, like in grizzlies and polar bears, the result is a baby that will grow up perfectly and still be fertile
interbreeding in DnD would be the 3rd option.
There are cases where species can have a fecund offspring, like the axolotl and the tiger salamander.
Polar bears and grizzly bears too.