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** In ''[[Planescape]]'', Factol Lhar of the Bleak Cabal is a half-orc whose parents were a married but impoverished couple, who abandoned him at the Gatehouse when he was 12; his mother had become pregnant a second time and they could not support two children. Clearly, this was at least one reason why Lhar embraced the nihilistic philosophy of the Bleak Cabal enough to eventually become its leader.

** In fact, orcs likely have the most unstable genetic structure of all humanoid beings. One source claims that can crossbreed with almost any humanoid race except for elves, and have done so with goblins, dwarves, and gnomes, as well as humans. Two well-known half-orc species that don't involve a human parent are orogs (which is the result of male orc and a female ogre, and somehow smarter than its parents and much more disciplined than either) and an ogrillion (a rarer creature that occurs with the same two species, but the genders of the parents reversed; more stupid than both parents and, somehow, armored).

** Though in ''Pathfinder'' the Derro are actually descended from [[Hollow Earth|Darklands]] fae who've [[The Fair Folk|become insanely evil]], with no odd breeding practices involved.

* D&D3+ also features, as templates, half-celestials, half-dragons, half-elementals, half-fey, half-fiends, half-janni, half-minotaurs, half-ogres, half-trolls (which can be anything from half-human to half-griffin to half-stegosaurus), half-vampires, and even half-''golems'' and half-''illithids'' (though at least those last ones thankfully don't involve sex).

* One example of this Trope that ended ''very'' badly is part of the backstory of the ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]] #44'' module "Train of Events". One of the villains is a [[Lamia|Lamia Noble]] who once fell in love with, married, and even had a child with a human male. (The monstrous equivalent of a she-wolf falling in love with a male sheep, at least from the typical lamia's point of view.) Problem is, she used her shapechanging ability to pose as human almost all the time, and one day he saw her in her true form. He was both repulsed and terrified, and she became enraged at such a reaction. (As the text states, [[Black Comedy|"after all the years of giving up raw human flesh for boring roast beef, this is how he treated her?"]]) In her rage, she killed him by shoving him out a third floor window, and fled. Her ultimate goal in the story is to find and reclaim her son with the aid of factions of derro and duergar. There's even a portrait of her son in her private quarters, placed for the DM to use as a [[Sequel Hook]].

* Ahem, Drow. They are known to hold rituals to summon demons simply for horrid orgies, simply to appease their dark goddess or prove how tough they are, and it is not uncommon for prisoners of the drow to be "invited" to these rituals. The "guests" used as [[Human Sacrifice]] for the actual summoning ritual are the lucky ones.

* Halfling mythology has a legend of a female halfling who was something of a slut and a bigamist with three husbands, a dwarf, elf, and gnome. Loyalty towards one's family and spouse are considered important virtues for halflings, so as a result, the gods put a curse on her, so that her children would be of a new species that embodied the negative qualities of all four races. This new species was humans. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|And yes, this ''is'' a story in canon halfling mythology;]] while the veracity of the myth is as debatable as any myths, most would admit that if true, it would explain a lot.

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