Hybrid race

[Pimsan20]

So someone i followed on DA, made a FF XIV oc who is the child of her and a friend of her's FF XIV main character, and is a hybrid between an Au Ra and a Elezen, which is really cute! But then i realize something, will there be an option to have a hybrid race character in the game?

[Yencat]

Pretty sure they said no to that when people asked about a playable race like Hilda.

[Pimsan20]

They did? But we'll get more hybrid character characters like Hilda? I'm sure there are other players been curious if we get more hybrid charterers.

[Venoshock-]

SE said they wont add in hybrids long ago. The closest you'd get to what you want is using mods.




Some of them look good...but others...like Viera/ elezen mix...nah fam.

[Pimsan20]

That's a shame. It would make for a good story of how hybrid need to face reality in the world of FF XIV.

[Enkidoh]

The problem with that is lore wise mixed-race children are actually very rare (both due to social taboos on mixed-race relationships and that biologically children do not result from such unions that much, when it does happen it seems to be almost always a hyur and another race). A post on the old FFXIV version 1.0 forum by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, co world lore creator and head of localization, revealed this fact (excerpt is below):

Can different races crossbreed?

Answer: Yes, but it is rare...and often difficult due to cultural differences, etc. which is why you don't see it often. The lore team has informed me that there will be future quests/events that touch on this and other issues, such as love and marriage.

Note that this was back before ARR was launched so characters like Hilda were still to be added. But the situation is still pretty much the same. Mixed-race characters are rare and thus simply will never be playable I'm afraid.

[Pimsan20]

I see, still, i hope to see NPC mixed-race character for any main story. I mean with what you said about social taboos on mixed-race relationship and to have a crossbreed child would be hard for the family since most people will shun them and their child. And with how the current main story goes, wouldn't be the perfect moment to make a quest based off this?

[Iscah]

You might get them as NPCs like Hilda because they can do all sorts of additional customisation to NPCs that we can't access in the character creator.

But short of a major overhaul of the character creator, we're not getting it - and even if they did overhaul it, it'll be about what new options they want to prioritise. Giving the option for hybrid races would mean needing a lot more variations for character designs, and you're probably not going to get any special body models, just faces. (Even Hilda is just a tall Midlander with modified ears.)

[Yencat]

I see, still, i hope to see NPC mixed-race character for any main story. I mean with what you said about social taboos on mixed-race relationship and to have a crossbreed child would be hard for the family since most people will shun them and their child. And with how the current main story goes, wouldn't be the perfect moment to make a quest based off this?

They'd definitely be better off left as NPCs if you're interested in their story, yeah.

There are already races in the game that face prejudice (Duskwight Elezen for example) but you never really notice that if you play one because there's simply no room for it in the story.

[Pimsan20]

Okay, but still, i am curious on the crossbreed characters would look like, consider there are a lot of races it's kinda hard to imagine one. Like how would a crossbreed character look like if he/her parent is an Hrothgar and a Au Ra?