Do Human Bane Weapons affect half breed creatures like half-orcs or half-elves? I am running Hook Mountain Massacre and the PC's will be fighting Jagrath Kreeg and his human bane weapons. Now, this party doesn't have a single human, what it has is two half-elves a half-orc a halfling and an elf. Would the human bane weapon actually affect any of the half breeds?
Do Human Bane Weapons affect half breed creatures like half-orcs or half-elves? I am running Hook Mountain Massacre and the PC's will be fighting Jagrath Kreeg and his human bane weapons. Now, this party doesn't have a single human, what it has is two half-elves a half-orc a halfling and an elf. Would the human bane weapon actually affect any of the half breeds?
For purpose of race and bloodlines, half-orcs are considered Orcs and half-elves are considered as Elves. It is under their respective entries in the PHB.
So this time they are "off the hook" so to speak (pun half-intended).
As Bocklin said, half breeds aren't human by RAW. However I think this is one of those circumstances where it's okay to use a bit of common sense. If a half breed is affected by one kind of bane weapon, why wouldn't they be affected by the other kind? If it feels too much like screwing the half breeds to you, you could rule that bane weapons get only half their bane bonus to attack rolls and damage against half breeds.
TS
Once again, Races of Destiny clarifies that half-breeds are treated as being both human and whatever race. The same book even extended this to native outsiders like aasimars and tieflings.