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The first of Orlf club is that we don't talk about Orlf club.
I honestly dont see why half-orc or half-elf is necessarily half-human. I mena, if orcs & elves can breed with humans, they should be able to breed with each other. What would that give? No clue.
Somewhere a dusty old rulebook mentions that elves and orcs are incompatible, though I don't remember which book. Now, this may not be a hard and fast RULE, and may be dismissed as "fluff" (hate that word so...), but it is a sensible and longstanding part of those creatures background.
There were other "rules" mentioned for orc breeding, such as the orogs and ogrillons of orc/ogre unions. The former (orc dad, ogre mom) produced a lawful, intelligent "super orc" showcasing the best of both species, the latter (orc mom, ogre dad) an armor-plated, sterile berserker.
Personally, I still use previous edition rulebooks for non-mechanical flavour "rules" like this one.
Well, in a home game (with GM permission) you could use the Race Builder from the ARG to make a humanoid with both the "elf" and "orc" subtypes.
Elf or Half Elf sorcerer with Orc bloodline.
Half Elf taking Racial Heritage (Orc).
Half Orc taking Racial Heritage (Elf).
Both Half Elves and Half Orcs can take the Racial Heritage feat due to the FAQ that "counts as human for effects related to race", which both possess, includes feats.
So it is possible within the rules. How do you explain it happening IC...? Up to you.
Maybe you are the child of a Half orc and Half elf, and your parents' human element allowed the mixing.
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It is my understanding that it is the biology of specifically the human that makes breeding with orcs and elves possible. I do not remember where I read that but it is in my memory from somewhere in the last 25 years. It is quite likely from the flavor text of a racial entry, and I am entirely positive from a TSR or WOTC book.
But, still... its a make-believe game so knock yourself out.
The thing is, its not only humans that interbred.
Dnd, generally, and Pathfinder, specifically, is full of interspecies breeding.
Half Dragons, Half Giants, Half Fiends, Half Celestials, Half Elves, Half Orcs, Ogrillons, and a thousand more examples.
It seems being able to get jiggy and produce offspring is the rule rather than the exception.
Found it! Near the bottom under the half-orc subsection:
quote=Monstrous Manual (2nd ed.)]Orcs will crossbreed with virtually every humanoid and demihuman species except elves, with whom they cannot.
Play as you like, as this has no weight in Paizo games. I just like to use older books as "ancient lore", some of which may be inaccurate.
No. Because an Elf or Half Elf could take the Orc sorcerer bloodline (indicating Orc ancestry, and giving you the Orc subtype).
You couldn't take Orc Racial Traits (ex. Toothy) but you could take Orc Race Traits, or feats, PrCs, archetypes....
