Sub-types and Favored Class Bonus


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I'm sorry if this has been answered somewhere else, but I was looking through some threads and I came across this ruling:

Advanced Player's Guide FAQ wrote:

Half-Elf or Half-Orc: Can a character of either of these races select human racial favored class options?

Yes. Half-elves and half-orcs may select racial favored class options, archetypes, traits, and so on, as if they were a full member of both races (a half-elf can select elf and human rules elements, a half-orc can select human and orc rules elements).

Edit 9/26/13: This is a reversal of an earlier ruling. This resolves a discrepancy between this FAQ, another APG FAQ, and a Core Rulebook FAQ.

—Pathfinder Design Team, 09/26/13

I've looked through a lot of old threads and I can't seem to find out whether or not this ruling applies to things like Racial Heritage or granted subtypes like the Orc bloodline.

Does anyone know if this ruling is only specific to these two races? Or can a human sorcerer with the Orc bloodline take the bonus fire damage favored class bonus?


Wow, I think this is the first thread I have ever started that didn't receive a response.

Am I allowed to bump?

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