Can half orcs be half elf?

Traditionally no, but it may be possible, if rare. According to AD&D-era lore, elves cannot breed with orcs at all. In Dragon magazine #60 (April 1982), the article "The Half-Elven
Half-Elven
A half-elf is a mythological or fictional being, the offspring of an immortal elf and a mortal human. They are often depicted as very beautiful and endowed with magical powers; they may be presented as torn between the two worlds that they inhabit.
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Point of View" states: Elves and orcs cannot interbreed, which is interesting since both races can breed with humanity.
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What races can orcs breed with?

Since the beginning of the First War, orcs have interbred with a number of species: mostly humans, but half-ogres and half-draenei are not unheard of. It most often refers to a half orc/human, but can also be used to refer to a half-orc half-ogre, or half-orc half-draenei.
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Can an elf and orc have a child?

Even a grung-warforged raised in Avernus is a possibility! An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby: Parentage and Upbringing in D&D is a 113-page rules supplement that entirely replaces chapter 2 of the Player's Handbook.
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Can half orcs be green?

Most half-orcs have grayish or greenish skin, jutting jaws, prominent teeth, a sloping forehead and coarse body hair, which causes them to stand out from their human brethren, though their canines are noticeably smaller than a full-blooded orc's tusks.
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Is orc a pig?

This is possibly drawn from the fact that "orc" is Welsh for "pig", and Welsh was the inspiration for Tolkien's Sindarin; alternately, it comes from the illustrators misunderstanding Gary Gygax who supposedly told them to make the orcs look "pig-headed". This look was popularized in Japan by RPGs like Dragon Quest.
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Are orcs dumb?

According to the starting stats of Morrowind/Oblivion Orcs have an intelligence stat of 30 for males and 40 for females. Nords and Redguards both male and female have a intelligence stat of 30, so actually female Orcs are more intelligent than either of those races.
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What do you call a half-orc half-elf?

Uniya is the term used in Jrusar for people in Exandria who have both elvish and orcish lineage and so are both half-elf and half-orc. Another name for uniya is elf-orcs.
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What can elves mate with?

Elves and humans have held the Armlet of Strength and half-elves are capable of interbreeding with both elves and humans and continuing to produce fertile children. Interestingly, half-elves can also breed with other half-elves and have created a fairly stable half-elf race.
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Can humans and Hobbits mate?

By that standard, perhaps, hobbits are humans—just short ones. On the other hand, perhaps the existence of occasional half-elvish children is a magical phenomenon, and despite the even closer human-hobbit genetic relationship, no interbreeding is possible under natural conditions.
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Can half-elves have kids?

Half-elves may mate and breed, but will always produce the offspring of the other parent (a Half-elf/elf pairing will produce elven children, while a Half elf/human pairing will result in human children). Second generation Half-elves only result if two Half-elves marry (as is the case in Aglarond).
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Are there baby orcs?

While there was no mention of female Orcs in any of the books, Tolkien did later say that they did exist. We see proof of offsping as Gollum devours a young Orc child in The Hobbit. As disturbing as the thought might be, in the Silmarillion it is said that Orcs "breed after the manner of Elves and Men".
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What language do half orcs speak?

Orc is a harsh, grating language with hard consonants. It has no script of its own but is written in the Dwarvish script.
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What are orc teeth called?

They're fangs. A tusk is bigger (like a mammoth's or an elephant's) and made of ivory. Boars have tusks, they don't have to be the size of elephants.
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Are Uruk Hai half-orcs?

In the movies Uruk-hai are described as a crossbreed between Orcs and "goblin-men". This is presumably a reference to the Goblin-men and Half-orcs in Saruman's service, creatures that blend the traits of Orcs and Men. These Uruks are sent after the Fellowship, and their leader is Lurtz, a movie-only character.
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Can an orc be a bard?

Orc Bard, drum proficient, uses clubs as mallets as a valor bard (may change when other options come along). The same concept can be used with Hobgoblins as they are a more military force.
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Do elves get periods?

((EDIT: Although ti's very possible - even likely, that menstruation wasn't actually a monthly cycle. Elves rarely even counted in years (preferring centuries), let alone months.)) So, long story short, I'm pretty confident that elves do menstruate.
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How long is an elf pregnancy?

Elves' pregnancy lasts for two years. Most elf-maidens don't make it through 2 years thus less children. Twins are more common in Elves than in humans.
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Can a dwarf and an elf mate?

The offspring of a dwarf and an elf was known as a "dwelf" (which was pluralized to "dwelves"). The fertility and offspring of half-dwarves was similar to that of half-elves. If a half-dwarf mated with a pureblood dwarf, the offspring would be a pureblood dwarf.
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Are orcs elves?

In The Silmarillion, Orcs are East Elves (Avari) enslaved, tortured, and bred by Morgoth (as Melkor became known); they "multiplied" like Elves and Men. Tolkien stated in a 1962 letter to a Mrs. Munsby that Orc-females must have existed.
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Can Tieflings be elves?

In the Forgotten Realms setting, elf-tieflings are known as fey-ri. They are the result of a house of gold elves breeding with demons to create powerful heirs. The tanarukk are orc-tieflings, a race bred for war.
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What is a half-elf called?

The Half-elven, or Peredhil, were people of Middle-earth whose name primarily applied to Elrond and Elros in the Second and Third Age, but also to Eärendil and his wife Elwing before them. They were called so because of their mixed Edain (Mannish) and Eldarin (Elven) blood.
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Is AZOG an orc?

Azog was an Orc-chieftain of Moria, who started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs when he slew Thrór. He was himself slain by Dáin II Ironfoot in the Battle of Azanulbizar, and was succeeded by his son Bolg.
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When did Orcs turn green?

Despite the absence of the term 'greenskins' however, Games Workshop's orcs are, primarily, uniformly green from 1988 onwards.
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Can Orcs have horns?

These horns do not grow naturally, but instead they grow with each approved feat completed by the Orc. These horns are not limited to the growth of only two, for in some instances Orcs such as those from the Dom Clan have been seen growing numerous horns which resemble a crown.
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