Voldur: Half-elf, half-orc (3.5) If you read it, you'll want to play it. Promise.

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That might matter if 3.5 didn't hate melee with a fiery unquenchable passion....

A Tier 4 voldur melee character will dump two stats and gain bonuses to two other stats, and also get a double attack every round capitalizing on one of those bonus stats, and be much much better than a star elf warlock or gray elf warmage. Yes, yes it does matter. Literally doubling your attack output every round with a permanent racial bonus to both attacks is HUGE.