Quote Originally Posted by NothingAbnormal View Post
Technically you can have both as paragon classes are indeed racial
Technically you can't have both as paragon classes aren't race specific PrCs, they're race specific inglorious cluster-flubs which should never have existed and are neither base classes nor prestige classes. They allow you to start off at first level with them, and then advance spellcasting that you don't have if you take all the levels immediately, which is nonsensical but it's how it works. Paragons are stupid and racial PrCs, while bad (what if I wanted to have a human arcane archer? I can't, for no good reason? What next, only orcs can be assassins?) are nowhere near that bad.

On that note, I vote in favour of literally anything else, and also in favour of not having hard restrictions in general. There's no point in having a "Best use of theme" category if no-one has any option but to follow the theme religiously.