[quote=@Aristo] In humans you have varying racial identities/ethnicities, yet you'll find that they all war with each other. There is hardly a notion of loyalty to the entire 'human race.' One of the biggest failings of fantasy, in my opinion, is that fantasy races are all expected to be homogeneous - all dwarves mine and are good at crafts, all elves are long-lived, graceful and 'perfect,' all orcs are inherently evil and war on the 'good races,' etc. Fantasy becomes much more interesting when these traditions are subverted, and you have different races of dwarves or elves or orcs. So a dwarf that lives deep in the mountains, knows everything there is to know about geology and is immune to magic might be very different from a dwarf that lives on the other side of the world in a tropical jungle. Put them side-by-side and any concept of loyalty to their species might go out the window. As influential and comfortable as Tolkien and D&D are (and I have great admiration for both), I think there needs to be some breaking of the mold once in a while. [/quote] While it is good to add variety (and I mean it, I'm not saying it just to be agreeable), it would be terribly hard to enjoy any kind of race if they were as wide and varied as humans. To have a culture of Dwarfs who are the quintessential race, then to have Dwarfs who are desert dwelling spear hunters, to then having Dwarfs who are druidic and and barbaric, would take away the charm of being a Dwarf and you'd essentially have short, stocky humans who are effected by every change in geography. It's the fallacy of "everyone is special, so no one is." Someone likes Dwarfs BECAUSE they are a certain way. If they weren't, there'd be no difference between them and man. I have to disagree sir. It's one of fantasy's greatest strengths to have races who are culturally strong, so as to differentiate them from others and make them unique. People joined this RP because it is akin to Warhammer. They didn't join it to be edgy or different. That being said, my point was that different Dwarfs are definitely good. But since I already made Warhammer Dwarfs, our histories would need to diverge.