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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6052769">That 2-foot jerk who gave me a wedgie and left me hanging from a tree.I don't agree that the fey lack a unifying theme.&nbsp; Most of them share the same descriptors of being aloof, haughty, tricksters, nature-oriented, arcane-oriented, ect...However, and this is a bit &quot;bigger picture&quot;, I feel that for the Fey, and a lot of creatures and races, the social aspects of why this beastie is different from that other one that looks exactly the same but has scales/vines/purple toenails; get overlooked in place of the physical details.&nbsp; Which are often meaningless without the social details.Without social descriptors, how is a 7-foot-tall human with long hair and covered in tattoos different from a 5-foot-tall elf with long hair covered in tattoos?Oh...you mean the elf is covered in arcane runes and the human in tribal art?Oh you mean you can only see the runes on the elf's neck and hands because they're fully clothed 'cause they're a wizard while the human is nearly nude because they're a barbarian?Oh you mean the runes detail the elf's arcane power and their status in society while the human show their connection to their animal gods?Yeah...physical appearance means nothing without social context.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6052769"] That 2-foot jerk who gave me a wedgie and left me hanging from a tree. I don't agree that the fey lack a unifying theme. Most of them share the same descriptors of being aloof, haughty, tricksters, nature-oriented, arcane-oriented, ect... However, and this is a bit "bigger picture", I feel that for the Fey, and a lot of creatures and races, the social aspects of why this beastie is different from that other one that looks exactly the same but has scales/vines/purple toenails; get overlooked in place of the physical details. Which are often meaningless without the social details. Without social descriptors, how is a 7-foot-tall human with long hair and covered in tattoos different from a 5-foot-tall elf with long hair covered in tattoos? Oh...you mean the elf is covered in arcane runes and the human in tribal art? Oh you mean you can only see the runes on the elf's neck and hands because they're fully clothed 'cause they're a wizard while the human is nearly nude because they're a barbarian? Oh you mean the runes detail the elf's arcane power and their status in society while the human show their connection to their animal gods? Yeah...physical appearance means nothing without social context. [/QUOTE]

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