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<blockquote data-quote="Vicent MartÃn Bonet" data-source="post: 7774110"><p>But they are really not, though? There's a larger percentage of tournament winners in order but it's because they represent a larger spread of factions and the player base. On a faction by faction level, virtually all factions sit at 40-50% winrate, based on tournament data.</p><p></p><p>The factions that comprise dark elves are *not* good guys. They are part of order, which doesn't mean they are """good""", and most of the time they are so by sheer realpolitik and convenience. And that's without getting into the fact that a Grand Alliance, or its factions in some cases, are balkanized snake pits of opposing interests that just happen to hate the other snake pits a bit more.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's is an emphasis on the more over the top stuff, yeah. Doesn't mean that the regular joe is entirely negated. Both the armies of wood elfs and militiamen that you've used as an example exist in the setting and *have* quite a bit of literature, funnily enough. The stories about prince maesa (like Hunger fiend, the autumn prince and so on) and... well, the free peoples have a smattering of series, like callis and toll, or the crew from spear of shadows. The latter I think would make a good template for a party, really.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Can I point the mild hilarity of you arguing about something being too gonzo yet glossing over the standard human in the party? The human priest with the book held in front of him? And that the "dark elf" you're refering to is not a druchii, nor would fit within the categories of dark elves?</p><p></p><p>And that's without getting into the fact that an elf *wizard*, a dwarf with technological aptitude and two humans, priest and paladin, are basically staples of anything fantasy. I mean, you are *quite* more into historical and VERY regular dudes, I guess?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They explicidly stated they would be entirely separated rulesets from day one, sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vicent MartÃn Bonet, post: 7774110"] But they are really not, though? There's a larger percentage of tournament winners in order but it's because they represent a larger spread of factions and the player base. On a faction by faction level, virtually all factions sit at 40-50% winrate, based on tournament data. The factions that comprise dark elves are *not* good guys. They are part of order, which doesn't mean they are """good""", and most of the time they are so by sheer realpolitik and convenience. And that's without getting into the fact that a Grand Alliance, or its factions in some cases, are balkanized snake pits of opposing interests that just happen to hate the other snake pits a bit more. There's is an emphasis on the more over the top stuff, yeah. Doesn't mean that the regular joe is entirely negated. Both the armies of wood elfs and militiamen that you've used as an example exist in the setting and *have* quite a bit of literature, funnily enough. The stories about prince maesa (like Hunger fiend, the autumn prince and so on) and... well, the free peoples have a smattering of series, like callis and toll, or the crew from spear of shadows. The latter I think would make a good template for a party, really. Can I point the mild hilarity of you arguing about something being too gonzo yet glossing over the standard human in the party? The human priest with the book held in front of him? And that the "dark elf" you're refering to is not a druchii, nor would fit within the categories of dark elves? And that's without getting into the fact that an elf *wizard*, a dwarf with technological aptitude and two humans, priest and paladin, are basically staples of anything fantasy. I mean, you are *quite* more into historical and VERY regular dudes, I guess? They explicidly stated they would be entirely separated rulesets from day one, sorry. [/QUOTE]
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