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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2783593" data-attributes="member: 10913">Yes, but you are neglecting the myriad non-layer races in D&D.I generally think having lots of humans and a few other races works fine for the major nations, but we need to accomodate other civilizations on the map - sometimes extensive ones. Giants, orcs, kobolds, and goblinoids, in particular - but also more rarer races that could have extensive civilizations, such as rakhashas, the fey, or so on.In light of this, I suggest a model of overall human dominance, with pockets of other races (sometimes of considerable size).Not Berin? Interesting.I like the mercenary angle, not sure if we want to mix it with craftmanship though.Not sure about this, its a bit too standard.I'm not sure how any race can be considered the oldest, especially since we never did settle on a creation myth...I really don't like the Dark Sun halflings. Different just for the sake of being different IMO.I like the usual "mixed with humans" just fine.Another idea is to have them as the recently conquered state, making the quintessential halfling a rogue "freedom fighter".They turned to the worship of The Nameless Horror, He Who Dwells Below, of course. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> (Nerull)These should be associated with warm climates or volcanos or something.No selective breeding please. That smacks too much like modern evolution, and we don't want to put science in our fantasy, no?I have a problem with all psionic races - if psionics are a recent development related to an atempt to overthrow the gods, what are these races doing about here for the past millenia, manifesting psionic powers and stuff?I suggest having the Dromites in the desert as you suggest, perhaps along with the half-giants. Make this the homeland of the discovery of psionics, and the birth of the not-scarlet-brotherhood and Elans. Not sure how to fit in xephs and maenads.Not sure about the cataclysm too. Looking at it, the desert does seem unnatural but a cataclysm? Like in Greyhawk? Not sure, I'm trying to come up with something more... original.</blockquote>

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