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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 3898172" data-attributes="member: 54364">CSL: I can see colonies of the Elder Races acting very much along the lines of the Greek/Phoenician colonisation model. And these colonies could trade with the other races in the manner you outline for the American First Nations. Trade was in fact the major impetus for the Phoenicans at least, their colonies all began as trading posts. And I'm sure good merchants will trade whatever it is will turn a profit: whether its broadswords and chain mail or buckets and spades. In addition, close contact (colonists with natives) will bring cross-cultural pollination. A good example is the migration of Greek gods to Italy where they syncretised with the native Italian ones. In DnD I can see that the study of wizardry could easily be passed on by the Elves to their neighbours/proteges. They are generally portayed as more open about this sort of thing than the Dwarves are about their magics. I have trouble seeing Hobbits taking a patron role, they don't seem to have any more technology than humans and are small enough to be grateful for protection from evil races. Maybe what they'd bring is the spirit of co-operation. Gnomes I shall ignore.And of course the colonists are not the overwhelmingly dominant force. Maybe the complete opposite. There can be all sorts of native kings in the "hinterland" whom the colonists must placate regularly. And to borrow even more history: strong ties to the founding city can lead to all sorts of complications like getting embroiled in a war of someone else's making. Oh yes, lots of scope. History is the best place to plunder when looking for campaign settings.Griffith: I agree with the Dwarves/Medieval Jews analogy. I can see many places scape goating these strange, clannish foreigners who are reputed to be very rich. Hell, scape-goating is one of the things that makes people human (Sorry, I'm very cynical). Yep, scape-goating for definite. It's never pretty, nor rational, nor fair but it most certainly is.On a related note: I remember from years ago hearing an old radio interview with JRR Tolkien. He said that his Dwarves were based on a child's idea of Jewish people.cheers all.</blockquote>

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