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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 3891801" data-attributes="member: 40177">Yeah, I really like the Greek idea, as well.  It really fits in everything we could want in a PbP setting.  I was thinking last night about how you could incorporate the races that we know of in 4E.  Here's what I was thinking:HUMANSPredominant race.  City builders, the "Keepers of the Fourth Age".  A race that is growing, and already splintering off into numerous subgroups.  While I know we know very little about 4e rules, I thought it'd be cool if we dropped "Common" as a language and had different human groups (and one that was dominant, so that there was still a "common" ish tongue.ELVESTolkienesque, in that they once were dominant, but are no losing land and influence and beginning a slow decline.  I think they should have their own island, but an island that is in reality their own plane, so that it winks in and out of the material plane.  And there should be elven ruins everywhere.  DWARVESTypical D&D mountain folk, I think.  People love dwarves;  to mess with them too much is silly.  Maybe we could make them traders, though - running land-based caravans that connect the various "points of light".  HALFLINGSI was thinking they should be sort of like gypsies - wandering nomads that entertain, dance, and do a little bit of thieving as well.  They could peddle in information, and sell assorted goods.TIEFLINGSHumans who have been cursed for fighting on the side of the Titans.  I thought it'd be cool if the war between the gods and titans came later, when humans and whatnot were alive, and those who fought on the side of the Titans became Gnolls, Orcs, Goblins, and Tieflings.  ELADRINFey creatures that are connected to the primal forces of the land.  I think a recent Dungeoncraft suggested that they be tied to various forms of land, so that there would be forest eladrin, river eladrin, etc.  I think Eladrin tie in perfectly with a greek world - Circe could easily have been an Eladrin.  Anyways, just my thoughts.  I'm pretty excited about the possibility of a Greek-themed world.  And I love the idea of calling it "The Fourth Age".</blockquote>

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