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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3892536" data-attributes="member: 29014">@Bront--Unless you think that Greek mythology actually happened, I would say that it is fantasy too, y'know? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />As to a mention above of 'this monster is in the SRD from the MM, now we're obliged to make it a PC race', I disagree.@Wik, For Tieflings, I want them to be descendants (not direct children though, or else they'd be demigods) of Titans (actually probably Protogonoi like Nyx and Erebos would be more appropriate--none of the Titans is as good a match), but yeah, bloodline feats for various different deific ancestors could be extremely awesome.  As to Eladrin/Elf subtleties, you have it mixed up, nearly backwards.  The Eladrin are the magical good-at-magic fey elves (an awesome match for Nymph/Daimon blooded characters).  The Elves are the woodsy wood elf elves.@Boddynock--When I read objections above your post about the many interpretations, I was about to post the same thing, but then I saw that you had already done so.  Well said!  However, I'd say let's not go so far as to include the same Greek heroes (as in your Odysseus example)--the PCs are the heroes this time!  The only one I'd keep is a Herakles equivalent, already fully deified and among the gods now.</blockquote>

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