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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9285828" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Well, here's my personal take, which is rather more informed by 4e than any other edition (no one should be surprised by this).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Humans: Diverse, incorrigible, full of wanderlust. Ask ten humans a question, and like as not you'll get twelve answers. Their divine patron has either died or disappeared--but many other deities are quick to claim them, particularly given their penchant for community-building.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elves: Quiet, intense, perceptive. Elves are cousins to eladrin, who have naturalized to the magics and environment of this world, where the primal spirits reign. Dear to Sehanine, their divine patron by way of their eladrin ancestors, but perhaps dearer still to Melora.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eladrin: Beguiling, crafty, wistful. Natives of the Feywild, where their eldritch courts rule by ancient law never shared, many but a remnant of the power they once had, long ago. Children of Corellon and Sehanine in the bright days of the early world, though they take most after the former.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Half-elves: Cosmopolitan, flexible, diplomatic. Half-elves navigate the complexities of the social jungle as their elven forebears do those of the primal jungle, or their eladrin cousins navigate the labyrinth of magic. Perhaps the dearest adopted children of Sehanine, though Avandra also smiles on them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwarves: Wise, stubborn, orthodox. The dwarves have much in common with their mountain homes: enduring, austere, and incredibly dangerous if underestimated. Though often hidebound, the ways of their forebears do so often succeed. Children of Moradin, naturally.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Halflings: Curious, courageous, convivial. While some love the open road and others love a homely house, halflings as a rule all love good cheer, good food and drink, and good company--and can be ferocious in defense of these things. Watched over by Avandra.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragonborn: Dutiful, ambitious, winsome. The proud children of Dead Io's blood, dragonborn never forget what they have been--and ever aspire to heights greater still. Both Bahamut and Tiamat claim them as theirs by right--and their struggle mirrors that within the dragonborn soul.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tieflings: Sly, cunning, tenacious. Bearers of infernal blood, all too often condemned for something they had no choice in, but they strive, even thrive, despite a deck stacked against them. Naturally, Asmodeus considers them his; whether they welcome such attention is another matter.</li> </ul>Drow, orcs and half-orcs, gnomes, goliaths, and genasi would probably round out the typical list, with minotaur, lizardfolk, and tabaxi being close behind. But I don't have quite as many thoughts about most of these, other than orc/half-orc.</blockquote>

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