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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vertaxis" data-source="post: 1706786" data-attributes="member: 18101">Over Analyzed?Going through this thread, I've seen a lot of good and interesting ideas on the subject.  However, if this was an ongoing condition for 2000 years or more, then social, cultural, and religous beliefs would be greatly impacted.  Some of the great religions of our age may not exist because of the prescence of magic.  Definately, science and technology would have taken a different turn.Also, pigeonholing races to specific types of preferred environments really doesn't work over the long run.  The success of a species depends on it's adaptability.  To say that elves live in the forest, and dwarves underground, etc. is extremely limitting and high risk on the order of development.  Just look at human society today.  We are native to all but 1 continent in all forms of climatic and landform conditions.  Creating a limit on the race will doom it to eventual extinction.You could always check out Shadowrun.  It is a fasntasy in the mid 21st century game.  It would make a good source for the state of the world under metahuman upheaval.  Mind you, non-human races only exist for ablout 50 years in the game, but it's still a good point of reference on integration and conflict in that world.</blockquote>