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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HalfOrc HalfBiscuit" data-source="post: 2037691" data-attributes="member: 27710">Some interesting ideas.Dwarves using primarily wizardly magic, I like (similar idea in Rune Quest 3rd ed if I remember right), and the concentration on item creation feats would certainly be in keeping with the traditional view of the race.Elves I see personally as sorcerors and bards. I'm actually toying with giving elves in my campaign a CHA bonus rather than DEX - it just seems more in keeping with folk tales and legend. (And I don't like the idea that elves are all tree-huggers  <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=";)" /> .)Maybe Gnomes should be the Druidic race. OR how about Orcs as Druids? It would explain all the interbreeding you propose if they are adept at shapechanging  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> .As to potential problems .... I'm not 100% clear on whether you are proposing that members of these races (including PCs) can only ever be the designated type of spellcaster, or whether you're just setting that as a designated racial norm from which certain individuals (eg the PCs) can vary.If it's the first, then of course it harks back to AD&D and the racial restrictions there - even if done differently. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but you'd need to be sure your players bought into it. We're all used to freedom of choice under 3rd Ed.You might also need to give some thought to the "hows and whys" of certain races being limited to specific types of spell casting. In particular humans being the only ones with access to Clerical magic. Why? Do the other races not have Gods? Do their Gods not grant them access to Clerics? Why not? I'm not saying it can't be done - I think in RQ the Dwarven God expected his race to be self-reliant, hence they had to get by on wizardry and had no divine magic - but you need good answers for every race.</blockquote>

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