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<blockquote data-quote="Glade Riven" data-source="post: 5798074" data-attributes="member: 86468">I do like how Dragon Age subverted the trope of Tolkien-esq elven culture, but both Dragon Age I and II's art direction was heavily similar to a lot of 4e art (for good or for ill, depending on your POV).&nbsp;One aspect in my own campaign setting with elves is that there are a number of ethnicities that don't have different mechanics. They are quite &quot;racist,&quot; but only verses other elven ethnicities. There is no expectation that non-elves must act like elves. Divine casters gain their powers through philosophies instead of deities, as well as considering the deities of other races to be little more than a representation/anthropomorphisim of a particular philosophy. Loosely influenced by Confusionism &amp; Budism.&nbsp;I don't expect 5e to break out of the box on this - too many people like their D&amp;D archetypes or their Tolkien archetypes (and confuse the two). One thing I liked about Eberron is that Wizards did break out of the box for many races with that setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glade Riven, post: 5798074, member: 86468"] I do like how Dragon Age subverted the trope of Tolkien-esq elven culture, but both Dragon Age I and II's art direction was heavily similar to a lot of 4e art (for good or for ill, depending on your POV). One aspect in my own campaign setting with elves is that there are a number of ethnicities that don't have different mechanics. They are quite "racist," but only verses other elven ethnicities. There is no expectation that non-elves must act like elves. Divine casters gain their powers through philosophies instead of deities, as well as considering the deities of other races to be little more than a representation/anthropomorphisim of a particular philosophy. Loosely influenced by Confusionism & Budism. I don't expect 5e to break out of the box on this - too many people like their D&D archetypes or their Tolkien archetypes (and confuse the two). One thing I liked about Eberron is that Wizards did break out of the box for many races with that setting. [/QUOTE]

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