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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5743414" data-attributes="member: 2067">Well, judging by the current DDI list, modern D&amp;D bears only a very superficial passing resemblence to any of these. We're quite a long way from Samwise and the spawning pits at this point. So it's a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerTrio" target="_blank">power trio</a>? It really depends on what you mean by &quot;elves&quot; (since that could be anything from wild elves to midsummer night's elves to Pratchett's elves to Eladrin to Legolas to Elfquest), &quot;dwarves&quot; (since that could be anything from the industrial revolution to magical crafters to anti-magical warriors), and &quot;humans&quot; (since that could be tribal nomads or city-state king-worshippers, or feudal lords, or imperial colonists). There's a lot of sub-headings. You might as well say there's only two archetypes: Wizard and Warrior.Upthrust being that the exact tropes you're trawling in don't always have to be the same, but as far as PC races go, the Five Man Band is a pretty&nbsp; useful one. The reason for this is pretty concrete: it's enough options to give everyone in the party a different race, without overlapping their tropes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5743414, member: 2067"] Well, judging by the current DDI list, modern D&D bears only a very superficial passing resemblence to any of these. We're quite a long way from Samwise and the spawning pits at this point. So it's a [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerTrio"]power trio[/URL]? It really depends on what you mean by "elves" (since that could be anything from wild elves to midsummer night's elves to Pratchett's elves to Eladrin to Legolas to Elfquest), "dwarves" (since that could be anything from the industrial revolution to magical crafters to anti-magical warriors), and "humans" (since that could be tribal nomads or city-state king-worshippers, or feudal lords, or imperial colonists). There's a lot of sub-headings. You might as well say there's only two archetypes: Wizard and Warrior. Upthrust being that the exact tropes you're trawling in don't always have to be the same, but as far as PC races go, the Five Man Band is a pretty useful one. The reason for this is pretty concrete: it's enough options to give everyone in the party a different race, without overlapping their tropes. [/QUOTE]

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