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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LurkAway" data-source="post: 5790279" data-attributes="member: 6685059">Interesting... there was some speculation that races could be deconstructed into themes or suchlike. But Monte states that class is more important than themes, and then puts Race as #2 and customizable elements are down to #4. So I think that puts to rest the idea that Race will be a theme -- at least in the core or baseline rules. This also implies to me that, for example, Monte doesn't see elves as just humans with funny ears, but have unique distinctive traits that transcends other character options.I think this column also confirms the speculation that the core rules will be the unchanging baseline (once cemented after playtests). Otherwise, why bother to rank class, race, ability scores and customizable options in order of importance? I think part of the point of a modular game is to alter the order of importance of things. If the core assumes orders of importance, then it's not very modular and instead represents the inviolate core or baseline. Although maybe I'm reading too much into it?</blockquote>