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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8875758" data-attributes="member: 6801228">So, what you are describing is that we must care that elves are Humanoid type Fey Subtype because it is a mechanic, and if the system doesn't build itself to use that mechanic, it will be replaced with what is needed for a better story. Problem, the things you described DON'T have mechanical implications and NEVER WILL. No one is EVER going to make DnD Necromancers use different spells or different materials to animate different humanoids based on their subtype. That would be a nightmare. No one at WOTC is going to build out the medicine skill to the degree that the weight of a specific humanoid will be paired in a chart to the proper measure of medicinal powders, let alone make that DIFFERENT for each sub-type.This is why I think that using the terminology to define the species in this way would never work. No one is going to naturally want to refer to (Humanoid Type, Subtype Fey, Sub-Subtype Elf, Sub-Sub-Subtype Wood) as they are talking, in or out of character. And if the system wants to use these things and force them to matter, then we are going to potentially get these exact things you are talking about that the VAST VAST majority of people will immediately complain about because all it will be is a giant, useless mess.</blockquote>