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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 2891019" data-attributes="member: 3649">I usually use a combination of diefic fiat (Love that phrase), and gateways to other worlds, with the occassional 'mad wizard' origin thrown in, but then I don't use all the sentient races given in the various monster books. Diefic fiat means of course that there never was an ecological niche that the various sentient races had to fill: they simply woke up much as they are now. IE, the Elves do not have a more primitive ancestor.In the desert campaign I run sometimes, the various humanoids were created by the previous human empire as a series of slave races. They combined human and dwarf a lot of times, with various animal features and sometimes Elven blood to manufacture most of the now-savage humanoids (which explains why everythng and it's cousin can see in the dark). A few things, mostly sentient abberations like Mind Flayers and Aboleths, actually originate off-world and came here through planar travel.</blockquote>