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<blockquote data-quote="SehanineMoonbow" data-source="post: 8190639" data-attributes="member: 7025612">That's a fair point, though the different human cultures RL was part of my point in that just as in the real world, different cultures help bring diversity. And it is true that the same species doesn't all have to have the exact same culture--wood elf culture is a bit different than high elf culture, for example, so it isn't a complete mono-culture, but there are still enough similarities to call it &quot;elven culture&quot;, if you will (as opposed to dwarven or halfling culture). No one is the sum of their culture, of course, as everyone is an individual, but I suppose my fear is that they will dispense with it entirely, to the point where a dwarf is just a short, bearded human, rather than having cultural distinctions that help make the dwarves a people with beliefs, history, and culture. Ie, there will be no more cultural diversity because they want to get rid of non-inherent racial/species traits that make an elf an elf, a dwarf a dwarf, etc. That is my concern.Of course, you could make the argument the dwarves who live in X area have a different culture than those who live in Y, which is like the RL human cultures you pointed out, so there is that, I suppose. But this also goes back to the wood and high elves, where there are some differences, but it's still &quot;elven&quot;. Idk, I can see it both ways. I just don't want them to be like: an elf is an elf only because of physical appearances, and there is nothing else &quot;elven&quot; about it (which would be hypocritical if they kept the various languages but got rid of cultures).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SehanineMoonbow, post: 8190639, member: 7025612"] That's a fair point, though the different human cultures RL was part of my point in that just as in the real world, different cultures help bring diversity. And it is true that the same species doesn't all have to have the exact same culture--wood elf culture is a bit different than high elf culture, for example, so it isn't a complete mono-culture, but there are still enough similarities to call it "elven culture", if you will (as opposed to dwarven or halfling culture). No one is the sum of their culture, of course, as everyone is an individual, but I suppose my fear is that they will dispense with it entirely, to the point where a dwarf is just a short, bearded human, rather than having cultural distinctions that help make the dwarves a people with beliefs, history, and culture. Ie, there will be no more cultural diversity because they want to get rid of non-inherent racial/species traits that make an elf an elf, a dwarf a dwarf, etc. That is my concern. Of course, you could make the argument the dwarves who live in X area have a different culture than those who live in Y, which is like the RL human cultures you pointed out, so there is that, I suppose. But this also goes back to the wood and high elves, where there are some differences, but it's still "elven". Idk, I can see it both ways. I just don't want them to be like: an elf is an elf only because of physical appearances, and there is nothing else "elven" about it (which would be hypocritical if they kept the various languages but got rid of cultures). [/QUOTE]

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