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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEKE" data-source="post: 6082219" data-attributes="member: 6705683">Thank you for the recomendation, I'll check it out.  I'm really working hard on establishing a really good background, one of the things that has irritated me about most settings, whether table-top, MUD, MMORPG, etc., are the elves, dwarves and other creatures. I don't understand why everyone I research that includes demi-human races never change the Tolkein model. I want a land where there is low magic, and the races are in an active struggle for self preservation and adventure.  To me the problem is there are always super-human elves and dwarves yet if you live to be a 1,000 yrs old or longer and may have 1 child in that life time you wouldn't be doing any adventuring or fight anyone, just one war could wipe out your population, thus they have to become "super-men" in order to maintain some semblance of balance, the death of one of these would equal the deaths of a whole human country.Same with the monster races, Orcs, Hobgoblins, etc., why are they always stupid cannon fodder?  I would think it would be more interesting to have them be a legit threat to all races, gives more credence to the "this race has an historical beef" with that race scenario. Creating from scratch is hard work, that's why I was hoping the experts here had some info.</blockquote>