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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8686429" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Well, the essence seems to be that they are industrious and mechanical. They build fantastical and crazy things. They build clockwork, they build weapons, they build flying aircraft, they build spaceships run by giant hamsters. </p><p></p><p>This really is a niche that no other race fills. Elves might build a floating island or be a source for magical items, but they will be focused on beauty and "simple" magic. An elven flying city will just fly via gravity magic, maybe with crystals. Dwarves build things, but they are hyper-traditionalists, they aren't going to build anything new, just something old on a grand scale. A gnomes flying city uses helicarrier logic and may be powered by all sorts of exoctic things. It is something anyone can do, if they just figured it out, unlike elven magic which requires being an elf. </p><p></p><p>Additiionally, elves make a flying city so they can sit in the clouds and look down at people. Gnomes build a flying city, then make sure they have aircraft to take you to it, so you can enjoy it too. </p><p></p><p>As for making them less of bit players... that's just by using them more. Nothing else for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8686429, member: 6801228"] Well, the essence seems to be that they are industrious and mechanical. They build fantastical and crazy things. They build clockwork, they build weapons, they build flying aircraft, they build spaceships run by giant hamsters. This really is a niche that no other race fills. Elves might build a floating island or be a source for magical items, but they will be focused on beauty and "simple" magic. An elven flying city will just fly via gravity magic, maybe with crystals. Dwarves build things, but they are hyper-traditionalists, they aren't going to build anything new, just something old on a grand scale. A gnomes flying city uses helicarrier logic and may be powered by all sorts of exoctic things. It is something anyone can do, if they just figured it out, unlike elven magic which requires being an elf. Additiionally, elves make a flying city so they can sit in the clouds and look down at people. Gnomes build a flying city, then make sure they have aircraft to take you to it, so you can enjoy it too. As for making them less of bit players... that's just by using them more. Nothing else for it. [/QUOTE]
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