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Originally Posted by PK Games
I like human centric games myself. My settings tend to be very Arthurian/Charlemange esque with Elves and Dwarves pretty much up the line of LOTR style. Its what I prefer. But I dont feel thats a bad thing or make the game more "D&D."
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Not in an of itself. As long as the rest of the setting is differernt from LOTR,
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Originally Posted by PK Games
I think the concept of saying "Im not having elves cause they are too LOTR or D&D" or "My elves are not going to be like LOTR or D&D" is shoe horning your setting. The response should be "I have elves and they are like this..." You should not feel a need to focus on how to not make your elves and dwarves and just make your elves and dwarves as they fit in your setting.
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I think it depends on what fits the setting. When I ran PEndragon (a Arthtuian setting), my elves were of the Celtic/Sidhe variety, excpet for the time when the players went to Norway.
For a fantasy world, I think such species should be adapted in some manner to fit the setting, even if only cosmetically. A GM could come up with a pretty interesting culture by taking Glorantha Elves and Nerieds, and put them in the tundra/glacier.