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| | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 568 神の一手 Member |  神の一手 Member Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 568 | But we see that sort of 'lack of differentiation' all the time in the real world too, don't we? Here is an interesting analogy. How many of us here can listen to an Asian speaker and know if they are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai or something else? I know that I cannot. Well, I usually can, but I'm a linguist... | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 Member | | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 | That is one hand raised <weg>
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| | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,228 Likes: 10 Wobbly Headed Administrator | | Wobbly Headed Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,228 Likes: 10 | I can definitely tell the difference between those, Mike. Even Gujurati and Punjabi.
Though I'd struggle with Cantonese vs Mandarin, or Punjabi/Gujurati vs Hindi, unless they were spoken with very distict accents like you get with Hong Kongers.
But having said all that, none of these examples are different species, unlike halflings, gnomes and dwarfs. Maybe D&D dwarfs don't do the tinkering and inventions any more? They did in Basic D&D. (Still do in Warhammer.) | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 23,057 Likes: 12 (Buffalo) Moderator | | (Buffalo) Moderator Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 23,057 Likes: 12 | Yeah, D&D dwarves are miners now almost exclusively. Smiths too, but not tinkers. That's now gnomes. I believe that change began with the Dragonlance setting and books and has been taken on as standard across the board.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 Member | | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 | While dwarves are not =traditionally= tinkerers now, you certainly =could= make one that is. You would just have to work at it a bit harder than you would to follow 'what is normal' <g>
It seems like the goal with this version is to ... 'nudge' the races into specific directions. I have not decided yet if I particularly like that idea, but I =do= understand it to some extent. Someone that was born and raised on Manhattan is a lot less likely to become a farmer than someone born and raised on a farm in South Dakota ... if you see what I mean. I think it also offers some 'role playing' opportunities when someone 'goes against' that norm.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,523 Likes: 7 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 18,523 Likes: 7 | I agree with you Mike about professions based on a particular setting. I doubt that dwarves, gnomes and elves in an Athas or Ebberon setting will be the same as the ones in the Forgotten Realms. When other settings come out it's likely that new backgrounds and traits will be presented. | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 Member | | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,498 Likes: 12 | Good point Nep. Looking forward to seeing how things evolve <g>
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| | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,228 Likes: 10 Wobbly Headed Administrator | | Wobbly Headed Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,228 Likes: 10 | I think there was a 4e Dragon article that officially introduced tinker gnomes to Forgotten Realms. Tinkering as a cornerstone of a civilisation works better for me than illusion. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 23,057 Likes: 12 (Buffalo) Moderator | | (Buffalo) Moderator Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 23,057 Likes: 12 | | | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 80,372 Likes: 75 Wizop Administrator | | Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 80,372 Likes: 75 | Good review!  | | |
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