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Old 05-29-2009, 07:51 PM   #46
Vaevictis Asmadi
 
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Default Re: fantasy races

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Originally Posted by Landwalker View Post
That's not to say that there wouldn't potentially be some considerable differences between the wasteland dwarves and tundra dwarves -- if dwarves are racially characterized by clannishness, honor, and greed, that probably isn't going to change any more than canines tend to congregate in packs, but how those characteristics manifest themselves will be different in different environments.
But really, saying wolves run in packs is no more informative than saying humans are social and tend to have nuclear families. There's no reason that a non-human race couldn't be just as culturally diverse as humans are. It's primarily a matter of coming up with cultural diversity that still looks nonhuman, which is always a cognitive hurdle because we have no RW nonhuman race to help us conceptualize it all.
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