Tengu might make a good Flying race if we don't want to stick to just ''western'' fantasy. :P

Will there be mermaids?

Also, perhaps this would be a good place for this character concept I've had with no idea what to use it for. Basically, I had this idea involving a pair of twin witches running a shop, the older more responsible twin doing fortune telling, and the younger one basically being a Mad Scientist (except with magical potions instead of science) who sells magical potions.

Would that fit this particular kind of fantasy story?

I like the youkai. Western fantasy got old for me pretty quick, to be honest.

We need something for the ghosties, though.

Maybe for Ghosts, we do those weird see through green people like from Lord of The Rings?

Warforged would be good for Steel. And vamps might be cool.

Though agreed on shoehorning.

Okay, so revised list:

Humans: Normal
Elves: Grass
Dwarves: Rock
Halflings: Ground
Orcs: Fighting
Gnomes: Possibly Fairy
Dragonborn: Dragon
Tieflings: Fire
Drow: Dark
Wood Elves: Bug
Warforged: Steel
Tengu: Flying
Vampires: Ghost
Mermaids: Water

That's a good portion of the types. The only ones we're missing are Ice, Psychic, Electric, and Poison.

Unless anyone has a really good idea for those four, I suggest we go with this list. Maybe the last four aren't associated with any particular race, but individuals? Like, an assassin might use Poison types, a mage that likes lightning spells might use Electric, etc. So any race can use them as well as any other.

I say keep them as a sort of loose guideline, but characters don't necessarily have to stay within their class or fit into a defined one.

And I would say it wouldn't influence type affinity any more than any job might influence it normally. Like, a mage that likes to use lightning powers might have an affinity for Electric types because they use them a lot, but no more than a hiker would have an affinity for Rock or Ground types.

It's our own fantasy setting. We're just using D&D as a base.

And OK, Crewe. Main reason I asked was I wanted a half-elf sorceress that uses a Dark type because she likes darkness magic.

Ah, exactly what I was wondering. Thank you. :P

Sure.

For geography, I find it helpful to use SOMETHING as a basis... But what?

And what should we cover in a sign-up sheet?

That's neat, Tangent! I like it!

We need to take into account all the different terrain types we need. I'd suggest we include as much as we can, so we always have options. So, say, mountains, various types of forests, plains, swamps, lakes, deserts, rivers, maybe some manner of icy area?

Once we have a crude map, we can look at it and sort out cities and such.

Okay guys, I drew a map. I have some worldbuilding ideas about cities and such, which I'll post in a bit.

EDIT: City names are red, landmark etc. names are black. Bright green is plains, yellow-y green is prairie/hills, normal green is deciduous type woods, dark green is more coniferous woods, red is desert. Those bits around the desert are slightly less deserty desert. Triangles are mountains, blue is water, if you couldn't figure that out on your own. Brown lines are main roads.