Started so well with Hippy Elves, then went almost totally off course. Is that guy even a role player? I have my doubts.
The inclusion of Clerics on that list just shows the guy has never managed to actually play one. A well played Cleric is far more than just a walking healing potion. As a living extension of their god's will, they are a very variable class. As for the inclusion of the Undead - and as a single entry, yet! - no thought went into that one at all, clearly. HOW many types of Undead are there? All different...
If he said he was tired of 'Vampire as Eternal Lover', I'd have to agree. But much beyond that, the Undead are if anything under-utilised.
Druids he might have had a point with if he'd MADE a point rather than coming out with 'as an archaeologist' which is completely irrelevant to Fantasy as a genre. And as no-one has the faintest idea who built Stonehenge or why, I find it very interesting that he can claim with authority who didn't...
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Agree with a lot of your list, though.
Oh, and that book you are looking for - probably Spellwright by Blake Charlton. Very good book
