Who is credited with inventing the fictional races that we play in Everquest?

[Ele]

Each of those listed races have roots in old English, Germanic, and Norse mythology, albeit some slightly altered and some significantly altered from our current popular conception of these mythological races.

Tolkien's writings refreshed them in the pop-culture, and D&D adapted them to their fantasy games. It is difficult to tell if someone else would have written such a fantasy book that had such wide impact to revive these mythologies and create new ones in the way it has occurred over the last 70 years.

[Raavak]

Santa had his elves and Snow White had her dwarfs at the same time or earlier than J.R.R. Tolkien was writing. As others have said the Norse/Germanic mythology includes dwarves, elves, and goblins, and that dates back to at least the 11th century. Maybe you could say the modern "models" of these were defined by Tolkien. But even then, Tolkien elves are taller than AD&D and EQ elves. Everyones got their own definition ;-)

[Nirgon]

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[godbox]

marty mcfly.

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[SamwiseBanned]

Kobolds goblins orcs gnolls sarnak froglok and kerrans should have been playable before vashir, they already had there own hometowns.

Brownies, faeries, lizardmen would have been cool too

[pharmakos]

Originally Posted by SamwiseBanned [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kobolds goblins orcs gnolls sarnak froglok and kerrans should have been playable before vashir, they already had there own hometowns.

Brownies, faeries, lizardmen would have been cool too

the dev team talks about maybe doing custom content after velious.

i wonder if new races would be at all possible.

[Psionide]

If you read The Silmarillion it's very heavily influenced by Theology.

[Ele]

Brownies king of PVP and geometry exploitation with hitboxes the size of a loaf of bread

[Chokan]

Originally Posted by Ele [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Brownies king of PVP and geometry exploitation with hitboxes the size of a loaf of chocolate bread

Fixed

[Ephirith]

I think these races and stories exist in every adolescent male virgin who has ever lived, and that is why they are timeless.

Think about it, Tolkien's inspiration for Gollum comes from long years spent in the deepest and darkest of basements, channeling innately subconscious notions of elves, faeries, and dragons.

The ring represents his virginity, a concept that engulfs him with obsession and slowly destroys his soul, until it is finally taken from him by a short-but-charming middle-aged man. I'm sure we can all relate.