[HoneyBadger]

The most important difference between modern fantasy concepts and the ones expressed in Dominions and mythology, is that, if you're just a little different from a normal, everyday, Joe-schmoe human, you're likely to command powerful magical forces. Dwarves have them, goblins have them, if there were orks in the game, you can bet they'd be rockin' the blood-magic. Races also tend to be a little smarter and a lot more interesting and varied than you'll find in the pages of the "average fantasy novel". You need to be smarter, even when you're a goblin, because if you're not, your nation, kids, friends, house, and god are toast. And yes, the hero still always wins, but sometimes the hero is a demon-cannibalizing mutant samurai.