So -- I was wondering whether it would be
too much of a stretch to suggest that elves
(eladrin?) who use the divine source apply
an arcane flourish to their prayers that causes
them to be considered "magic-users", while
dwarves and halflings who use the arcane
source apply a divine flourish to their spells
that causes them to be considered "clerics"?
This social masking would permit all races
to have members of all classes in the
mechanical sense without upsetting aspects
of the Mystaran setting that are based on
certain races having class limitations.
Would this work, or would it be too
confusing?
By the way -- I have also been mulling over
the social advancement tests that magocracies
such as Glantri and Alphatia might administer
to aspiring magocrats. It turns out that the 4E
rules make some very precise tests possible
to test just what each of these societies is
looking for in their candidates.
I think I also found some hints as to the fates
of the dragonborn and tiefling races in the
free Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium
-- the goatman and wallara pictures and their
accompanying texts suggest that these races
might be degenerated primitive descendants
of races that were once far more advanced
and widespread.