[GSM]

Running off of the D&D themed questions most recently.

1) Would it be far-fetched to say that there’s such thing as a Warlock (ie. a type of mage that uses the astrological ‘gods’ as a source of power, or a primal elemental)?
1a) What would be the patron restrictions, if so?

2) We know Dark Bards are a thing, but do they have any sort of powers other than wicked shreds?

3) Did the concept of a god exist before the Contention, excluding gods that existed before it, by the proto-humans?

4) Are Lycanthropes the only type of Were-creatures, or are there others, like werebears, weretigers, etc?

5) Do other D&D/general fantasy themed monsters exist in the world, and if so, what are they?

6) Is there such a thing as Dwarves as a race, perhaps living within the Alstalsian mountains? (If so, I’d definitely suggest a stat block after answers come out.)

7) To the topic of the starsign ‘gods’. Are those actual gods, or are those planets/stars everyone just is interested in? And would Iahsus be considered one as well?