>>24872031
This is more prominent on a societal/cultural level to be clear, and despite the instinctive recognition of the shared element(s) members of the races with shared elements can and do get into personal disagreements, so it's not perfect. I wasn't thinking about that, but now that you mention it, lol...

Also, there 'are' mages who focus on elements outside of the ones that belong to the gods who were primarily involved in their creation, like a naga that might specialize in Earth magic for instance, they just tend to specialize in those because it comes a little easier. It tends to come up more in individuals with mixed heritage though, save for in humans. And the rigidity is part of the idea, the gods all used the same basic template when making the races.