Stupid idea that popped into my head - if you need another race for some reason Tengu would work pretty well. Japanese themed weapons and caste-based air magic would work pretty well with them. A mid-game invader that could do some serious damage if you haven't gotten decent armour.
It's western fantasy here And flying invaders dont work.
I don't think Tengu actually have to fly... And only Western fantasy? That sucks! There's so much the rest of the world can offer and you're sticking to one tiny corner?!
That tiny corner is where the concept of fantasy and fiction, instead of legend or myth, was invented.
...That sentence makes absolutely no sense.
I think I didn't expressed the idea clearly enough. I am sorry.
What I meant is that Western fantasy revolutionized the concept of fiction in the whole world, and even literature itself. So Western Fantasy is not something to scoff at. Given how much the concept is being developed since the last 200 years, and how much it influenced (and was influenced) literature in other cultures from the whole world, I would even say that it is pretty expansive and extensive.
In other words, a setting that uses exclusively western fantasy should, by no means, be considered barren or lacking of variety. If Meph chooses to not add oriental influence for his mod (as cool as it would be), he is not really impoverishing it by, any means.
Edit: The "fantasy" instead of "myth" is on the fact that, during the Victorian age, some writers started coming up with their own settings instead of writing romances and epics happening on our world. Instead of writing about Zeus or Odin and other existing mythological gods, they chose to create their own, unique gods, like Lovecraft and his horrendous pantheon. Minotaurs, ice giants and lamias sharing the same setting, mixing up already existing myths from different places. I am no expert on literature (my trade is industrial logistics), and it is possible that stuff like that happened long before, on other places, but still, the genre of fiction, even if not born in the west, became a big thing on there.
Of course, as far as I know. This is mostly rambling, and I am sorry, I do not intend to go on off topic here.