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Elven subraces. What do they look like in 3E? Have they changed like the halfling?
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<blockquote data-quote="dead" data-source="post: 1772853" data-attributes="member: 18707"><p>I'm sick of not having a *true* mental picture of what the elven subraces look like when compared to each other. </p><p></p><p>You see, I like the picture of the Greyhawk human "subraces" in the LGG. This picture helped me visualise the human subraces when, previously, I was just going by some vague written descriptions. </p><p></p><p>Now I'd like to see the same done for the *true* elven subraces (as opposed to FR elven subraces . . . Moon elf, Sun elf, etc.). Now the *true* GH elven subraces are all detailed in the 1E Unearthed Arcana. There is: High elf, Gray elf, Wild elf, Wood elf, Valley elf (from the Valley of the Mage), Drow elf, and Aquatic elf. </p><p></p><p>You see, the Realms has elven subraces that were clearly modelled on the above GH subraces but, if you read the 3E FR Campaign Setting, the description of those elven subraces does not match descriptions of elven subraces as described by EGG in 1E MM and 1E UA. I know that the elves of FR have different names, but the parallel is not hard to find. For example, Moon elves would be your GH High Elf. The only problem is that the Moon elf description is not that of a GH High elf. High elfs in GH are described by EGG as having dark hair, not light hair as in FR. Also, the FR Wood elf is described as having very tan skin. In GH, the Wood elf is decribed as being even fairer than all other elves. </p><p></p><p>So has anyone fully fleshed out the elven subraces? Appearance, dress, culture, etc?</p><p></p><p>Is the FR vision (and possibly the Dragonlance vision) of the elven subraces now the *default* for D&D 3E elves? Just like the Dragonlance vision of the halfling (the kender) is now the default vision of the D&D 3E halfling (appearance wise, that is)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dead, post: 1772853, member: 18707"] I'm sick of not having a *true* mental picture of what the elven subraces look like when compared to each other. You see, I like the picture of the Greyhawk human "subraces" in the LGG. This picture helped me visualise the human subraces when, previously, I was just going by some vague written descriptions. Now I'd like to see the same done for the *true* elven subraces (as opposed to FR elven subraces . . . Moon elf, Sun elf, etc.). Now the *true* GH elven subraces are all detailed in the 1E Unearthed Arcana. There is: High elf, Gray elf, Wild elf, Wood elf, Valley elf (from the Valley of the Mage), Drow elf, and Aquatic elf. You see, the Realms has elven subraces that were clearly modelled on the above GH subraces but, if you read the 3E FR Campaign Setting, the description of those elven subraces does not match descriptions of elven subraces as described by EGG in 1E MM and 1E UA. I know that the elves of FR have different names, but the parallel is not hard to find. For example, Moon elves would be your GH High Elf. The only problem is that the Moon elf description is not that of a GH High elf. High elfs in GH are described by EGG as having dark hair, not light hair as in FR. Also, the FR Wood elf is described as having very tan skin. In GH, the Wood elf is decribed as being even fairer than all other elves. So has anyone fully fleshed out the elven subraces? Appearance, dress, culture, etc? Is the FR vision (and possibly the Dragonlance vision) of the elven subraces now the *default* for D&D 3E elves? Just like the Dragonlance vision of the halfling (the kender) is now the default vision of the D&D 3E halfling (appearance wise, that is)? [/QUOTE]
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