Races and Classes--I has it!

[Clavis]

So, elves are the celebrities of the D&D world?

I can see an elven Cortney Love. And Tommy Chong makes a perfect wood elf.

I don't have a problem with that. Meet an elf in my campaign, and they will probably be stoned, will try to get you stoned, and will try to have sex with you, regardless of gender.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I like my elves more like the fay of medieval stories: lusty, petty, irresponsible, tricky, arrogant and drug-addled.

Another nice (and surprisingly traditional) take on elves is in Terry Pratchett's "Lords and Ladies". You could sum it up as saying that elves are like cats (lovely to look at, etc)... and all the rest of the world are mice...

 

[SCMrks]

Barbarian may be replacing the ranger as the druid's paladin. Barbarians are described as becoming like totem warriors. And as paladins are to clerics, barbarians are to druids.