Do elves have body hair?

Gez said:

Elves in D&D third edition are completely hairless, except of course on the scalp. It's even in the PHB...

Other games or specific settings are not forced to comply to D&D's standard.

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which is why elf chix are hot...



just sayin...

I think that in European folktalkes & mythology elves were like prepubescent (“tweens”) humans as they were described as perpetual children.

IMC Grymwurld, I describe Elves as being physically similar to East Asian Humans, e.g. Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. That is, they have significantly less body hair, beards are quite rare, and the men have smaller… feet.

the first D&D elf had a beard.

Brogarn said:

First off, Dwarven women don't have beards in every setting! Being a fan of dwarves, I prefer the ones that don't. Because, well, eww. Whomever came up with that whole bearded lady thing had issues.

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This has always annoyed the **** out of me. Let's set the record straight. The whole Dwarven women have beards thing happen because some ***** wrote in to The Dragon 'explaining' why they must. His reasoning? Because when the Fellowship were at a Dwarven party Tolkien didn't specifically mention Dwarven women. Therefore, according to this ******, that must mean that they were there, but the Fellowshipers didn't notice them because they were bearded! And this nonsense started a big controversy in the mag that resulted in the ******* editor agreeing with him. That's it. ******!!!

PapersAndPaychecks said:

Incidentally, this line of thought leads to intriguing speculations about dwarfs.

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All dwarves have beards.

Male dwarves have two.

Ed_Laprade said:

This has always annoyed the **** out of me. Let's set the record straight. The whole Dwarven women have beards thing happen because some ***** wrote in to The Dragon 'explaining' why they must. His reasoning? Because when the Fellowship were at a Dwarven party Tolkien didn't specifically mention Dwarven women. Therefore, according to this ******, that must mean that they were there, but the Fellowshipers didn't notice them because they were bearded! And this nonsense started a big controversy in the mag that resulted in the ******* editor agreeing with him. That's it. ******!!!

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Just kidding, they're just very, very metro and don't produce a lot of testosterone.
And what's with the female beard hatred? I think its pretty funny and dare I say it, hawt.

Let's watch the language, Fishbone. - Rel

blargney the second said:

Of course elves have body hair! They're descended from rabbits! (hint: notice the ears)

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Is that a reference to Mixed Myth?

I'll go against the grain, since so few have so far. I like elves. I don't go for "der uber elves", but I like elves a lot. Elves in my world are perfectly capable of growing beards, and when it's inconvenient to tend them (on long trecks, or during particularly long and arduous adventures, for example) it's not uncommon for an elf to begin to develop one. Their facial hair grows a bit slower than humans', so it does take longer for their beards to grow in, and most elves keep themselves cleanshaven when in civilized locales just because of social norm.
But my oldest character, the one closest to my heart, is an elvan ranger. And he regularly sports either a goatee or a full beard. He spends too much time travelling to worry about tending it, and it makes it easier for humans to relate to him. He's grown rather used to it, too.

But I've never been fond of the metrosexual, androgynous, effete and uber elves that tend to be pushed on us by those those who want to recreate the semi-divine Tolkienesque superelves.

best female dwarf i have seen is in the players handbook to ravenloft. almost dooable. almost.