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Being related to humans doesn't necessarily mean its a human subrace. In my home setting Orcs, Giants, Halflings, and Humans all share common ancestry, so are related. The giants and halflings even share a myth about two (human sized) brothers finding and fighting over a wishing rock, the...

Definitely unusual, but could still work. So someone looks like a human baby when born, could have an elf for a dad and an orc for a mom, and then as they grow up they become a dwarf? Is that how it works? Orcs are getting less and less pig like in appearance each time the art changes with...

As mentioned before, my setting's goblins are more elf-like than usual, so I guess it fits to mention them. Goblins The elves and goblins were at one time a single people in the Dream Lands, and their civil war there caused them both to be expelled to the waking world, never to return. Both...

A lot of tiefling and genie art has them with pointed ears already, so it kind of fits. Genies are also known for long lifespans. Do your tieflings have normal elf lifespan too?

I never put a deadline on it, so no need for an apology. I kind of split things up in my setting, giving the dark skin as an option for high elves, but the spider-shtick was given to goblins (as they include the "dark elf" feel). Maybe I should do a post on goblins since they are elf-adjacent...

Some wild ideas, but could be fun.

I'm currently watching a TV show on Prime I missed while it was airing on cable. It was cancelled prematurely, so maybe it doesn't have many fans, but I'm enjoying it so far. The show is called Grimm. For those unaware, there are supernatural creatures on the show called Wesen that most of...

Sounds like a sidhe could make for a terrifying big bad.

Are some type of Jotun a common villain like in Norse myths? Or maybe trolls would be better suited for that.

OK, now I'm imagining Baby-Orc-Bjorn, with orcs strapping their young children to their chests so they can be hands free when in battle.

I tried saying the word Orc-born over and over again out loud and then began speaking like Swedish Chef from the Muppets for good minute after. I don't know why, it's not even a tongue twister.

I must not have read the entries correctly, or was going off of an earlier version of the game, but my head canon was that Kuo-Toa had cities built in sea caves, and Yuan-Ti had underground cities, with both having temples for sacrifices and such. I wouldn't have classified either as tribal...

Elvish rebirth is definitely a cool idea. I had a similar idea for a group of humans that were instantly reborn upon death, kind of like a phoenix. I eventually abandoned it though. I also had an idea for elves where they age at a similar rate as humans, it's just that there homelands have...

So you're a game designer? What product is this from?

Weird how we both thought of elves and goblins coming from a world of dreams. Were you inspired by something else? Mine came from a dream oddly enough.

Even though only one person seemed to notice my idea for another thread off this one, I went ahead and created it anyhow. Please be nice

A thought occurred to me while reading through this thread about elves, orcs, and their mixed heritage descendants, that we all have varying views on how we want to represent them. So this thread is meant to be a place to share the versions of elves and orcs in your homebrew worlds. I'm hoping...

I didn't make it yet, as I wanted to see if anyone wanted it before I put in the effort. Considering where you stand in this thread, you probably won't enjoy my take on elves and orcs, but you would then be free to describe your version to balance it out.

I had an idea for a new thread inspired by this one, where we share how elves and orcs (and if they exist in your games, half-elves and half-orcs) are represented in your homebrew game worlds. Do they follow any of the tropes, always go against them, or some mix in between? It could be...

I remember a weird prestige class. Green Star Adept. I can't remember which supplement it was in, but it requires acquiring a special material that's only important to this one prestige class, and you have to keep consuming it to gain levels in the class. So the DM not only has to OK the...