Are Eladrin the New Gnomes?

[TikkchikFenTikktikk]

How many different elves does this game need?

Eladrin, Elves, and Half-Elves in the PHB just seems excessive.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

I agree. I think they should have cut half-elves (sorry guys).

 

[TikkchikFenTikktikk]

And aren't Tieflings just evil/demonic elves?

 

[drothgery]

How many different elves does this game need?

Six. The PHB 3, drow, avariel, and sea elves. And that's it.

Eladrin, Elves, and Half-Elves in the PHB just seems excessive.

Nah, that's fine. As long as drow are the only other variety of elves that are basically standard humanoid, we're good. The whole point of doing the elf/eladrin split in the PHB was to cut down on the scores of subraces later.

 

[Doug McCrae]

Elves are very popular.

 

[Spenser]

Plus, no one can agree whether elves should be more woodsy or more sparkly. Thus, 4e gives you both!

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I agree. I think they should have cut half-elves (sorry guys).

I'm all for that.

The difference between eladrin/elves and gnomes/other short races is that the former seem pretty distinctive from one another, while the latter never were in any meaningful way. Oh, and gnomes are silly.

 

[jaycrockett]

Eladrin/Elves

"Elves! The race so nice they named them twice."

 

[C_M2008]

Elves are very popular.

Why is the question, they aren't particularly interesting; no more than any other race.

 

[AlexS]

Why? Thank Tolkien- elves are just better than everyone else. At everything. And they're prettier. It doesn't matter what their DnD stats are.