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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7307934" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I run a modified version of 4e’s Points of Light setting. One of the changes I make is that Eladrin aren’t around any more. They’re this mysterious race of fae-like precursor elves who long ago disappeared back into the feywild. The impetus for this was the fact that I wanted to run the setting in 5e and Eladrin aren’t a core PHB race/subrace in 5e. But I kind of like the impact it’s had on the setting. Elves are this sort of orphaned race, cut off from their ancestral home. The Wood Elf/High Elf cultural split becomes about how different elves deal with their relationship to the Eladrin - the High Elves carry on half-remembered Eladrin traditions and tryto recapture their ancestors’ lost glory, while the wood elves embrace their new place within the material plane and abandon the ancient arcane practices in favor of druidic magic and a deeper connection to the natural world. “Half” elves are the descendents of elves who took a third approach, integrating with the civilized world. They’re not truly half-human half-elf, but rather a separate race with mixed human and elvish heritage. I admit, this take drew a lot of inspiration from Dragon Age, effectively casting the Eladrin as the ancient elves, splitting aspects of the Daelish between Wood and High elves, and making Half-elves into DA’s City elves.Drow are probably the closest thing to Eladrin left in the material plane. They were Eladrin, but were cut off from the Feywild as part of their exile to the Underdark as punishment for Aurashne’s betrayal of Corellon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7307934, member: 6779196"] I run a modified version of 4e’s Points of Light setting. One of the changes I make is that Eladrin aren’t around any more. They’re this mysterious race of fae-like precursor elves who long ago disappeared back into the feywild. The impetus for this was the fact that I wanted to run the setting in 5e and Eladrin aren’t a core PHB race/subrace in 5e. But I kind of like the impact it’s had on the setting. Elves are this sort of orphaned race, cut off from their ancestral home. The Wood Elf/High Elf cultural split becomes about how different elves deal with their relationship to the Eladrin - the High Elves carry on half-remembered Eladrin traditions and tryto recapture their ancestors’ lost glory, while the wood elves embrace their new place within the material plane and abandon the ancient arcane practices in favor of druidic magic and a deeper connection to the natural world. “Half” elves are the descendents of elves who took a third approach, integrating with the civilized world. They’re not truly half-human half-elf, but rather a separate race with mixed human and elvish heritage. I admit, this take drew a lot of inspiration from Dragon Age, effectively casting the Eladrin as the ancient elves, splitting aspects of the Daelish between Wood and High elves, and making Half-elves into DA’s City elves. Drow are probably the closest thing to Eladrin left in the material plane. They were Eladrin, but were cut off from the Feywild as part of their exile to the Underdark as punishment for Aurashne’s betrayal of Corellon. [/QUOTE]

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