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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 6434203" data-attributes="member: 18182">Original eladrin, if I remember correctly, were an invention of the 2E Planescape campaign and were carried over into various 3E Monster Manuals. A strict hierarchy did not exist, but there were many &quot;subtypes&quot; of eladrin, with the noble tulani eladrin being the rulers. They were fae-like, but considered celestials, basically a type of angel. Elf angels.The 4E eladrin was a major change in D&amp;D canon . . . which would only matter in your game if you were both aware of the canon and cared about it. 4E eladrin were reimagined high elves (and grey) and also borrowed literally from the fantasy trope of an &quot;elder race&quot;. Eladrin also sounds a lot like &quot;eldar&quot; which is what some other fantasy games and settings have called similarly concepted elves.So, different, but similar in some ways between editions. Not impossible to reconcile if you like aspects of &quot;classic&quot; eladrin and &quot;new style&quot; eladrin.I kind of like to think of the word &quot;eladrin&quot; as the elvish word for &quot;elf&quot;! All elves are eladrin of one sort or another, with wood elves being the &quot;lowest&quot; form, the 4E eladrin being next up the ladder, and with many &quot;higher&quot; forms of eladrin existing in the feywild and in Arborea (ghaele, shiradi, coure, etc). Not really a hierarchy as such, but rather which subrace is more elfier and magical with the tulani eladrin and Seldarine at the top.Not unlike how I see the word &quot;hin&quot; as the halfing word for &quot;halfling&quot;! Which I suppose is official canon in the Realms and also Mystara (because Ed wrote the book on Mystara halflings in the 90s).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 6434203, member: 18182"] Original eladrin, if I remember correctly, were an invention of the 2E Planescape campaign and were carried over into various 3E Monster Manuals. A strict hierarchy did not exist, but there were many "subtypes" of eladrin, with the noble tulani eladrin being the rulers. They were fae-like, but considered celestials, basically a type of angel. Elf angels. The 4E eladrin was a major change in D&D canon . . . which would only matter in your game if you were both aware of the canon and cared about it. 4E eladrin were reimagined high elves (and grey) and also borrowed literally from the fantasy trope of an "elder race". Eladrin also sounds a lot like "eldar" which is what some other fantasy games and settings have called similarly concepted elves. So, different, but similar in some ways between editions. Not impossible to reconcile if you like aspects of "classic" eladrin and "new style" eladrin. I kind of like to think of the word "eladrin" as the elvish word for "elf"! All elves are eladrin of one sort or another, with wood elves being the "lowest" form, the 4E eladrin being next up the ladder, and with many "higher" forms of eladrin existing in the feywild and in Arborea (ghaele, shiradi, coure, etc). Not really a hierarchy as such, but rather which subrace is more elfier and magical with the tulani eladrin and Seldarine at the top. Not unlike how I see the word "hin" as the halfing word for "halfling"! Which I suppose is official canon in the Realms and also Mystara (because Ed wrote the book on Mystara halflings in the 90s). [/QUOTE]

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