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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 3790918" data-attributes="member: 5143">Well, yes and no.  I expect that the mechanics of them will probably be similar to the above elves, but it is likely that they change the entire implied story behind elves.I think the implied setting will say something like, "At first, there were eladrins, they were creatures from the far off planes, Chaotic and Good, free spirits.  Some of them decided to visit the mortal realm(or they were kicked out of the celestial planes or...something else).  As the millennia passed, these eladrin became less and less like their planes dwelling forefathers.  It is also said that a group of them got stranded in a forest, cut off from their brethren and adapted to their new lifestyle very effectively, changing it appearance and becoming more wild.  They now have become new creatures, called Elves.  Another group of Eladrin tried to live underground and adapted to their environment there as well, their skin turning black and their hair white.  They are called Drow."This solves the problem of Elven subtypes.  Instead Elves become an Eladrin subtype, essentially.  It turns Drow into an Eladrin subtype as well.  However, the story makes them both sound like separate creatures with a common background.  I think a lot of people just didn't like the "Elves are better than everyone else" concept that existed before.  It was simply a matter of choosing the right type of elf.</blockquote>

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