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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9285996" data-attributes="member: 7635">I was going from memory with a few lookups for spelling. I missed dozens of variants and probably even more cultures. I know for example I missed most of the environment variants like Arctic elves or desert elves. And Level Up proves my point: they aren't beholden to support a half-dozen subraces and a dozen settings worth of elves lest people create ire about them removing an important part of the setting by not having elf culture #765. Yet somehow WotC needs to define elf in such a way astral elves, Arenral elves, and Athasian elves are both under one roof.Which leads to one of two outcomes:Elf is a broad generic term encompassing hundreds of types and cultures held together by the thinnest of veneers.Elf is a complex specific species that has deep ties to a certain lore and culture which is done by jettisoning all other setting specific types of elf and only focusing on one settings type of elves.Elf is either a mile wide and inch deep or a mile deep and an inch wide, but you're not getting both.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9285996, member: 7635"] I was going from memory with a few lookups for spelling. I missed dozens of variants and probably even more cultures. I know for example I missed most of the environment variants like Arctic elves or desert elves. And Level Up proves my point: they aren't beholden to support a half-dozen subraces and a dozen settings worth of elves lest people create ire about them removing an important part of the setting by not having elf culture #765. Yet somehow WotC needs to define elf in such a way astral elves, Arenral elves, and Athasian elves are both under one roof. Which leads to one of two outcomes: Elf is a broad generic term encompassing hundreds of types and cultures held together by the thinnest of veneers. Elf is a complex specific species that has deep ties to a certain lore and culture which is done by jettisoning all other setting specific types of elf and only focusing on one settings type of elves. Elf is either a mile wide and inch deep or a mile deep and an inch wide, but you're not getting both. [/QUOTE]

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