D&D 5E Elfitis-Elves Most Popular Race?

[Zardnaar]

Elfitis has been in D&D since 1E with the various Elf subraces.

It seems it's a recurring trend no edition has reigned in with Elf subraces probably outnumbering any other races.

5E has continued this trend. PHB+DMG had 4 subraces.

Since 2E I have just assumed it's because Elves are popular. New players however haven't experienced Elfitis though so it's new to them.

Is it as simple as Elves= pretty humans, Tolkein influence or mechanics aka Elf for every occasion.

 

[Parmandur]

Elfitis has been in D&D since 1E with the various Elf subraces.

It seems it's a recurring trend no edition has reigned in with Elf subraces probably outnumbering any other races.

5E has continued this trend. PHB+DMG had 4 subraces.

Since 2E I have just assumed it's because Elves are popular. New players however haven't experienced Elfitis though so it's new to them.

Is it as simple as Elves= pretty humans, Tolkein influence or mechanics aka Elf for every occasion.

Elves are the second most popular Race choice, after Human. Followed by Half-Elf.

 

[Scribe]

Elves are the second most popular Race choice, after Human. Followed by Half-Elf.

I did a week long poll on this, I thi k it was something like that.

 

[Parmandur]

I did a week long poll on this, I thi k it was something like that.

Yeah, I was basing it off of Beyond numbers, which WotC said matched their own.

 

[lingual]

Not surprising. Pretty humans that live for centuries?

 

[Zardnaar]

Not surprising. Pretty humans that live for centuries?

I think it's probably as simple as that.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

It’s a conspiracy by BigElf(tm), a wholly owned subsidiary of KEEBLER.

 

[Mind of tempest]

they are utterly mutable and few people have generated anything that can take up the same spot which is not just an elf in different clothes.

 

[Charlaquin]

Elves are more or less human, only really differing in ways that make them better 1 smarter, prettier, more graceful, more magical, and they don’t grow old. But unlike humans, it’s considered acceptable for every little group of them to be a mechanically unique race.

 

[Zardnaar]

Elves are more or less human, only really differing in ways that make them better 1 smarter, prettier, more graceful, more magical, and they don’t grow old. But unlike humans, it’s considered acceptable for every little group of them to be a mechanically unique race.

And they're good aligned generally often percieved as CG.

Humans tend towards NE I mean N.