Elves and fluff, which elf do you prefer?
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DragonLancer
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Mycanid said:
Agreed.
hamishspence
Adventurer
Elves vs Balrogs
Close examination of the Silmarillion will show that Ecthelion of the Fountain, Captain of the armies of Gondolin, was the one who slew Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs.
Glorfindel killed a balrog to save the rest of the refugees fleeing Gondolin.
Tolkien has a tendency to reuse names. Some elven names in the silmarillion resurface as names in Gondor: most notably Ecthelion and Denethor
Leshay are just a little too powerful for use as Sidhe in most games.
Close examination of the Silmarillion will show that Ecthelion of the Fountain, Captain of the armies of Gondolin, was the one who slew Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs.
Glorfindel killed a balrog to save the rest of the refugees fleeing Gondolin.
Tolkien has a tendency to reuse names. Some elven names in the silmarillion resurface as names in Gondor: most notably Ecthelion and Denethor
Leshay are just a little too powerful for use as Sidhe in most games.
painandgreed
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I'll take Sylvan elves with as much sidhe as I can stuff in there. The only other thing I take is from Elfquest Elves and as elves grow older, they grow taller. This is how their race ages. Instead of getting wrinkles and gray hair, they grow taller and thinner as their general body mass doesn't change much. So in their lifetime, they grow from about 4'+ as early adults to 6'+ as venerable. Characters learn quickly never to bother a group of really tall (even by human standards) elves as they are probably all epic.
They have no souls & thus care only for the mundane & nothing for the divine. Other than this, they are basically humans with funny ears. Including having roughly the same lifespan as humans.
I prefer a "low elf" race to halflings & gnomes. Sometimes I just call them halflings or gnomes to keep things simple.
I like to have a faerie ("parallel plane") with light & dark sidhe as well. (In fact, I think the 3e Manual of the Planes had a description that was remarkably similar to how I usually think of this.)
Other variations I enjoy: They are shorter lived than humans. They are androgynous. (Actually, elves & dwarves are the same race--dwarves are the males & elves are the females--but they will never admit to this.)
& I've always liked Dr. Kromm's take.
I prefer a "low elf" race to halflings & gnomes. Sometimes I just call them halflings or gnomes to keep things simple.
I like to have a faerie ("parallel plane") with light & dark sidhe as well. (In fact, I think the 3e Manual of the Planes had a description that was remarkably similar to how I usually think of this.)
Other variations I enjoy: They are shorter lived than humans. They are androgynous. (Actually, elves & dwarves are the same race--dwarves are the males & elves are the females--but they will never admit to this.)
& I've always liked Dr. Kromm's take.
Aaron L
Hero
Turanil said:Yes, I am mistake here, I really thought about Peter Jackson's elves. I did read some Tolkien ages ago, and don't remember much about it...
Otherwise, I am surprised to see an almost equal voting for each of the four options.
No, you were pretty much dead on with your definition of Tolkien's elves.
Thats the way I like them.
Aaron L
Hero
EyeontheMountain said:You actually want that biased of a thread? Only people who pat each other on the back and agree wholeheartedly with each other? Doesn't sound like an online thread to me.
If someone started a thread asking what kind of pizza everyone liked, and someone repeatedly posted how much they dislike pizza, and then complained about the existence of the thread, do you not agree that it would be best for them just to ignore the thread?
I dislike gnomes. I don't feel the need to post in every thread about gnomes detailing my dislike of them. I simply do not read the thread. Many people do like gnomes and I don't wish to begrudge them their place to talk about them.
I wish the elf haters would grant those of us who like elves the same courtesy.
I agree with that. I have never understood the need to frustrate yourself by reading and replying to a thread you don't like. Also, some of us do like elves, and would like to discuss what kind of elves we like. Why is that hard for people to understand, and to let happen?
I had at one time worked on creating an elf race that was much more nature oriented, with powers similar to the native americans in the Orson Card books about the maker/unmaker. But, I never finished the process. I think the Eberron take is interesting, but may be too much for me. Frankly, I find the "elder race leaving the younger races behind" cliche to be too cliche for me.
I had at one time worked on creating an elf race that was much more nature oriented, with powers similar to the native americans in the Orson Card books about the maker/unmaker. But, I never finished the process. I think the Eberron take is interesting, but may be too much for me. Frankly, I find the "elder race leaving the younger races behind" cliche to be too cliche for me.
