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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 2409179" data-attributes="member: 426">Generally, I like elves as I am familiar with many of the sources that Tolkien used for his inspiration.  To my mind, elves can be a very interesting race, wtih a long term view of the world.  I would imagine that there would be a touch of sadness at how changeable the world is around them.  Also, I think that it is important to remember that an elf (or a dwarf, a half-elf, a halfling, half-orc, or gnome) is not just a human with a few add ons.  Rather, they may be very different.Elves may be very individualistic, and passionate, but they may well take a long-term view of such issues. This may lead them culturally to emphasize enjoying the world, as everything in it -- including themselves -- will eventually pass from it.  So, perhaps one way to roleplay elves is to make them passionate about the moment but also taking a long term view of life.  They may have a hard time relating to some of the shorter lived races and their perspectives.  (Then again, humans are not exactly known for understanding each other.)  I think part of the problem that elves had in previous editions is that many of them were portrayed as self-righteous, xenophobes.  You can see this both in the elves of the Forgotten Realms and the Dragonlance novels.  Of course, I like to argue that no culture is perfect but it was at times hard to call some of these cultures good.  I think that there are many possible take on elves as a character race. My advice is to read a few good books, research some of the archetypes such as the sidhe and the alfar, and decide what works in your world.</blockquote>

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