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<blockquote data-quote="Glade Riven" data-source="post: 5888621" data-attributes="member: 86468"><p>Current write-up of elves and elf-related races for my current campaign setting (recently gone systemless). Depth into their cultures has more to do with individual regions of the world, and I want to leave a decent amount of fuzzyness. Plus I don't want it to read like a bad sociological paper <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />.</p><p> </p><p><em>Quick note: the world of Phaetos is tidally locked.</em></p><p></p><p>Introduction to elves. More on the Arbiter and Dragons in later chapters; essentually, the Arbiter is not so much a god as a book keeper of souls. Gods have to put a claim to the Arbiter to recieve a soul they have a claim on, and a deal must be struck with the Arbiter in order to raise a person from the dead. Dragons are historians and observers from time before time, and possibly reincarnate after being killed (their race predates the Arbiter and other entities that enforce rules and restrictions on the gods).</p><p></p><p>Lawful jerk elves.</p><p></p><p>Wild elves, wood elves, whatever.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Inuit/mongolian/barbarian/ninjas</p><p></p><p>Burrowing half elves</p><p></p><p>Normal half elves</p><p></p><p>Persian halflings, and the elf connection could be ignored if desired.</p><p></p><p>Thundercats/Shifters. Oh, yeah - forgot the base physical description of elves. I'll have to slide that in. I have art! Body types <a href="http://transbot9.deviantart.com/#/d4ufcna" target="_blank">(NSFW, Deviant Mature Filter ON)</a> and a Drow <a href="http://transbot9.deviantart.com/#/d4uf9tv" target="_blank">(she's clothed)</a>. Basically gave them deer ears, skin takes on a texture of gnarled wood as they age (and turns brown unless they are already brown), and instead of tanning brown, they tan green.</p><p> </p><p>So, two ethnicities of true elf, drow, and several elf-related (if distantly at times) races.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glade Riven, post: 5888621, member: 86468"] Current write-up of elves and elf-related races for my current campaign setting (recently gone systemless). Depth into their cultures has more to do with individual regions of the world, and I want to leave a decent amount of fuzzyness. Plus I don't want it to read like a bad sociological paper :P. [I]Quick note: the world of Phaetos is tidally locked.[/I] Introduction to elves. More on the Arbiter and Dragons in later chapters; essentually, the Arbiter is not so much a god as a book keeper of souls. Gods have to put a claim to the Arbiter to recieve a soul they have a claim on, and a deal must be struck with the Arbiter in order to raise a person from the dead. Dragons are historians and observers from time before time, and possibly reincarnate after being killed (their race predates the Arbiter and other entities that enforce rules and restrictions on the gods). Lawful jerk elves. Wild elves, wood elves, whatever. Inuit/mongolian/barbarian/ninjas Burrowing half elves Normal half elves Persian halflings, and the elf connection could be ignored if desired. Thundercats/Shifters. Oh, yeah - forgot the base physical description of elves. I'll have to slide that in. I have art! Body types [URL="http://transbot9.deviantart.com/#/d4ufcna"](NSFW, Deviant Mature Filter ON)[/URL] and a Drow [URL="http://transbot9.deviantart.com/#/d4uf9tv"](she's clothed)[/URL]. Basically gave them deer ears, skin takes on a texture of gnarled wood as they age (and turns brown unless they are already brown), and instead of tanning brown, they tan green. So, two ethnicities of true elf, drow, and several elf-related (if distantly at times) races. [/QUOTE]
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