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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 849252" data-attributes="member: 2067">I can find  no rulebook which states something along the lines of "Evil elves are referred to as 'dark elves' by others, though this is not to be confused with the Drow, who are also called 'Dark Elves,' because they are most often evil."And yes, the context DOES matter. Krynn and the Realms have different ways and methods of talking, different elves, and different definitions for things. Just because a halfling is called a Kender doesn't mean that all halflings can sometimes be called Kender, to give an example. Just because they call evil elves "Dark Elves" does not make this any measure of cannon, that all evil elves are called dark elves.That can be the way it goes in your campaign, and on Krynn, but a few quotes by some Krynnish peice of fiction doesn't mean that all evil elves are hereby refered to as Dark Elves universally.What the rulebooks state (as Gez has pointed out) are that Drow are also known as Dark Elves. They haven't stated anywhere that evil elves are also called dark elves.So you're case that "dark elf" applies to any evil elf is faulty, based on some Dragonlance novel you've read. Perhaps it does mean that, in Dragonlance. But that doesn't mean that all people everywhere on every D&D world refer to all evil elves as 'Dark Elves.' It makes sense, but it's confusing and unnessecary.Meanwhile, back on topic...anybody got a case for why the Sun Elves are *not* Lawful Neutral-Evil other than 'The Book Says So'?</blockquote>

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