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<blockquote data-quote="Simia Saturnalia" data-source="post: 3787207" data-attributes="member: 53692">Yeah, it looks like trying to describe a race with an unfamiliar name to a new player is hard.As long as you go to great lengths to avoid offering any actual information about the race, but that counts, right? Besides the contrived idea that while he's got no idea what an eladrin is (because they lack mythological reference) he's asking the DM about it without any access to the PHB which is likely to contain about a page describing them (assuming they make it in there), that is.So let's try...Player1: &quot;What's an Eladrin? I'm still a little lost in the fluff.&quot;DM: &quot;Well..uhm..it's like Galadriel in LotR.&quot;Player1: &quot;So it's an elf?&quot;DM: &quot;Sort of. What they call 'elves' in the Player's there are closer to Legolas - woodsy, graceful, archer types, impetuous - a little 'wild', even. They're an offshoot of the Eladrin, who originally hail from another plane - and there are more powerful kin still in that plane - but are now largely stuck in the mortal world. The Eladrin remain thoughtful, intellectual, and magical, while their elvish cousins have kind of &quot;gone native&quot; and stalk around in the trees shooting orcs in the face.&quot;Player1: &quot;That kinda kicks ass, actually. Why is that?&quot;DM: &quot;Because it's D&amp;D, and D&amp;D has since the beginning grown from people making up stuff they thought would be fun.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simia Saturnalia, post: 3787207, member: 53692"] Yeah, it looks like trying to describe a race with an unfamiliar name to a new player [B]is[/B] hard. As long as you go to great lengths to avoid offering [I]any actual information about the race[/I], but that counts, right? Besides the contrived idea that while he's got no idea what an eladrin is (because they lack mythological reference) he's asking the DM about it without any access to the PHB which is likely to contain about a page describing them (assuming they make it in there), that is. So let's try... Player1: "What's an Eladrin? I'm still a little lost in the fluff." DM: "Well..uhm..it's like Galadriel in LotR." Player1: "So it's an elf?" DM: "Sort of. What they call 'elves' in the Player's there are closer to Legolas - woodsy, graceful, archer types, impetuous - a little 'wild', even. They're an offshoot of the Eladrin, who originally hail from another plane - and there are more powerful kin still in that plane - but are now largely stuck in the mortal world. The Eladrin remain thoughtful, intellectual, and magical, while their elvish cousins have kind of "gone native" and stalk around in the trees shooting orcs in the face." Player1: "That kinda kicks ass, actually. Why is that?" DM: "Because it's D&D, and D&D has since the beginning grown from people making up stuff they thought would be fun." [/QUOTE]

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