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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9555244" data-attributes="member: 7635">So they are ghosts? White translucent beings made of ectoplasm? Ethereal tells me nothing. 100 years? 1000? A million? Immortal? Maybe they ARE ghostsYeah, but you're not giving me anything to build off of. Say elves live in forests and I will create a forest for them to live in. [emoji1745] And I'll just assume they live no where. Why is that the only thing that defines an elf? Yes I get elf senses are described as keen, but it's certainly not the first thing I would think of. You'd think they were flightless hawks! Ok. Elves are the ghosts of hawk-headed humans. Did I elf right? But they learn contradictory things and are told to figure it out. When I played Basic, I didn't know dwarves had beards. Dwarves to me were circus performers. My idea of fantasy was Final Fantasy, not Tokiien. Elves are creepy fey creatures there, not ethereal, long lived beings like in Middle Earth. This elf would have told me nothing. You know what a D&amp;D-inspired elf is supposed to be. You can, consciously or unconsciously, fill in the gaps. You will get to Legolas because you know that's supposed to be the archetype. Not everyone will.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9555244, member: 7635"] So they are ghosts? White translucent beings made of ectoplasm? Ethereal tells me nothing. 100 years? 1000? A million? Immortal? Maybe they ARE ghosts Yeah, but you're not giving me anything to build off of. Say elves live in forests and I will create a forest for them to live in. [emoji1745] And I'll just assume they live no where. Why is that the only thing that defines an elf? Yes I get elf senses are described as keen, but it's certainly not the first thing I would think of. You'd think they were flightless hawks! Ok. Elves are the ghosts of hawk-headed humans. Did I elf right? But they learn contradictory things and are told to figure it out. When I played Basic, I didn't know dwarves had beards. Dwarves to me were circus performers. My idea of fantasy was Final Fantasy, not Tokiien. Elves are creepy fey creatures there, not ethereal, long lived beings like in Middle Earth. This elf would have told me nothing. You know what a D&D-inspired elf is supposed to be. You can, consciously or unconsciously, fill in the gaps. You will get to Legolas because you know that's supposed to be the archetype. Not everyone will. [/QUOTE]

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