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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1002791" data-attributes="member: 2292">Creatures to Follow  a)  They don't actually follow creatures, but some form of natural phenomenon.  They may chart obscure trajectories to follow, based on the position of the sun (a great fire orb).  They may follow the movements of some kind of Aurora Borealis that manifests in their region, with suitable alterations to make it more flamelike.b)  Create a small subspecies of dragon, only about 2 HD and non-intelligent, that still breathes fire for 2d6 points of damage or so.  These creatures become the natural herd animal for the fire elves to follow.  Similarly, they may choose to follow fire monsters like hellhounds as they roam accross the mortal planes.c)  If you've got access to the Manual of the Planes, they have a fire element template that can be put accross any normal creature to make it an appropriate choice.d)  Fire beetles.  Societyi - Fire elves may believe that the other races don't show the necessary respect to fire, treating it as a tool rather than the living/breathing thing they see it as.  The reason they have such an advantage against heat is because they can speak with fire, treat it as a living thing, and convince it to flow around them rather than burn them.  THeir creation myths all talk of the elves being born out of fire, and the way it still inhavits thir souls.  The cities they ally themselves with are those that have significant fire cults within them, allowing them to have some common ground with the elves.ii - The fire elves don't use fire for cooking, prefering to eat raw meat and eat cold meals.  This may be associated with the suggestion above.  Alternately, they may choose to overcook their food due to their natural resistance.iii - Fire elf legend may tell them not to trust any man who cannot hold scalding water in his mouth - it is the flames gift that allows them to identify those who would mean the elves harm or tell them falsehoods.  Cities which ally with the elves have special diplomats who have learned this secret, usually men with mangled mouths and terribly burned tongues from their repeated attempts to gain the elves trust.iv - Fire elves are star-gazers, filling a certain kinship with the firey orbs in the night sky.  They do only as the skies tell them too, regardless of the right or wrong of the decision.  Usually this puts them at odds to other races, but it can also mean they will change aliegances or plans in as quickly as a night should the location of stars change.  Those that are allied to a city are doing so at the stars bidding, for reasons they don't know, but they are nervous allies for the city at best.</blockquote>

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