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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Filby" data-source="post: 898905" data-attributes="member: 7497">Here's as complete list of subraces as I can come up with, based on what the folks here have posted and my own sources, by campaign setting:Forgotten Realms:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Aquatic elf (two cultures: Great Sea and Sea of Fallen Stars) Avariel (aka winged elves, see 'Races of Faerun') Drow (aka dark elves, same as in MM) Lythari (elven werewolves) Marels (evil aquatic elves found in the Moonsea; from 'The Moonsea', AD&D2E) Moon elf (aka silver elf, the 'high elves' of Toril) Poscadar elf (Native American-style elves from Anchorome, the continent north of Maztica; from 'The City of Gold') Star elf (aka mithral elf, mysterious elves from a demiplane in the Ethereal, from 'Unapproachable East') Sun elf (aka gold elf, the 'gray elves' of Toril) Wild elf (aka green elf) Wood elf (aka copper elf, descended from a mix of moon, sun, and wild elves) Zakharan elf (from the Al-Qadim campaign setting; fully integrated into 'enlightened' Zakharan society)</li> </ul>World of Greyhawk:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Avariel (winged elf) Drow (see MM) Gray elf (see MM) Grugach (wild elves from MM) High elf (see MM) Snow elf (tall, reclusive elves from the arctic; from Dragon Magazine 155) Valley elf (human-sized gray elf offshoot) Wood elf (see MM)</li> </ul>Dragonlance:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Armachnesti (Silvanesti offshoot found on Taladas, the northern continent) Cha'asii (primitive jungle-dwelling elves from Taladas) Dargonesti (aka Quoowahb among themselves; aquatic elves who can turn into dolphins) Dimernesti (aquatic elves who can turn into sea otters) Drow (the demoness Jialuthi from Krynn once posed as Lolth to convince many drow from different worlds to come to Krynn; she was killed and the drow were driven back to their own worlds. From 'Wild Elves') Elf of the Host (I only know the name. Apparently from some novel? 'Riverwind the Plainsman'? tell me if I'm wrong) Hulderfolk (reclusive 'wild elves' from Taladas) Kagonesti (the 'wild elves' of the southern continent, Ansalon) Lucanesti (I know virtually nothing about these elves except that they were introduced in 'Dark Queen of Krynn', a computer game?) Mahkwahb (evil aquatic elves who turn into sharks) Qualinesti (the 'high elves' of Ansalon) Silvanesti (the 'gray elves' of Ansalon) Tamirnesti (aka Hosk'i Imou Merkitsa; savage elves from Taladas)</li> </ul>Mystara:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Aquarendi (aquatic elves, probably from 'The Sea Peoples') Blacklore elf (magic-users whose culture I believe died out in ancient Blackmoor; placed in the Hollow World by the Immortals to preserve their culture) Blackmoor elf (from Dave Arneson's Blackmoor setting; extinct, forerunners of the Blacklore elves) Ee'ar (same as the avariel of other worlds) Eldar (mentioned in a novel?) Eusdrian elf (from the Viking kingdom of Eusdria on the Savage Coast) Forest elf (the most common subrace; essentially the equivalent of high elves) Gentle folk (primitive elves found in the Hollow World) Grunland elf (probably extinct; from the old elven homeland, destroyed in Blackmoor's fall) Icevale elf (primitive elves found in the Hollow World) Savage Coast elf (native to the western lands of the Savage Coast, fully integrated into human society) Proto-elf (ancestor of the modern elves. Connection to yuan-ti?) Robrenn elf (from the Celtic kingdom of Robrenn on the Savage Coast) Schattenalfen (evil shadow elf offshoot, found closer to the Hollow World than the outer surface) Shadow elf (pale-skinned subterranean elves with a strong aversion to sunlight; recently conquered the forest elf kingdom of Alfheim; not really evil but very xenophobic) Southern elf (of Glantri; migrated to the Known World from Davania) Sylvan Realm elf (not sure if the Sylvan Realm still exists...) Water elf (pale-skinned, seafaring elves with a mercantile streak; primary inhabitants of the Minthorad Guilds)</li> </ul>Birthright:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sidhelien (immortal Tolkienesque elves)</li> </ul>Dark Sun:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Athasian elf (7-foot-tall desert nomads)</li> </ul>Spelljammer:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Avarien (no connection to avariel; native only to the Astromundi Cluster) Faeriespace elf (elves from Faeriespace, a strange star system that resembles a huge tree, where all its inhabitants live in harmony; from 'Crystal Spheres') Kule drow (with kuo-toa and illithids, one of only three sentient species on Oerth's inner moon) Mratzal drow (evil drow from Faeriespace, but not as aggressive as other drow because no gods are worshiped in Faeriespace, hence no Lolth (which begs the question of how they got there); from 'Crystal Spheres') Perianth elf (elves from the Pyre system, in 'Shadow of the Spider Moon') Spider Moon drow (from 'Shadow of the Spider Moon') Wildspace elf (any elf who's taken to life in space; usually members or affiliates of the Imperial Elven Navy)</li> </ul>Planescape:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Alabaster elf (apparently extinct; what product are they mentioned in?) Elf einheriar (from Asgard, on Ysgard's first layer) Planar elf (any elf who was born on the Outer Planes) Svartalfar (good drow native to Ysgard's lowest layer)</li> </ul>Ravenloft:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Darkon elf (the 'native' elves of Ravenloft; same as high elves elsewhere) Shadow elf (in early 2E described as Lolth-worshipping drow; now apparently Fey type creatures called 'Sidhe' in late 2E and 3E. No connection to Mystara's shadow elves)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Alf (small, winged elves) Brag (wild-eyed craftsfolk) Fir (tinkers and engineers) Muryan (aka Dancing Men; violent and aggressive warriors) Portune (sobre and silent healers) Powrie (aka Redcaps; evil and sinister assassins) Shee (elves of Maeve's Seelie Court) Sith (dark elves fascinated with death) Teg (feral and wild)</li> </ul>Sithicus elf (descended from the qualinesti of Krynn drawn into Ravenloft when Lord Soth Laren was imprisoned)</li> </ul>Elves from Earth's Dark Ages (from Dragon 257):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Alf (wizardly light elves from Scandinavia, no connection to the cat-eating alien) Dockalf (illusionist dark elves from Scandinavia; similar to drow) Fey (reclusive elves from the British Isles) (note that these elves are probably best treated as Fey rather than Humanoids) I think that Eastern European elves may be mentioned in the 3E issue that dealt with a Slavic campaign. I'll check later today.</li> </ul>Elves from no particular setting:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Ghost elf (mysterious elves from the Ethereal Plane, from Dragon 313) Le'shay (powerful elf-like fey; see 'Epic Level Handbook') Rockseer elf (tall subterranean elves, from 'The Night Below') Sidhe (Irish elves, from 'The Celts', historical reference sourcebook) Sidhe (Seelie (celestial) and Unseelie (fiendish) fey from the Realm of Faerie, mentioned in 3E 'Manual of the Planes') The Dragon #1 had a short article about Tolkien's Noldor (deep elves (ie, deep in regards to wisdom), second of the three races of high elves), Sindar (grey elves, descendents of the Teleri (sea elves), third race of the high elves; for those of you who are curious, the first are the Vanyar (fair elves)), and silvan elves (aka wood elves; descendents of both Nandor and Avari, the equivalents of wood and wild elves respectively) as PCs for 0E D&D. I think it was Dragon 286 that presented ideas from Terry Brooks' 'Shannara' series for D&D. I'm sure they must have mentioned the Westland elf, his 'basic' elf race.</li> </ul>Elven crossbreeds:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Draegloth (drow/glabrezu half-fiends) Elfling (half-elf/half-halfling; one appeared as the protagonist in a Dark Sun novel) Fey'ri (demonic elven planetouched) Fainil (another kind of demonic elven planetouched, appears as bat-winged drow; from Dragon 244) Half-elf (normal type from the PH)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Half-aquatic elf (see 'Races of Faerun') Half-drow (also 'Races of Faerun') Half-snow elf (unusual half-elves from various sources)</li> </ul>Half-surface elf/half-aquatic elf (from Dragon Magazine somewhere) Half-surface elf/half-drow (stands to reason they would exist) Half-elf/half-dwarves (mentioned in 'The Complete Book of Elves' or 'Complete Book of Dwarves', I'm not sure which, plus 'Dwarves Deep') Half-elf/half-kender (mentioned in some Dragonlance book, I don't know which) N'djadtwa (elf-ogre crossbreeds from Dragon Magazine; encountered by Prince Haldemar of Haaken on his Voyage of the Princess Ark) Xakhun (half-drow/half-wood elf, from Dragon 144)</li> </ul>Hopefully I didn't leave anything out.Edit: Added elven crossbreeds.Edit: Added the Planescape elves and a couple others, plus bullets to (hopefully) make it easier to pick out individual items.Edit: Add the elves of the host to Dragonlance (correct me if they don't belong); the southern elves, proto-elves, and eldar of Mystara; and the n'djadtwa and a few other crossbreeds.Edit: Added the ghost elves from Dragon 313 and the elves of Faeriespace from 'Crystal Spheres'. Also spiffied up the list format.</blockquote>

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