New article - Elves, Eladrin and Drow. Oh, my!

[Sammael]

Hmm. Never heard of Talos. Gruumsh I know from the PHB. Liked him.

What did you like about him? Was it, by any chance, the fact that he was an orc god who lost his eye in a battle with elven god Corellon Larethian, and had a blind genocidal hatred of all things elven? Or was it something else?

 

[Bishmon]

Read the Elf entry in Ampersand. That is the Elf Entry in the PHB. It's got lots of fluff.

I'm not seeing it. At least not anything more than what was in the 3E PHB.

 

[Rechan]

I'm not seeing it. At least not anything more than what was in the 3E PHB.

"Elves never cut living trees" was in the 3e PHB, eh?

 

[LostSoul]

Alright. Please tell me why you think that Gruumsh makes a better god of fury than, say, Talos the Destroyer, a well-known FR god of storms, fury, and destruction.

I think he's a better choice because old One Eye and Corellon have a relationship that Talos doesn't have.

I guess they could just add in a similar relationship with Talos, but then Gruumsh would no longer be the orcish god.

 

[Bishmon]

"Elves never cut living trees" was in the 3e PHB, eh?

Well, I suppose that particular phrase wasn't in the 3E PHB. But it did have:

"Their well-hidden villages blend into the trees, doing little harm to the forest. They hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves amply without the need for clearing and plowing land."

 

[Emirikol]

The Elfth get's the +4 specific benefits. I'd be suprised if humans aren't allowed to choose where their benefits go (probably a good house rule anyways).

jh

 

[Scribble]

See, I don't see it that way...

...That's not exactly "New game. New philosophy." That's "being controversial for the sake of controversy." That's not improving the game in any way - it's there merely for the shock factor.

I dissagree. What better way does one god have to "annoy" another god then to corrupt his race? The corrupted elf. If you're gonna go corrupt might as well go REALLY corrupt.

Gruumsh waits in the wings, quietly whispering to those elves that seem angry, and lost that there is another way.. That Correlan betrayed them, and deserves their anger and hatred... Give in to the darkness... Give in to Gruumsh...

Hey maybe that's even where Orcs came from. Elves that long ago turned to Gruumsh to get even with their old god.

 

[Rechan]

Well, I suppose that particular phrase wasn't in the 3E PHB. But it did have:

"Their well-hidden villages blend into the trees, doing little harm to the forest. They hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves amply without the need for clearing and plowing land."

Which is if you ask me a lot different than "Never harming a tree".

 

[Rechan]

Hey maybe that's even where Orcs came from. Elves that long ago turned to Gruumsh to get even with their old god.

That's so anime videogame Tolkien.

 

[Scribble]

That's so anime videogame Tolkien.

Wait... in the internet bashing game is that a good or bad thing?