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

[Derren]

So apparently Drow will not be in the PHB as playable race but in the FRCS.
So much for the "3 elves + half elves" complain.

And maybe druids are in? it is a "favored" class for elves after all.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

No, and I read that article all the way through.
Looks like there may not even be a space for them in the new edition *so far*, since the origin story is pretty... nailed down. They could be an offshoot of the Eladrin, of course, sort of nereid that didn't so much split from their parent race as dwell by the sea for so long that they joined it.

Why not just use the stats for one/either/both of the elves, call the sea-elves, and replace their move speed with a swim speed? I mean, as campaigns go, you probably have to house-rule a lot of fluff.

"God of fire? I can't be bothered with that!"

There was the Eladrin subrace known as the Noviere, they weren't converted to 3e with the rest of the Eladrin. But seeing as there are now the subraces as Eladrin houses, it's likely that the seafaring Eladrin belong to House Noviere, and that some of them could have become Sea Elves if they got too attached to the material world.

 

[Scribble]

Have to say, I love the flavor of the new elves... Gives a reason for sub-races, aside from simply location.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Though they need to make up their minds on elf clerics...

I noticed that too... bit of editing to sort out, perhaps!

 

[TerraDave]

One thing that bugged me about this is that it is to "god-driven". Good mythology has the divine, but it puts mortals fates in their own hand. So for this, something where where those that would become the drow kicking this off, and then turning to Loth. Or something like that.

 

[Core]

Sounds like Druids will be in - would be very weird to refer to Druids and not put them in the book.

 

[HeinorNY]

I opened the article but did not start to read it yet.
Just wanna say: Thank god alien-like elves are gone!!!

 

[Scribble]

One thing that bugged me about this is that it is to "god-driven". Good mythology has the divine, but it puts mortals fates in their own hand. So for this, something where where those that would become the drow kicking this off, and then turning to Loth. Or something like that.

But that's a human thing. Humans have that whole free will corruptible thing going on... We have the power to be good, but also the choice to be horrible. Were it a human tale, I could completely understand and agree, however, since it's an elven thing; perhaps the will of the elven race isn't quite so open.

To me, this would lead to some cool roleplaying aspects... The elf that cannot quite understand why a human wouldn't serve the will of his god.

 

[Lurks-no-More]

One thing that bugged me about this is that it is to "god-driven". Good mythology has the divine, but it puts mortals fates in their own hand. So for this, something where where those that would become the drow kicking this off, and then turning to Loth. Or something like that.

Well, those are legends and myths; who in the present day can say how much truth they contain?

 

[Plane Sailing]

From the article it seems that

Elves +2 Dex, +2 Wis (as we know)

Eladrin +2 Dex, +2 Int

Drow +2 Dex, +2 Cha (from the comments about their "presence")