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<blockquote data-quote="DalkonCledwin" data-source="post: 5912837" data-attributes="member: 6680145">Since this apparently wasn't the rhetorical question that I thought it was, let me attempt to provide an answer for it that at least makes some sense.First off, in my opinion Aquatic Elves provide the GM's with a means to explain the relationship between Elves and the Aquatic half of nature. Further they provide an introduction to the various Aquatic Fey of the world that otherwise may not have been possible. And yes, there are aquatic Fey out there.Additionally it could be argued that what Holyman suggested could actually be true in that Aquatic Elves are simply the byproduct of when an Elf and a merfolk or other aquatic humanoid species mate with each other, as it is plainly clear that Elves are more than capable of mating with other species of humanoid as was evidenced by the creation of Half-Elves.So really the question that should be being asked, is why shouldn't we allow Aquatic Elves. I think your primary nit-pick at the moment is with the assumption that if we allow these creatures as a race for use by our Dungeon Masters, that somehow the players should also be allowed to use them. This is not an accurate assumption in my opinion. Not all races that are allowed for use by the Dungeon Masters are automatically allowed for use by players. If that were the case we would have polymorphed Dragon Player Characters running around Venza right now, but we don't now do we?so then Merfolk aren't balanced? because frankly that is essentially what they are, aquatic creatures with the amphibious subtype for free. So I fail to see what your complaint is all about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DalkonCledwin, post: 5912837, member: 6680145"] Since this apparently wasn't the rhetorical question that I thought it was, let me attempt to provide an answer for it that at least makes some sense. First off, in my opinion Aquatic Elves provide the GM's with a means to explain the relationship between Elves and the Aquatic half of nature. Further they provide an introduction to the various Aquatic Fey of the world that otherwise may not have been possible. And yes, there are aquatic Fey out there. Additionally it could be argued that what Holyman suggested could actually be true in that Aquatic Elves are simply the byproduct of when an Elf and a merfolk or other aquatic humanoid species mate with each other, as it is plainly clear that Elves are more than capable of mating with other species of humanoid as was evidenced by the creation of Half-Elves. So really the question that should be being asked, is why shouldn't we allow Aquatic Elves. I think your primary nit-pick at the moment is with the assumption that if we allow these creatures as a race for use by our Dungeon Masters, that somehow the players should also be allowed to use them. This is not an accurate assumption in my opinion. Not all races that are allowed for use by the Dungeon Masters are automatically allowed for use by players. If that were the case we would have polymorphed Dragon Player Characters running around Venza right now, but we don't now do we? so then Merfolk aren't balanced? because frankly that is essentially what they are, aquatic creatures with the amphibious subtype for free. So I fail to see what your complaint is all about. [/QUOTE]

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