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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4152140" data-attributes="member: 13892">The vs Elves setting depicts sdwarfs as they exist in the real world (a physically handicapped human), Elves are members of a insect-like hivemind, Dark Elves are former members of that hivemind who broke willfully broke away from it, and creatures such as Troll, Ogres, Zombies, Doppelgangers, etc are all magically altered Elves bred for specifically war, espionage, assassination, and so forth. Elves (as a race) are Good in the eyes of Elves, but Evil in the eyes of Dark Elves and other sentient races. Dark Elves (as a race) are Good in the eyes of Dark Elves and Humans, but Evil in the eyes of Elves. Humans are on the brink of being erased from history on the Elven continent. While these tenets (unlike those mentioned earlier) are just reversals of common cliches, they aren't cliches in and of themselves (in order for something to qualify as a cliche, it must be very commonplace). The world itself has printing presses, firearms, and other atypical technology in High Fantasy settings. There are a few cliches in place (e.g., zombies have to be hit in the head to put them down permanantly) but, for the most part, vs Elves is built on ground-up reimaginings of old ideas done in ways that, simply, haven't seen much (if any) play elsewhere.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4152140, member: 13892"] The vs Elves setting depicts sdwarfs as they exist in the real world (a physically handicapped human), Elves are members of a insect-like hivemind, Dark Elves are former members of that hivemind who broke willfully broke away from it, and creatures such as Troll, Ogres, Zombies, Doppelgangers, etc are all magically altered Elves bred for specifically war, espionage, assassination, and so forth. Elves (as a race) are Good in the eyes of Elves, but Evil in the eyes of Dark Elves and other sentient races. Dark Elves (as a race) are Good in the eyes of Dark Elves and Humans, but Evil in the eyes of Elves. Humans are on the brink of being erased from history on the Elven continent. While these tenets (unlike those mentioned earlier) are just reversals of common cliches, they aren't cliches in and of themselves (in order for something to qualify as a cliche, it must be very commonplace). The world itself has printing presses, firearms, and other atypical technology in High Fantasy settings. There are a few cliches in place (e.g., zombies have to be hit in the head to put them down permanantly) but, for the most part, vs Elves is built on ground-up reimaginings of old ideas done in ways that, simply, haven't seen much (if any) play elsewhere. [/QUOTE]

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