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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1770660" data-attributes="member: 3586">Travel with me back to the early days of D&amp;D... back to the AD&amp;D Monster Manual.There's no doubt that many of the subraces of demihumankind come from Tolkien. In the AD&amp;D Monster Manual you may find the following...ELF- High - your generic elf from Tolkien- Gray - the great elves of Noldor lineage- Drow - inspired by Norse Mythology- Half-Elf - like Elrond- Aquatic - no idea where these come from- Wood - the lesser races of elves from Tolkien, who never made it to Valinor. Legolas is one, iirc.HALFLING- Tallfellow - the Fallohide hobbits- Stout - the Harfoot hobbits- Hairfeet - Stoor hobbits (although I may be getting two confused)HALF-ORC- some folk in BreeGNOME- somewhat original to D&amp;D and based on mythological sources; but so ill-defined that people rarely played them!DWARF- hill - your standard dwarf from Tolkien- mountain - Moria-dwellers. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />HUMAN- if you get the World of Greyhawk, you'll find subraces.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1770660, member: 3586"] Travel with me back to the early days of D&D... back to the AD&D Monster Manual. There's no doubt that many of the subraces of demihumankind come from Tolkien. In the AD&D Monster Manual you may find the following... ELF - High - your generic elf from Tolkien - Gray - the great elves of Noldor lineage - Drow - inspired by Norse Mythology - Half-Elf - like Elrond - Aquatic - no idea where these come from - Wood - the lesser races of elves from Tolkien, who never made it to Valinor. Legolas is one, iirc. HALFLING - Tallfellow - the Fallohide hobbits - Stout - the Harfoot hobbits - Hairfeet - Stoor hobbits (although I may be getting two confused) HALF-ORC - some folk in Bree GNOME - somewhat original to D&D and based on mythological sources; but so ill-defined that people rarely played them! DWARF - hill - your standard dwarf from Tolkien - mountain - Moria-dwellers. :) HUMAN - if you get the World of Greyhawk, you'll find subraces. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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