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THREE elven races, plus half-elves ... but they say gnomes have no niche?!
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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 3949523" data-attributes="member: 22260"><p><strong>Elf love:</strong> there is no denying how popular they are. Setting aside anything else, they are really, really popular. And I don't think it is just LotR fans (I know of several exceptsion, at least personally). You present the races to someone with even a vague knowledge of fantasy, who has not read the LotR (and before those movies came out), and their is a good chance they will pick some elf varient. Its truly sad, but its true. </p><p></p><p><strong>Elf what?:</strong> the great irony of this is that its elves don't have such a well defined niche. Its elves that have been all over the place in the game, and this has led to the several variants. This may even be part of the appeal: they are like humans, but better in ways x, y, and z. The split in for 4thed makes sense, again at least based on my own experience. I had players making Eladrin type elves many, many years ago, basically on their own initiative. </p><p></p><p><strong>Gnome feelings:</strong> You know, gnomes <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=213059" target="_blank">are not actually that unpopular</a>. They are not like elves, but then again what is (answer: humans without mechanical penalties). They have their fans, along with their haters. (and what is with that hate, its just sort of pathetic).</p><p></p><p><strong>Gnome reality:</strong> WotC punted. But the Gnome will be back, it will be the major selling point of some future book, and then they will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. </p><p></p><p><strong>Klaus:</strong> you rock. I am looking forward to my 4th ed counters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 3949523, member: 22260"] [B]Elf love:[/B] there is no denying how popular they are. Setting aside anything else, they are really, really popular. And I don't think it is just LotR fans (I know of several exceptsion, at least personally). You present the races to someone with even a vague knowledge of fantasy, who has not read the LotR (and before those movies came out), and their is a good chance they will pick some elf varient. Its truly sad, but its true. [B]Elf what?:[/B] the great irony of this is that its elves don't have such a well defined niche. Its elves that have been all over the place in the game, and this has led to the several variants. This may even be part of the appeal: they are like humans, but better in ways x, y, and z. The split in for 4thed makes sense, again at least based on my own experience. I had players making Eladrin type elves many, many years ago, basically on their own initiative. [B]Gnome feelings:[/B] You know, gnomes [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=213059]are not actually that unpopular[/URL]. They are not like elves, but then again what is (answer: humans without mechanical penalties). They have their fans, along with their haters. (and what is with that hate, its just sort of pathetic). [B]Gnome reality:[/B] WotC punted. But the Gnome will be back, it will be the major selling point of some future book, and then they will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. [B]Klaus:[/B] you rock. I am looking forward to my 4th ed counters. [/QUOTE]
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