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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8204094" data-attributes="member: 6915329">It's very useful. A standard, PH elf is graceful; otherworldly; beautiful; ancient and wise;, have low affect; prefer to solve problems with diplomacy or by outlasting the problem but can be violent if the need arises; typically live in natural surroundings; are very artistic; are even more magical; prefer staying away from outsiders but are sometimes prone to wanderlust; and dislike it when things change to quickly. This, of course, is a very brief synopsis of their description in the PH and doesn't include any of the info from Mordenkainen's, or that was written about them in earlier editions. And obviously, if there was a setting or group of elves that are sufficiently different from that--for instance, the typical evilevilevil Drow, or the elves of Dark Sun--then the fluff would be necessary to differentiate them.That tells me a lot of what I need to know to run an NPC elf. The elf's job and purpose in the adventure will tell me the rest--including where to put their stats, if I actually need to stat the elf out. That's the part I, the DM, make up.</blockquote>