Byronic
First Post
I don't think that there is anything "wrong" with allowing an elf of Athel Loren to adventure in a party. However, it should be clearly seen as a "story in itself" and be part of the narrative of the campaign. Adventuring inside the bounds of Athel Loren itself, for a party of non-wood elves, should be even more of a story.
I must admit to not being quite straight in my original post. I'm actually asking this for a home brew where Elves are the least human player race. I just mentioned Warhammer because they have inhuman Elves and I wanted to know how they solved the problem.
Thankfully this thread has inspired some good ideas on how to regulate that in my setting, especially with respect to the racial traits Elves have in my campaign and allowing players to play a slightly less inhuman Elf if they desire.
As much as I'd like to remain true to my personal concepts of Elves (which resemble Warhammer/Exalted ones more then DnD ones), it would make them impossible as a player race. which means compromises must be made...