Why do elves suck?

[Dark Jezter]

Well, why do elves suck?

 

[Crothian]

Usually people who start such a opinionated thread at least have some reasons for they theory.

I don't think they do. Many of the reasons people dislike them went away in 3.x. They are no longer perfect, they don't have the over the top Complete Book of Elves, they are a lot less Tolkien...

 

[Zaukrie]

I didn't know they did.

 

[Anti-Sean]

What'choo Tolkien about, DJ?

 

[Jer]

Elves don't really suck. I thought they did under 1e and 2e, but BD&D elves were just fine in my book, except for their level caps. They weren't great at everything, but they were decent at a couple of things and it fit the bill quite nicely. AD&D elves always stuck in my craw because they seemed so cheesily perfect. In my first 3e campaign, 3 old-school 2e players all decided to be elves, and it was fun to see the looks on their faces when they realized that the HUMANS were just as good as the elves, if not better.

Personally, though, I prefer my elves to be a bit darker. My homebrew gameworlds generally put elves more in the realm of Celtic legend than Tolkein. In my own current campaign the "good" elves are kind of like the elves in Terry Pratchett's novel "Lords and Ladies." The dark elves are much worse...

 

[Piratecat]

Usually people who start such a opinionated thread at least have some reasons for they theory.

In this case, I suspect it's because he's trying to be funny. If you don't find it to be so, there's plenty of other polls to answer.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Damn, I made a couple of copy-and-paste errors while making the poll. "Orlando Bloom" is supposed to be its own option, as is "Any item with the word elf or elven in the name is automatically better". The MMORPG option is only supposed to appear once.

 

[painandgreed]

Other - because they're usually just treated as humans with pointy ears and a dex bonus

 

[S'mon]

In 1e it was annoying that they were better than humans in every way. The B/X Elf class is fine though.

 

[Dimwhit]

You know, DJ, you would have made my life much easier if you had included an All of the Above option...