I would like to be able to play a short curvy elf.
Why can't you :) as stated in another answer here in my world I have a fat gluttonous Elf who has to be carried everywhere. Why not have an elf that was born a little shorter and a little more curvy.
I've seen an Elf character I like who loves carnage, who has zero manners, who would rather kill than talk, and whose whole NPC family is like that.
All of his siblings are known by their 3-letter initials (ending in B for Bladesong), and through some bizarre coincidence, the siblings' names are related to their personalities. The player character is Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong, known to all as Bob.
The wake of his late sister (Pub, who died of liver disease from excessive drinking) involved the family exploding her. Most of his describe-the-kills involve him crawling inside the creature—including Humanoids—and exploding them from the inside. His brother Fib is just like him but also a pathological liar. We've yet to meet the rest of his large family.
An Elf is what you make of it.
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I would like to be able to play a short curvy elf.
Why can't you :) as stated in another answer here in my world I have a fat gluttonous Elf who has to be carried everywhere. Why not have an elf that was born a little shorter and a little more curvy.
Curvy does not mean fat lol. But other than that I totally agree with you 😊. Maybe in my next game I will.
Why the hell did this thing get brought back? It’s like over 6 months old lol.
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Why the hell did this thing get brought back? It’s like over 6 months old lol.
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Why the hell did this thing get brought back? It’s like over 6 months old lol.
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As for why this specific example of necromantic wordening? I presume somebody turned it up on a Google search somewhere and hit "Reply" without checking the timestamps. That's how it usually happens, and DDB made quite the production a couple-odd years ago of taking down its rules against thread necromancy so nobody* cares anymore.
Sorry.
This is actually Legolasgreenleaf333, this is just my alt account cause my phone refused to let me sighs in with my main one lol. So yeah I know the DDB forums quite well. I was just wondering if this was Necromancied for a specific reason. Guess not.
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Wasn't indicating curvy is fat :) just showing I have had elves of all shapes and sizes populate my world. Actually for a party who are used to the standard trope of Elves having them appear very different is really fun. I have had elves who swear like a sailor, elves that are expert courtesans, elves that gamble on very long terms events.
Wasn't indicating curvy is fat :) just showing I have had elves of all shapes and sizes populate my world. Actually for a party who are used to the standard trope of Elves having them appear very different is really fun. I have had elves who swear like a sailor, elves that are expert courtesans, elves that gamble on very long terms events.
I like to play elves as obnoxious people. Kinda like bottom from Shakespeare. They think that they’re the best, and think all others are underneath them. They help people, but it’s for fame.
They are classically tolkein-esque and definitely a staple of real -world legends of the fae (though those can get a lot more complicated, and most gaming systems dedicated to "changelings/fae" recognize this. I've played various variations of elves and drow (my drow tend to be priests, my elves paladins) in my long roleplaying career, but I've also played trope breaking stuff like half-orc mages.
The real reason is they lost so much fighting Melkior/Morgoth in the first and second ages, and so now they serve only in an advisory role to the younger more vigorous humans, except when they really need to show up and and prove that elven archers are still out there in climactic battles :)
The real reason is they lost so much fighting Melkior/Morgoth in the first and second ages, and so now they serve only in an advisory role to the younger more vigorous humans, except when they really need to show up and and prove that elven archers are still out there in climactic battles :)
The big problem that nearly everyone I have met has with elves is the fact that they are supposed to be way more powerful and better then the humans, dwarves, etc. This is the fault of D&D itself, and goes back as far as 1e. D&D’s elves are very much based off Tolkien’s elves, and that’s where the problem is. Tolkien’s elves are so much more powerful, smarter, and better in every single way compared to dwarves, humans, etc. They’re supposed to be an entirely different thing, on a completely different level from the other races. They’re far more similar to angels or demigods of classic mythology then they are to humans. D&D made the mistake of not using them like this, but instead shoving them in next to Halflings and humans. The elves that D&D elves are based off simply were never intended to be set alongside humans and dwarves, and evidently Gary Gygax and the rest didn’t realize that (or didn’t care). And here we are 5 editions later and it’s still a problem.
Idk just trying to explain the issue. Maybe I’m being redundant but hey here I am posting this.
The big problem that nearly everyone I have met has with elves is the fact that they are supposed to be way more powerful and better then the humans, dwarves, etc. This is the fault of D&D itself, and goes back as far as 1e. D&D’s elves are very much based off Tolkien’s elves, and that’s where the problem is. Tolkien’s elves are so much more powerful, smarter, and better in every single way compared to dwarves, humans, etc. They’re supposed to be an entirely different thing, on a completely different level from the other races. They’re far more similar to angels or demigods of classic mythology then they are to humans. D&D made the mistake of not using them like this, but instead shoving them in next to Halflings and humans. The elves that D&D elves are based off simply were never intended to be set alongside humans and dwarves, and evidently Gary Gygax and the rest didn’t realize that (or didn’t care). And here we are 5 editions later and it’s still a problem.
Idk just trying to explain the issue. Maybe I’m being redundant but hey here I am posting this.
The big problem that nearly everyone I have met has with elves is the fact that they are supposed to be way more powerful and better then the humans, dwarves, etc. This is the fault of D&D itself, and goes back as far as 1e. D&D’s elves are very much based off Tolkien’s elves, and that’s where the problem is. Tolkien’s elves are so much more powerful, smarter, and better in every single way compared to dwarves, humans, etc. They’re supposed to be an entirely different thing, on a completely different level from the other races. They’re far more similar to angels or demigods of classic mythology then they are to humans. D&D made the mistake of not using them like this, but instead shoving them in next to Halflings and humans. The elves that D&D elves are based off simply were never intended to be set alongside humans and dwarves, and evidently Gary Gygax and the rest didn’t realize that (or didn’t care). And here we are 5 editions later and it’s still a problem.
Idk just trying to explain the issue. Maybe I’m being redundant but hey here I am posting this.
When my character dies I will play an elf who is NOT a superior race and make it OBVIOUS.
If everyone does this then maybe it will be fixed by 7e
Why the hell did this thing get brought back? It’s like over 6 months old lol.
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As for why this specific example of necromantic wordening? I presume somebody turned it up on a Google search somewhere and hit "Reply" without checking the timestamps. That's how it usually happens, and DDB made quite the production a couple-odd years ago of taking down its rules against thread necromancy so nobody* cares anymore.
it sounds like you've just been playing with obnoxious players. How someone who plays an elf, is still up to the player. If the player insists on acting like they're better than everyone, that person is just an a-hole. Some players can be obnoxious but that's the players' fault, not the race they play. And all of the stuff you called overpowered have nothing to do with mechanics so idk why you think they're overpowered. Also once again, that's all up to the player, it's all flavour that changes nothing. So it sounds to me like you've just not found the right players to play with. I do hope you find them, I am currently playing in a campaign with an elf on the party, and he is loads of fun, he's a bit of an idiot but he's still fun to have around.
Why can't you :) as stated in another answer here in my world I have a fat gluttonous Elf who has to be carried everywhere. Why not have an elf that was born a little shorter and a little more curvy.
I've seen an Elf character I like who loves carnage, who has zero manners, who would rather kill than talk, and whose whole NPC family is like that.
All of his siblings are known by their 3-letter initials (ending in B for Bladesong), and through some bizarre coincidence, the siblings' names are related to their personalities. The player character is Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong, known to all as Bob.
The wake of his late sister (Pub, who died of liver disease from excessive drinking) involved the family exploding her. Most of his describe-the-kills involve him crawling inside the creature—including Humanoids—and exploding them from the inside. His brother Fib is just like him but also a pathological liar. We've yet to meet the rest of his large family.
An Elf is what you make of it.
(Ref: Epic NPC D&D)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Curvy does not mean fat lol. But other than that I totally agree with you 😊. Maybe in my next game I will.
Why the hell did this thing get brought back? It’s like over 6 months old lol.
I'm Exaos and I'm the most awesome thing in all multiverses. If anyone says otherwise they are either Ao, Solanar or Eris in disguise or my awesomeness is just to great for them to comprehend.
Welcome to the D&D Beyond forums, where darkest, vilest thread necromancy is actively encouraged by the moderation staff and a thread that hasn't been raised from the dead at least twice isn't an official discussion thread. If it drives you as nuts as it drives me? My deepest apologies, and don't bother asking, complaining, or in fact talking about it in any way or You Will Be Sorry. I'd keep your nose out of the class-specific forums entirely; every single one save the artificer is a collection of zombie threads that exist in a perpetual state of thread undeath, with nothing worth discussing ever happening in any of them.
As for why this specific example of necromantic wordening? I presume somebody turned it up on a Google search somewhere and hit "Reply" without checking the timestamps. That's how it usually happens, and DDB made quite the production a couple-odd years ago of taking down its rules against thread necromancy so nobody* cares anymore.
Sorry.
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This is actually Legolasgreenleaf333, this is just my alt account cause my phone refused to let me sighs in with my main one lol. So yeah I know the DDB forums quite well. I was just wondering if this was Necromancied for a specific reason. Guess not.
I'm Exaos and I'm the most awesome thing in all multiverses. If anyone says otherwise they are either Ao, Solanar or Eris in disguise or my awesomeness is just to great for them to comprehend.
Wasn't indicating curvy is fat :) just showing I have had elves of all shapes and sizes populate my world. Actually for a party who are used to the standard trope of Elves having them appear very different is really fun. I have had elves who swear like a sailor, elves that are expert courtesans, elves that gamble on very long terms events.
Very cool
I like to play elves as obnoxious people. Kinda like bottom from Shakespeare. They think that they’re the best, and think all others are underneath them. They help people, but it’s for fame.
The most annoying thing about elves is that people play them as flawless humans+++ and the PHB and MToF supports this outlook
They are classically tolkein-esque and definitely a staple of real -world legends of the fae (though those can get a lot more complicated, and most gaming systems dedicated to "changelings/fae" recognize this. I've played various variations of elves and drow (my drow tend to be priests, my elves paladins) in my long roleplaying career, but I've also played trope breaking stuff like half-orc mages.
The real reason is they lost so much fighting Melkior/Morgoth in the first and second ages, and so now they serve only in an advisory role to the younger more vigorous humans, except when they really need to show up and and prove that elven archers are still out there in climactic battles :)
That actually makes sense.
The big problem that nearly everyone I have met has with elves is the fact that they are supposed to be way more powerful and better then the humans, dwarves, etc. This is the fault of D&D itself, and goes back as far as 1e. D&D’s elves are very much based off Tolkien’s elves, and that’s where the problem is. Tolkien’s elves are so much more powerful, smarter, and better in every single way compared to dwarves, humans, etc. They’re supposed to be an entirely different thing, on a completely different level from the other races. They’re far more similar to angels or demigods of classic mythology then they are to humans. D&D made the mistake of not using them like this, but instead shoving them in next to Halflings and humans. The elves that D&D elves are based off simply were never intended to be set alongside humans and dwarves, and evidently Gary Gygax and the rest didn’t realize that (or didn’t care). And here we are 5 editions later and it’s still a problem.
Idk just trying to explain the issue. Maybe I’m being redundant but hey here I am posting this.
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When my character dies I will play an elf who is NOT a superior race and make it OBVIOUS.
If everyone does this then maybe it will be fixed by 7e
Oops.
Actually, mine did, but it was part of a quest tree that got real confusing towards the end, so maybe that was just really unusual.
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it sounds like you've just been playing with obnoxious players. How someone who plays an elf, is still up to the player. If the player insists on acting like they're better than everyone, that person is just an a-hole. Some players can be obnoxious but that's the players' fault, not the race they play. And all of the stuff you called overpowered have nothing to do with mechanics so idk why you think they're overpowered. Also once again, that's all up to the player, it's all flavour that changes nothing. So it sounds to me like you've just not found the right players to play with. I do hope you find them, I am currently playing in a campaign with an elf on the party, and he is loads of fun, he's a bit of an idiot but he's still fun to have around.