It's really something to decide when building a world. There are so many options for the effects of an incredibly long life.
Whilst elvish would probably remain fairly stable as a language, their use of the common tongue might be hideously outdated, or be an almost unintelligible blend of every slang phrase from the last 500 years. ("What ho, dude? dost thou fancy nipping down the pub, me old mucker, 'pon this most wicked day? 'twould be sick!").
They will probably be skilled at a majority of careers, as they will probably change it up every hundred years to try something different. They will likely seem distant to most other races, as they don't see the point of becoming attached to anyone whose lifespan is under 300 years. This probably means, contrary to most depictions of elves being at one with nature, that they will not indulge in pets, nor will they grow attached to anything but the ancient spirits of the forest - an elf becoming attached to a pet dog would be like a human becoming attached to a pet mayfly - it's gone before you have time to develop any sort of bond.
Elves will generally climb to higher positions in any organisation, as they can simply wait for the opposition and people above them to die and then step into their positions. There will be few basic labourer elves out there.
If you haven’t read or watched Lord of the Rings, give it a look (or just find some scenes of Rivendell, Lothlorien, or Mirkwood elves on YouTube). That’s the source material for D&D elves, so it might help give you some inspiration.
This depends on the subrace of Elf. High Elves AKA Gold Elves would be more akin to Elves in Lord of the Rings and are typically more arrogant and typically focus less on things not involving Elven civilization. Meanwhile Moon Elves AKA Silver Elves are more common in a sense and are the most common type of Elf to meet adventuring or in cities they meld best within Human society. Wood Elves AKA Copper Elves are also pretty common in human society although most live in the forest and tend to be easier going and connected to Sylvan or Fey elements. Meanwhile Wild Elves AKA Green Elves are super reclusive and basically feral potentially even dangerous to outsiders, having abandoned much of Elven society and society as a whole preferring to essentially live like animals in a lot of ways, and it's something which High Elves find embarrassing trying to bring them back into Elven society basically have them see the light again.
How humanoid are they? Most people stop formal education by age 18 and hardly learn a thing until they die at age 80. Some personalities like to learn, but the vast majority do not. Elves would likely be the same unless they follow the Planet of Hats logic.
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Would they be more educated overall but the same as a peasant?
Or are they more like a first world country? With much more vast information overall but verying to a degree?
Im having a diffcult time imagining how the not overly elite aristocratic elves be like,from level of smarts to day to day activities.
Any help picturing it for me would be amazing?
It's really something to decide when building a world. There are so many options for the effects of an incredibly long life.
Whilst elvish would probably remain fairly stable as a language, their use of the common tongue might be hideously outdated, or be an almost unintelligible blend of every slang phrase from the last 500 years. ("What ho, dude? dost thou fancy nipping down the pub, me old mucker, 'pon this most wicked day? 'twould be sick!").
They will probably be skilled at a majority of careers, as they will probably change it up every hundred years to try something different. They will likely seem distant to most other races, as they don't see the point of becoming attached to anyone whose lifespan is under 300 years. This probably means, contrary to most depictions of elves being at one with nature, that they will not indulge in pets, nor will they grow attached to anything but the ancient spirits of the forest - an elf becoming attached to a pet dog would be like a human becoming attached to a pet mayfly - it's gone before you have time to develop any sort of bond.
Elves will generally climb to higher positions in any organisation, as they can simply wait for the opposition and people above them to die and then step into their positions. There will be few basic labourer elves out there.
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If you haven’t read or watched Lord of the Rings, give it a look (or just find some scenes of Rivendell, Lothlorien, or Mirkwood elves on YouTube). That’s the source material for D&D elves, so it might help give you some inspiration.
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This depends on the subrace of Elf. High Elves AKA Gold Elves would be more akin to Elves in Lord of the Rings and are typically more arrogant and typically focus less on things not involving Elven civilization. Meanwhile Moon Elves AKA Silver Elves are more common in a sense and are the most common type of Elf to meet adventuring or in cities they meld best within Human society. Wood Elves AKA Copper Elves are also pretty common in human society although most live in the forest and tend to be easier going and connected to Sylvan or Fey elements. Meanwhile Wild Elves AKA Green Elves are super reclusive and basically feral potentially even dangerous to outsiders, having abandoned much of Elven society and society as a whole preferring to essentially live like animals in a lot of ways, and it's something which High Elves find embarrassing trying to bring them back into Elven society basically have them see the light again.
How humanoid are they? Most people stop formal education by age 18 and hardly learn a thing until they die at age 80. Some personalities like to learn, but the vast majority do not. Elves would likely be the same unless they follow the Planet of Hats logic.