What setting has the most complete list of Elven subraces?
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>>94422831Forgotten Realms has at least 11, plus another if you count the Fey'ri (elf/demon hybrids).>Sun Elf/Gold Elf>Moon Elf/Silver Elf>Star Elf>Wood Elf/Copper Elf>Wild Elf/Green Elf>Dark Elf>Sea Elf>Flying Elf>Werewolf Elf>Astral Elf>Snow ElfThere are also several sustained hybrid populations (i.e. half-elves marry other half-elves and have more half-elves instead of half-elves coming from elves and humans boinking).Erfworld also has at least 8>Shady Elf>Woodsy Elf>Eager Elf>Luckless Elf>Schlemiel Elf>Lofty Elf>Altruist Elf>Superfluous Elf
>>94422831The setting with the most complete list of Elven subraces is likely the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Forgotten Realms boasts a highly detailed taxonomy of Elven subraces, often tied to their distinct origins, histories, and magical affinities. Here's an overview of its breadth of Elven subraces:Core Elven Subraces in Forgotten Realms High Elves (Sun Elves and Moon Elves): Sun Elves (Gold Elves): Arrogant and aristocratic, favoring magic and tradition. Moon Elves (Silver Elves): More adaptable and approachable, often serving as diplomats or wanderers. Wood Elves (Copper Elves): Nature-centric and stealthy, preferring secluded forest homes. Dark Elves (Drow): Associated with the Underdark, infamous for their connection to Lolth and their intricate, cruel society. Wild Elves (Green Elves): Primitive and reclusive, deeply attuned to the wild.- Aquatic Elves:- Amphibious elves who inhabit underwater cities.- Avariel (Winged Elves):- Rare, angelic elves with wings, favoring open skies.Additional Elven SubracesForgotten Realms includes more esoteric subraces and offshoots, including:- Lythari: Elven werewolves with a deep connection to nature.- Star Elves (Austori): Elves from the Plane of Faerie, mystical and otherworldly.- Fey'ri: Descendants of elves and demons, often with infernal traits.- Shadow Elves: Connected to the Shadowfell or similar planes.- Snow Elves: Adapted to icy climates, though their lore varies between sources. Ghost Elves: Ethereal beings connected to the spirit world.Comparison with Other SettingsWhile Forgotten Realms is arguably the most expansive and detailed, other settings like Eberron and Dragonlance also feature unique interpretations of elves: Eberron introduces Valenar Elves (warrior-focused) and Aerenal Elves (death-obsessed). Dragonlance offers the Silvanesti and Qualinesti as culturally distinct groups.
>>94422871I'm looking looking for something outside FR desu. FR elves are kinda underwhelming except for the Drow.
>>94422889Few settings are as overwhelmingly detailed and autistic as FR.TES has>Altmer/High Elves>Bosmer/Wood Elves>Dunmer/Dark Elves>Orsimer/Orcs (count as a kind of elf)>Maormer/Sea ElvesAnd historicallyAldmer/"Ancestor" ElfsAyleid/Wild ElvesChimer/Aldmeri heretics who became the DunmerDwemer/Steampunk ElvesFalmer/Snow Elves, currently degenerated into alleged animals, though they still use magic and build tools and weapons and housesCantemeric Velothi/March ElvesSinistral Elves/"Left-Handed Elves", nothing known about them
I guess what do you mean complete? Do you just mean the setting that has the most?
>>94422831Forgotten realms has everything as it’s been around forever
>>94422885Ok ChatGPT
elf posters should be fucking banned at this point. not a single recent elf focused thread has been good or actually about games.
>>94423330My elf thread is explicitly about games and game related things like miniatures
>>94422956I feel cheated; it didn't even use the word "delve" once.
>>94423330Elf-posters =/= coomtards.But thanks to relentless shitposting, anons automatically assume they are the same.Now watch as this thread gets bumped for a week straight while completely ignoring OPs prompt.
>deleted picInteresting.
wait but that wasn't even pornhuh??
>>94423970Janny is fucking deranged. There's no rhyme or reason to his psychosis.
>>94422831All elves are unique individuals with their own backgrounds, experiences, values and personalities so it's wrong to divide them up into groups on arbitrary grounds
>>94422831>Soon to be Dead Elf>Finally a Dead ElfAnything else is irrelevant.
>>94424229Chloe is for tender love only, and please, please touch grass if you can recognize hentai characters at a glance
OP pic got deleted despite not breaking any rules (it was pic related). I think I had enough of this gargantuan retard who thinks the board is his discord server.
>>94422885>no cheese elves>no postal service elves>no towel elves>no maple tree elvesAnd you can this a complete list of elves?
>still no comprehensive list of elf minis>still no comprehensive list of wargames featuring elves>still no comprehensive list of RPGs featuring elves>still no comprehensive list of boardgames featuring elvesgrim.
>>94422831FR invented most of them and they're setting specific, so it's either FR or the use-anything-generic-setting-greyhawk core setting from 3.5.>>94424616That's just the entire site at this point
>>94422831how many types of elves do you need in a game really?
>>94424023>There's no rhyme or reason to his psychosis.Autism
>>94425531>FR invented most of them and they're setting specific, so it's either FR or the use-anything-generic-setting-greyhawk core setting from 3.5.Was FR the first to have random-ass [Biome] Elves?
>>94429294No, that shit's mad old. But it's a separate tradition to FR that FR isn't downwind of.I'm interpreting>complete listAs actually meaning listing something out and calling each thing an elf explicitly. If we don't do that then the TES route of calling your broad category of something 'elves' and then listing every fey in the setting as a different type is going to win, but that's neither a list nor is it complete.
