Why are elves popular in fantasy?
Post-Tolkien fantasy elves (popularized by the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game) tend to be immortal or longeval in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical.
What is the difference between High Elves and Wood Elves?
There’s absolutely nothing different between the two except for the fact that High Elves get a Bonus cantrip while Wood Elves are the fastest race and can easily hide in the woods.
What is the difference between elves and dark elves?
There live the folk called light-elves, but dark-elves live down in the ground, and they are unlike them in appearance, and even more unlike them in nature. Light-elves are fairer than the sun to look at, but dark-elves are blacker than pitch.
What is a high elf?
As a high elf, you have a Keen Mind and a mastery of at least The Basics of magic. One type is haughty and reclusive, believing themselves to be superior to non-elves and even other elves. The other type is more Common and more friendly, and often encountered among Humans and Other Races.
What do elves represent?
In either form, elves are strongly associated with magic and nature. As with fairies, elves were said to secretly steal healthy human babies and replace them with their own kind.
Where are the High Elves?
High elves, also sometimes known as eladrin, were graceful warriors and wizards who originated from the realm of Faerie, also known as the Feywild. They lived in the forests of the world. They were magical in nature and shared an interest in the arcane arts.
Do High Elves have Darkvision?
Size: Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium. Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Darkvision: Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim Conditions.
What makes elves different from humans?
Elves tend to be shorter than humans. Elven bodies are more slender than humans and they weigh lower than the human norm for their height. However their muscles are still strong and they are not fragile as they seem. Elves do not have bodily hair.
Are elves better than humans?
Elves possess something called Fea, the spirit, more than humans. This makes them immortal and ageless, and very glowy in the Wraith(Unseen) World. However, as far as intelligence goes, Elves are not quite superior.
Are there black Elves?
They were first mentioned in the Dungeons & Dragons game in the 1st Edition 1977 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual under “Elf”, where it is stated that “The ‘Black Elves,’ or drow, are only legend.”