Because D&D has apparently forever ruined the idea of flavorful non-humans who are anything other than humans with 1 strange feature, I present - Elves with no flavor at all!
I believe the correct terminology is
"Ruined FOREVER".
Type: Medium folk (1x1) with a Reach of 1.
* [1] +2 Wis, -2 Con
* [2] Elfsight: Per written elf.
* [.5] Light Sleeper: Per written elf.
* [1] Natural Elegance: Per written elf.
* [.5] Pointy Ears: You have pointy ears and pretty clothes.
* [2] Sharp Hearing: Per written elf.
And there you have it. All the regular elf stuff, without any serious modifiers or penalties. Dull as dishwater.
I'm quoting this for two reasons. One, I believe it's foolish to try to retract something on the internet by deleting it, even more so after it's been quoted. Second, it's going to send Blankbeard scrambling back to the drawing board.
I sense sarcasm and frustration.
Well logic hasn't fared so well this far.
Alex I know that you and the gang have put a lot of effort into FC, but understand us the customers.
We area group of people that has tastes so varied that a single race presentation might not do. Your elves are great for LOTR-style campaigns where elves are really quite powerful. But many of us come from the D&D tradition of having elves that are not some semi-deific beings but a different species, with no real extra power compared to humans.
Your elves are not D&D elves, but claiming that D&D elves are not flavorful because of stats is, well, not right.
Allow others to have their opinions, because right now, in my eyes, you don't.
How about Crafty stating repeatedly over the past two years that the did not make, nor did they ever have any intention of making, a perfect D&D conversion? How they've told you repeatedly that at your table, feel free to change it, to mix up the iconics in your world. How they even giving their blessing to
trying a hand at it yourself, like they alway have?
Imagine if you built your house with your own two hands and a couple years of hard work and sweat, and you painted your house blue, and you stood back and admired your big blue house and invited the neighborhood to come check it out. Then everyone else on the block is coming over to your house daily to tell you that it's a beautiful house, but why blue when green is
clearly the nation's favorite color and a perfectly sensible aesthetic choice, and it would looks
fantastic if you would have just painted it green. It's a good house, solidly built beyond code with the latest in environmentally friendly tech to withstand any natural disaster. But why not green? Green is classic. Green is traditional. We've been painting houses green for years. I'd buy your house right now, but I'd have to repaint it green. Don't you love green? What kind of homebuilder would dislike green? What are you, some kind of marxist green hater?!?
You would be annoyed. You would be angered. You will probably want to pop someone in their green-lovin' mouth. That's how Alex is feeling right now.
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