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The high elf appeared as a character race in the second edition Player's Handbook (1989). [16] The high elf also appeared in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989). [17] Several elven races were detailed as player character races in The Complete Book of Elves (1992). [18]
Elves are a humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. [11] Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic [11] [12]: 58 and weapons such as the bow [12]: 15, 58 and sword.
Thirty years after its publication, author Colin McComb admitted The Complete Book of Elves was "dreadful", and acknowledged the negative influence the book had on the 2nd edition of AD&D, apologizing for "making elves so incredibly powerful and unbalanced that all of our AD&D games were henceforth ruined until 3rd Edition D&D came to save us."
The academic book Queerness in Play (2018) highlighted that inclusive "queer representation has become mainstream in tabletop RPGs", noting that the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons (2014) included "a nod toward queer characters and play" with the description of Corellon's cosmogony – "the passage, while brief and criticized both for being ...
Creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that come from or are based on real-life folklore or mythology.Note that many of these although taking the name from the mythological version, have very little in common with them, instead being based on modern fantasy fiction.
The drow were first mentioned in the Dungeons & Dragons game in the 1st Edition 1977 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual under the "Elf" entry, where it is stated that "The 'Black Elves,' or drow, are only legend." No statistics are given for the drow in this book, apart from the statistics for normal elves.
High elf may refer to: Calaquendi, an elvish race from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; High Elves, a race in the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and the Eldar of Warhammer 40,000; Quel'Dorei, descendants of the Night Elves in the Warcraft universe who later mostly became Blood Elves; Altmer, a race of elves in the Elder Scrolls universe
This is a list of deities of Dungeons & Dragons, including all of the 3.5 edition gods and powers of the "Core Setting" for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) roleplaying game. Religion is a key element of the D&D game, since it is required to support both the cleric class and the behavioural aspects of the ethical alignment system – 'role playing ...