Wrong as the looks or elves where already outlined and there is no room for "interpretation" and "I want". The visualization is already done by the the creators of DnD.
You dont slap pointy ears on human and call it a Eleve.
What some of us are saying is that you can still have elves look like traditional DnD elves but there is nothing wrong with making the elves slightly resemble real world ethnicities. For example, an African resembling elf would have a wider nose, full lips, darker skin and curly dark hair OR you can have each different race of elves culture represent the different real world cultures. This also can include their clothing option as representative of where they are from. For example, say you have elves that live in the desert, that could be a representation of the Arabian culture. I think that would be cool if game designers did that.
You apparently do not understand that elves are in any way resembling humans. No a African cant be Eleve as Asian cant be one as a Caucasian cant be one as they are not human. Elves are not human in any form do not follow human gentics, they are alien! Why are you pressing real world elements in something that has no real world resemblance? Elves are alien and that has to be visually represented.
What some of you saying is idiocy in the purest form.
If start stupid stuff like that why even have different races and monsters why not just have grey orbs floating round with no visual and race/gender related differences. What you suggest ist to kill all the flavor for sake of inclusiveness witch is stupid in its own sense. There green human= orc Human with pointy ears= Eleve small human dwarf or maybe halfling or maybe gnome I dont know you nobody will know because you killed all flavors all differences that make out the rich and flavorfull world that DnD is and offers.
There is everything wrong with making elves or any other race to resemble humans and real world ethnicity's. Elves are not from Ferun, do you understand?! They are aliens, different biology, different biomes, different genetics, !!!!!DIFFERENT!!!!!!
You ask for a grey blob souless blob.
First of all there is no need for you to get all worked up over all of us having a conversation about our different opinions on elves. We can all learn from each other. None of us are saying for the elves to not look like traditional elves. None of us are saying that. You claim the elves are aliens, they are otherworldly from the Forgotten Realms campaign. Their ancestors are the Eladrin who are native of Feywild. The High Elves of DnD are also known as "common" Eladrin. There are also different races of elves like the Sun Elves, Moon Elves, Star Elves, Wood Elves, Dark Elves (the Drow), Aquatic Elves and so on. Each of those different types of elves can have different elvish cultures that COULD be representative of real world cultures, IF the game developers so choose to do that. It does NOT mean that they should change the way the elves look. Period.
