Because elves DON'T HAVE beards. Never. And so you create a character who has a beard and IT's still called an elf - why?
Actualy ...
PrivateRaccoon got a good point.
Pink or other hair, a different skin color - it's all quite possible to imagine as a given of one reality of the dnd world. Especially the hair color! I fully understand that all such magical worlds they are based on a kind of medieval (extremely conditional), only with the presence of magic. But I've never understood why magicians don't use magic to improve people's lives. In the end, everyone wants to be beautiful, bright, attractive, but magic is not in demand in such a setting. As if girls and men will not order a magical improvement for hair coloring?! Yes, in such worlds, heroes can completely change their appearance, but for some reason they do not change the color of their skin or hair to look better... Nonsense. Well, or the lack of imagination about this, due to the fact that the books were written in the old years and then there was no such attitude and diversity... But okay, this is not a conversation about that, so just a little observation.
The main thing I want to say is that borders are important. As I said, I can imagine a situation where in the ordinary dnd world our character or another one will have the wrong feature, that they should be. A different color of eyes, skin, hair than is inherent in this race. I think this is acceptable. Very close to an impermissible assumption, but still possible. BUT! I absolutely can't imagine an elf with a beard. I just don't see the development of such a representative of this race. Why did he grow a beard and most importantly, how. What's next?A tall dwarf? Absurd.
Of course, everything can be implemented, but the question remains - where will be the trait that shows us that THIS is a dwarf, and THIS is an elf, and that is muscular, with fangs and evil - an Orc, etc.
My red line is the color of my eyes, skin, and hair. It's just that in my dnd world, I would certainly force the magicians to change me a little for beauty.
Still, changing a character in this way will affect the perception of the game too globally. I'm talking about a beard and more significant changes (a tall dwarf for example -_-). This is no longer a personal wish, it will be the face of the game. Those are bearded elves who will flash on videos on YouTube and in guides. Excessive assumption.
If you really want a beard - I'm sure on 1000% people will make a mod and everyone will be able to be satisfied with this. I don't see any point in including this in the game itself.
