Yep, shield dwarves even only getting close to something obviously magical without a major tantrum didn't happen until TSR sold the license. WotC completely broke the continuity on the Forgotten Realms' elven sub-races by simply using the Greyhawk ones. No explanation given, except 'Vecna broke the multiverse'. However, it's pretty much the same in my AD&D home campaign that elves or any other races who live in or around Baldur's Gate (or Waterdeep, Neverwinter, Luskan,...) aren't usually typical examples of their people as they live in a predominantly human area and usually have a good reason for that. If I had one complaint, I'd say Larian did the other species maybe a bit too human in looks and behaviour. An elf from my campaign would hardly pass as human on the metro, even with ears tucked under a hat.
There was actually a huge thread on this board during early access about "Elves are not Elven" about how the elves in BG3 looked too human like, especially compared to D&D 3E sources.
Larian obviously did not listen.
