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I dont' mind more. Obviously that would be awesome!


However, I would like to add something about how elves/drows are supposed to look like. Then I'll drop it. This thread is uber-long and I think most people have made their points.

So here it is.

First, in my opinion, there isn't really any official clear description about the physiognomy of elves (not including "colorisation" here). None that aren't susceptible to interpretation anyway. At least not in the 5th Edition of D&D.

Which brings me to my second point : Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) seems to clearly draw inspiration from a more recent version of D&D, namely the 5th edition.
And the 5th Edition (with official books such as Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Universe or Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything and Xanathar's Guide to Everything) truly extends on the elves and the drows. Lore wise and appearance wise. What we know about them and how they are depicted.

Here's what Jeremy Crawford has to said about this : youtube video (I highly recommend it, it's a very interesting one).

Here are two screenshots from the PHB and a couple of photos taken from other books (so pardon the quality) :

Player's Handbook : Drizzt Do'Urden (left) 💚 and a Rogue Drow (right) Not only has the drow a lighter skin (I'd say medium gray) but they have dark eyebrows too! *minds blown*


TCoE and XGtE : Various depictions of drows with various shades of gray skin. Even one with dark eyebrows!


MMoM : Same and there is even one with full on dark hair 😀(looks handsome as well if you ask me).


Reminder : I absolutely support the idea of adding more face models for elves and drows (even other races).
However, I'm just not a fan of bashing people's head with "It's not an elf!" or "It's not a drow" when artists (this include video game developers) or players share their own elven/drow characters. People can accept some homebrewing here and there, I think that's also valid when it comes the appearances of races/characters.


On that note, I officially exit this thread (unless I notice some typos and feel the compulsion to edit my mistakes)!
Like I said earlier, people have made their cases. At that point, Larian Studios has heard you all. Whether they take it into consideration or not is another story.


See yall!