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D&D Players: We need more lore, you keep re-releasing the same lore! Like... can we have something new pls?

Wizards: Absolutely!

Players: YES!

Wizards: Hold onto your hats! Here it is!

Players: YES!!

Wizards: Elves don't have body hair.

PLayers: Oh what the fuck....

(Actual 'update' in 5.5E apparently.)

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Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq I mean, we all assumed but that's like the weirdest "we need to add that in" thing to me.

Prob Gygax has even figured out I dunno, boob sizes bc sir was kind of a sexist creep.

@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq nope, me either and I hate that ppl stan for him when he was very clear on his views more than once. But eh, his kid is so much worse I think. Or just too dumb to shut up.

Oh, I need to peek at that then! Hn. But then I think faerun elves arent standard so who knows...

@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq Rly? I have the old 3E FR setting book and they were all over the place with heights, looks, etc but not sure if that's part of WotC's flatten and simplify discards now. Mostly lifespans and stuff seemed the same tho?
@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq oh I'm not an expert or anything, but I do have a (paused) project to make better random height etc generators. That was the only source that seemed to have detail. Actually tbh it's a pretty good book even if out of date. I do recommend.
@Éric Paquette
Kevin
Kevin  
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@ericmpaq If that's where it's from, feel better that the book had nothing to do with Gygax.
@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@kevin @ericmpaq maybe he got better as he aged, maybe I'm being mean, but... some of those old quotes, wow.
@Éric Paquette @Kevin
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq @kevin yep I caught that, I'm just... all over the place, sorries!
@Éric Paquette @Kevin
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq speed of Diotima thought = over 9000; too many thoughts at once and too few words to express so sometimes I assume ppl are reading my other thoughts too ha ha ha.
@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq RIP their sanity, in that case lol.
@Éric Paquette
silverwizard
silverwizard  

@Éric Paquette @Dio Wait, Standard D&D Elves is a weird idea.

The High/Grey/Valley/Wood elves of Greyhawk are what I think of as "standard", whereas the Sun and Moon of Faerun are typically slightly off model?

@Éric Paquette @Dio
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Éric Paquette @Dio That's valid. 3e gave them all slight differences, and I think some minor tweaks exist to sell books.
@Éric Paquette @Dio
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq @silverwizard I'd like, check the lore but the lore is so confusing and contradictory, ugh. Me over here trying to write a guide to tiefs and there are about 666,137 versions that are or were 'canon.'
@Éric Paquette @silverwizard
Kevin
Kevin  
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@ericmpaq That's what I meant. Apologies if I wasn't clear :D
@Éric Paquette
Dio
Dio  
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@kevin @ericmpaq you were clear! I just have an infinity of threads in my head and that one was a parallel thought, I answered "I understand' in my mind and moved on without saying it ha ha ha.
@Éric Paquette @Kevin
Dio
Dio  
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@ericmpaq @kevin or just letting Dio sleep for more than like... 4-5 hours. Or curing her of LC, that too.
@Éric Paquette @Kevin
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