Ashbite wrote:Simmonds91 wrote:My opinion on the dark elves: an overused idea that is only getting a mention just for the sake of mentioning them. We already have the elves, we don't need a new race that are basically the same only stronger and looks slightly different.
Disagree. The elves are overused, but drow are not. They're almost never used, and while they might resemble elves, they have a completely different alignement, different powers, and different habitat.
There have always been several adaptations on the "elf", each having unique aspects in their culture, abilities, and otherwise. Of course, this varies from game to game, or story to story, but in almost every case there is more than just elves. The idea of elven races required modification throughout time, lest there would be no interest left in having them exist at all.