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The elf first appeared as a player character race in the original 1974 edition of Dungeons & Dragons. [8] [7] The aquatic elf was introduced in the 1975 Blackmoor supplement. [9] Elves in Dungeons & Dragons are immune to paralysis as a holdover from a game balance adjustment in Chainmail. [10]
The academic book Queerness in Play (2018) highlighted that inclusive "queer representation has become mainstream in tabletop RPGs", noting that the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons (2014) included "a nod toward queer characters and play" with the description of Corellon's cosmogony – "the passage, while brief and criticized both for being ...
Volo's Guide to Monsters is a sourcebook for the 5th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 2016. It is, in part, a supplement to the 5th edition Monster Manual and the Players Handbook. [1] [2]
The second version of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set combines the idea of race and class; non-human races do not have classes. Hence, a character might be a (human) Cleric or else simply an "Elf" or "Dwarf". The Basic Set presented four human classes: Cleric, Fighter, Magic User, and Thief, and three demi-human classes: Dwarf, Elf, and Halfling.
[14] [16] The edition also includes variant options with different mechanical benefits depending on the specific elven ancestry, such as aquatic, drow, high-elf, or wood-elf. [14] [17] In August 2022, Wizards of the Coast launched the One D&D public playtest to update Dungeons & Dragons. [18]
This is a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd-edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. [1] [2] [3] This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third-party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition ...
Wood elf is a generic term for an elf that lives in wooded areas such as forests. Wood Elf may refer to: Silvan Elves, a fictional race in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth of northern Mirkwood and Lothlórien; Wood Elves, a subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons; Wood Elves (Warhammer), a fictional race in the Warhammer universe
The drow were first mentioned in the Dungeons & Dragons game in the 1st Edition 1977 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual under the "Elf" entry, where it is stated that "The 'Black Elves,' or drow, are only legend." No statistics are given for the drow in this book, apart from the statistics for normal elves.