LogFAQs > #897680451

Also, on a related note to the above - if you were ever planning to run a setting that had "Sand Elves" in it, but didn't necessarily want to call them "Sand Elves" because you felt like that might have negative connotations due to real world racism, what might you call them?

"Desert Elves" seems like the obvious go-to, but that might feel a bit too boring. Can anyone else think of a potentially more interesting common term for them without resorting to the usual made-up word stew (like D&D referring to an elf subrace in Faerun as the Ly'tel'Quessir, because everyone loves words with extra apostrophes! Especially ones that vaguely sound Tolkien-esque without breaking copyright!). Sirocco Elves? Burning Elves? Something way cooler?

Also also, if you wanted a setting to have Snow Elves, but thought Snow Elves was too bland, could you come up with a more interesting term for them? Frost Elves? Glacial Elves? Really Freaking Cold Elves?

Also also also, if you're throwing elves into deserts and tundras and forests and down mountain caves (fuck the dwarves!) because you're out of control and no one can stop you, what other sort of biomes would you think might be cool to spawn some other elven subrace to fill them? Jungles seems like the only other obvious choice I can think of, though I could easily be missing tons of others.


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