Editing Elf (section)

===Non-D&D Roleplaying Games===
* In [[Warhammer Fantasy]], Elves are a race created by giant interdimensional space toads called the [[Old Ones]] to fight against a dimension of molestation/mucous/murder/mindfuck demons, but were <s>such a bunch of arrogant pricks generally prone to murdering each other over stupid shit</s> slow to reproduce and their inherent compassion (yes, really) soured into arrogance - so much so that they were rejected as failures and the Old Ones went on to create [[Dwarfs]]. Later on the Elves split into three groups, two of which are murderfucking insane, one of which is the true heroes of the setting that you want to lose anyway because most of them are such fucking assholes, due to their gods being dead or insane assholes. [[Awesome|They also ride around on eagles and on chariots pulled by giant lions]]. Its worth mentioning that Warhammer was the third setting to steal from Tolkien after D&D, and certainly took the idea further. Things got way the fuck crazier in [[Age of Sigmar]], which is basically the straight-to-DVD Warhammer 2: Electric Boogaloo.
* [[Warhammer 40000]] went with the name Eldar for their space elves (even though it was still ripping off Tolkien, especially since he invented the word Eldar), keeping them largely the same but in only two groups, neither of which are heroes (the setting really doesn't have any faction that truly qualifies anyway), and making them the origin story for the aforementioned molestation demons.
* In [[Shadowrun]] Elves are merely humans that mutated after the return of magic to Earth in 2012. They have long lifespans, although to varying degrees. Across the world they banded together and overthrew local governments to create their own "kingdoms" (keep in mind the world of Shadowrun is the lovechild of D&D and Blade Runner). Some Elves are effectively immortal unless killed, and a few in particular come from entirely different points in world history (keep in mind that everything we know that ever happened in our universe is known as the Sixth World...Harlequin is an Elf that's most likely from the Fourth...). Of course your average Elf player character is most likely between 20 and 60 years old, and physically most likely the same either way, as a homeless drifter orphan or the child of blue collar workers from a megacorp. Average Elf NPCs are low skill workers, street vendors, violent gang members, wageslaves, rent-a-cops, and corporate executives. Shadowrun Elves have the ability to see magic usually, some degree of feeling it, but an Elf is as likely to be able to use it as most other "races".