The latest Dragon magazine has yet another elven subrace, bringing the total to about 2,500 subraces of elves, each slightly different. I think this is great, for the following reasons:
1) Everyone knows that elves are just humans with pointy ears, so adding another subrace allows people to get access to another different package of powers with a minimum of role-playing required.
2) There is now a subrace for just about every combination of ability score adjustments. Want a sorcerer? There's a subrace especially for you. Want a ranger? Have a subrace...
3) Most games only use a handful of elven subraces, as some players remain reluctant to play them. This new subrace should convert a good one or two players to the elven cause.
As a plan, let's not bother with other races in 4th edition. Lets just have eight different subraces of elves. If we're feeling generous, we might also allow half-elves. However, no full humans will be allowed as PCs, as this can be considered too radical a step to be permitted.
Not that I dislike the proliferation of elven munchkin-races, of course.
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