r/dndmemes • u/Vegetable_Variety_11 • Jul 21 '23

Kender comes in as a close second... Comic

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u/rpg2Tface Jul 21 '23

Smug is a bad character trait. And elves tend towards the smug side.

But don't get us wrong. Rule 34 can work with a bad personality

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u/crowlute Rules Lawyer Jul 21 '23

I don't think I've seen a single smug elf PC across 6 campaigns. Where are you getting all these problem players?

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u/CaptainOptimail Jul 21 '23

Its less players and more media, games like world of warcraft, and movies like parts of lotr show elves as pretentious pricks. And a lot of people try to emulate that.
That and I've found very few settings where elves weren't one of the biggest contributors of problems in those settings. Lotr: their pantheon cause had a entire God cause most of their problems Warcraft: summoned the greatest threat to the planet Warhammer: Slaanesh

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u/Drendude Jul 21 '23

I love elves in Beneath the Dragoneye Moons, where they are literally cursed with a sense of superiority. They literally cannot imagine anything being better than an elf. It dials the trope up in a way that is simultaneously frustrating and hilarious.

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u/CaptainOptimail Jul 21 '23

Oh? I've not heard of this. My curiosity is peaked. I'll have to look at this, thank you!

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u/Drendude Jul 21 '23

It's a web novel turned actual novel, and the elves are not near the beginning, fair warning.