Wild Elves
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Wild elves, or
grugach, shun outsiders even more fervently than other
elves, and are xenophobic even with regard
to other elven races.
They have the standard elven characteristics
of resistance to sleep
and charm, bonuses “to hit” with bow and
sword, infravision, moving
silently, and detection of secret and
concealed doors. Most of them
speak the elvish language exclusively,
though a player character grugach
may know some of the common tongue as
well.
Wild elves are
very strong, receiving a + 2 bonus to
the dice roll for strength (up to a
maximum of 18).
Wild elves deal with other woodland creatures
as if
an animal friendship spell was in operation.
Grugach can set pits,
snares, and natural traps with a 90% chance
of success. As shown on
Character Race Table I, grugach are more
limited than other elves in
the class(es) they can practice; they
can only be druids, fighters, or
thieves (including assassin and acrobat),
and can only be fighter/
thieves if multi-classed. They are similar
in appearance to wood
elves, but are smaller, thinner, and very
fair.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray
Mouser
Actually, the possibility
of basing elves from folklore on the Picts is kind of cool!
Gray Mouser
As I envisage them, the
Wild Elves are more or less just that.
Cheerio,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray
Mouser
The Grugach based on the
Picts?
That's pretty interesting
and yet another reason why I hate that you lost control of A/D&D.
What I'd give to see what
could have been published!
Gray Mouser
Elfdart noted that the pech
and the brownie were derived from the Picts.
I am not sure of the origin
of the grugach, but it might well have been another foklore take on them.
As a matter of fact I did
much enjoy reading through texts dealing with mythology and folklore, the
medieval bestiaries and all, translating what seemed interesting into material
for the AD&D game. What seems to be lacking now is a real love for
fantasy and the game system...
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray
Mouser
Huh, much like the Pech
I assumed that Wild Elves (Grugach) were also creaitons of your own out
of whole clothe!
You learn something new
every day.
Yuppers, I lifted the Grugach
from folklore.