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Heya all!

Am presently looking for resources on the elven language. Also, very curious to see which are the ones that elven rpers on Amia tend to use for themselves.

I seem to recall there was a thread 2-3 months back stickied (might not be) someplace with a list, but it seems to have been bumped into oblivion.

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http://www.candlekeep.com/library/artic ... on_elf.htm

My old elven lore thread but some things have changed, notably Forgottenrealmswiki that went apeshit with 4E. The races description from the Rules&Lore section is more up to date.

Oh, damn Hendrack.. that was quick! Thanks a bunch.

I too found the Candlekeep resources useful,but somewhat lacking in grammar instructions.

http://www.grey-company.org/Language/

That's my preferred one for Elven.

I use Tolkien elven, which should be easy to find when browsing a bit.

Oh and btw, you will often need to translate the words to other pcs who speak elven. Just a heads up.

Ulir wrote:

I use Tolkien elven, which should be easy to find when browsing a bit.

Agreed. It seems to have a more complete listing.. though the word 'dhaerow' is nowhere to be seen there xD, figures.

My link is FR homebrew, not Tolkien.

Please don't use Tolkien, people. We're not on Middle-Earth. You might as well be speaking Wookiee, for all the sense it makes.

I think the candlekeep stuff offers enough fluff to throw in some words here and there in conversations, but speaking entire sentences in elven is just silly, imo.

I am an elven dictionary.

Dieu_Le_Fera wrote:

I am an elven dictionary.

+1

Lizzie wrote:

Please don't use Tolkien, people. We're not on Middle-Earth. You might as well be speaking Wookiee, for all the sense it makes.

That. We're FR so use FR or don't bother.

PaladinOfSune wrote:

Lizzie wrote:

Please don't use Tolkien, people. We're not on Middle-Earth. You might as well be speaking Wookiee, for all the sense it makes.

That. We're FR so use FR or don't bother.

Although you do realize that using any constructed auxillary language, be it Tolkien, FR, Klingon, Wookiee, or Enochian all makes about an equal amount of "sense", right?

its flavor really.... i have started going from using the true elven words to just doing quotes with the translations of the word... so when I speak in elven of elves I don't say tel'quessir... I say "the people"... it just makes it easier for those who arnt bothered to learn some key words... still can be confusing for some players though

Yossarin wrote:

PaladinOfSune wrote:

Lizzie wrote:

Please don't use Tolkien, people. We're not on Middle-Earth. You might as well be speaking Wookiee, for all the sense it makes.

That. We're FR so use FR or don't bother.

Although you do realize that using any constructed auxillary language, be it Tolkien, FR, Klingon, Wookiee, or Enochian all makes about an equal amount of "sense", right?

By that logic, I'll be expecting your support for my Jedi character I'm about to request.

We're playing in the Forgotten Realms, a fictional world. It makes more sense to use the fictional stuff designed for that fictional world that it does to use the stuff designed for other fictional worlds.

Except that there is no such thing as FR elven. At best there are some phrases, but any actual elven language is always based on, or shamelessly ripped off from Tolkien. Besides, elves, dwarves, goblins, orcs and halflings are all copy-pasted from Tolkien and then diluted into their current FR form anyway.

In all my humbledore, I'd rather like to see someone make an effort to learn actual elven (Tolkien sindarin or Quenya that is), or don't bother with anything more complicated than [Elven] Insert text here.

Lizzie wrote:

Please don't use Tolkien, people. We're not on Middle-Earth. You might as well be speaking Wookiee, for all the sense it makes.

.....Wookiee......do elves even get facial hair let alone to become a walking furball

no I think we should all request Spelljammers and start speaking vulcan them being the space elf and all... and romulan for them drow...also using star trek logic, every evil person must have a goatee.

Lizzie wrote:

By that logic, I'll be expecting your support for my Jedi character I'm about to request.

If you request anything Star Wars related, I'll hate you forevermore...

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Gunz wrote:

Lizzie wrote:

By that logic, I'll be expecting your support for my Jedi character I'm about to request.

If you request anything Star Wars related, I'll hate you forevermore...

Addendum: Smiley face indicates sarcasm.

Sarcasm indicates sarcasm.

To quote Tormak: "Whooosh!"

Gunz wrote:

Lizzie wrote:

By that logic, I'll be expecting your support for my Jedi character I'm about to request.

If you request anything Star Wars related, I'll hate you forevermore...

Where as I'll accept it!

Soulknife is kind of a jedi.. they even get saber urr.. mind blade throw. Throw some sorcerer in there for lightning and unseen servants to push people around...

Epic topic derail?

Also I used to use http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm before.. then firefox started complaining about the site being potentially dangerous.

.... TORIN IS NOT A JEDI

Liar. Or is he a Sith? Letting his emotions rule him, like an Air Genasi! Gasp. We know the truth now.

TormakSaber wrote:

.... TORIN IS NOT A JEDI

So is.

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