Author's Notes
Elves
Honestly, I think elves are difficult. They are pretty boring in most implementations, and I couldn't really find any good ways to fix them. Instead, I used cultural contexts to make them interesting, with the differences between Coralwyn, Solanthar, Sylvaranith and Sea Elves making them varied and fun. Coralwyn and Solanthar are like mirrors, different but similar. In Coralwyn, nothing is done, so nothing important happens, in Solanthar, a lot is done, but nothin of real importance. Sylvaranith is the marriage of Philip K Dick and elves. Sea Elves is another example of "purpose without ambition".
I added their weakness to copper, and thus bronze, to them partly for flavor, but also as a reason bronze weapons are still in wide usage.