I am having difficulty finding information on the default subraces offered in the D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook:
- What is the default elf subrace?
- What is the default gnome subrace?
- What is the default dwarf subrace?
- What is the default halfling subrace?
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\$\begingroup\$ Default subraces would be a good question. Bundling it with questions about arbitrary subraces makes it unfocused, and full answer would need to include significant portion of "Races" chapters from various rulebooks, including numerous Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings. And, of course, dealing with copyright to images. \$\endgroup\$– MołotCommented May 22, 2020 at 8:19
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\$\begingroup\$ I thought it might be a bit much. I'm dong work on a a ruleset for the module and these questions all bundled together when I was trying to figure out what the races looked liked, and realized I didn't even know what the standard races sub race were. I'll reduce the question to just asking about the default subrace and ask the appearance question as another question. \$\endgroup\$– user28536Commented May 22, 2020 at 8:25
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\$\begingroup\$ Your related Qs: What is the description and information for the Deep Orc race in 3.5 D&D?, Is there an official description of the appearance and culture of tribal orcs?, Information/physical description of Deep Halflings \$\endgroup\$– V2BlastCommented May 23, 2020 at 8:09
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Refer to the race's "monster" listing
The "default" subrace for each of the standard races in 3.x is named in the Monster Manual entries for the races, where the racial traits from the PHB are reprinted. From the SRD:
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The above information describes the high elf, the most common variety.
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The information above is for hill dwarves, the most common variety.
(though the mountain dwarf subrace described in the entry has no mechanical differences)
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The information above is for rock gnomes, the most common variety.
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The information above is for the lightfoot halfling, the most common halfling variety.
These subraces may have different names in specific campaign settings - for instance, in the Forgotten Realms, high elves are known as "Moon" or "silver" elves, and hill/mountain dwarves are "Shield" dwarves (though rock gnomes and lightfoot halflings retain the default name). The appearance of races may also vary between settings; FR's elves, for instance, are much taller than the standard elves described in the PHB, being of comparable height to humans.
