I'm working on a project to expand the character creation rules so cultures are not so cookie cutter (was a pet peeve of mine in 1e and its still there in 2e). I won’t go into details; it is still a work in progress but for reference there are three extra steps to character creation – Early Life, Social Class and Education.
Long story short:
I'm working on the Social Class part for my Elves of Lindon and I've called it Elven Lineage as describing Elven social class is a little tricky compared to the other cultures.
I need six categories, one category has a +1 better Standard of Living (Common for Elves of Lindon) and two categories have -1 worse standard of living (Poor for Elves of Lindon)
My six categories are:
Noldor Lord (Common)
Noldor Commoner (Frugal)
Sindar Lord (Frugal)
Sindar Commoner (Frugal)
Laiquendi Lord (Poor)
Laiquendi Commoner (Poor)
Now on to my questions
Is this Lore accurate? Are there still Laiquendi in Lindon at the end of the Third Age?
Is there a better word to use than commoner? Doesn’t feel too Elven, maybe citizen...? Not sure.
Anyone got any other suggestions for breaking Lindon Elves in 6 social classes I’d be happy to hear them.
(then I have to come up with 6 forms of Education... still working on that...)