The Complete Book of Elves

The Complete Book of Elves is a supplementary sourcebook published by TSR in 1993 for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game.

[1] The Complete Book of Elves was created to give players a deeper understanding of the Elven race within the world of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, from day-to-day life, culture, myths and religion, to new abilities and spells.

One of these was The Complete Elves Handbook, written by Colin McComb and published in 1993, with interior color illustrations by Brom, Larry Elmore, and John and Laura Lakey, and black and white art by Terry Dykstra.

"[7] In Issue 10 of Australian Realms, Brad Smart found the descriptions of the various subraces "too short for my liking, providing little additional information over what is set out in the individual campaign source books."

He also pointed out that "the vast majority of the information on elven life, society, attitudes, culture and legends is useful only to players in generic 'standard' AD&D campaigns [...] I found it useless for an elf in say a Dark Sun world."