The following is just my two cents after skimming through this thread:
You know, just because the elves say that they invented magic, or have the most powerful magic doesn't mean that they did, or do. If the crunch doesn't match the fluff, then maybe the fluff is just that, fluff, age old elvish propaganda, perpetuated through the year by the long lived elves to successive generations of the shorter lived races until the all believed the "legend" of elvish magical superiority. *grin*
Love 'em or hate 'em elves are with us for the long haul (and personally I have always enjoyed having a well role-played elf in a party, especially when there is also a good dwarf around)
