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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 1823418" data-attributes="member: 4720"><p>KM,</p><p></p><p>Not sure the "evolutionary" thought process works here. You're assuming these things think the same way we do. Why should they? They are connected in a fundamental way to one of the building blocks of their universe.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, I can appeal to a way they are probably just like us: hubris. We humans (and probably any sentient race) think we're pretty impressive. Human artifacts, behaviors, etc are always more impressive to the average person than those of other creatures. Why should a mystical D&D creature be any different? If I had the fire subtype, I would almost certainly be firmly convinced that Fire is the greatest thing in the unniverse. I'm partially composed of it after all and we have a kinship and affinity. Water/ice, on the other hand, would be inherently alien to me. Lightning, earth, etc would be relatively neutral. I might use a lightning-based weapon, but I would not be as convinced of its superior power, superior feel in my hand, and even its moral superiority as I would be if it were of fire.</p><p></p><p>You could make a case that the first frost giant to pick up a flaming sword would instantly have an advantage over other frost giants, and you might be right, but I expect the psychological discomfort of wielding it would get to be a problem.</p><p></p><p>If "survival of the strongest weapon" and superior firepower were more important than a creature's fundamental nature, than Galadriel or Gandalf really, <em>really</em> should have taken that ****ing ring from Frodo, after all.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: to clarify that I don't define the success of Frost giants with non-Frosty weapons over other Frost giants with the standard frostiness as anything resembling an actual evolutionary process, but that it is akin to the "Survival of the fittest" maxim that 90% of the public thinks IS evolution, thanks to our atrocious educational system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 1823418, member: 4720"] KM, Not sure the "evolutionary" thought process works here. You're assuming these things think the same way we do. Why should they? They are connected in a fundamental way to one of the building blocks of their universe. Alternatively, I can appeal to a way they are probably just like us: hubris. We humans (and probably any sentient race) think we're pretty impressive. Human artifacts, behaviors, etc are always more impressive to the average person than those of other creatures. Why should a mystical D&D creature be any different? If I had the fire subtype, I would almost certainly be firmly convinced that Fire is the greatest thing in the unniverse. I'm partially composed of it after all and we have a kinship and affinity. Water/ice, on the other hand, would be inherently alien to me. Lightning, earth, etc would be relatively neutral. I might use a lightning-based weapon, but I would not be as convinced of its superior power, superior feel in my hand, and even its moral superiority as I would be if it were of fire. You could make a case that the first frost giant to pick up a flaming sword would instantly have an advantage over other frost giants, and you might be right, but I expect the psychological discomfort of wielding it would get to be a problem. If "survival of the strongest weapon" and superior firepower were more important than a creature's fundamental nature, than Galadriel or Gandalf really, [i]really[/i] should have taken that ****ing ring from Frodo, after all. EDIT: to clarify that I don't define the success of Frost giants with non-Frosty weapons over other Frost giants with the standard frostiness as anything resembling an actual evolutionary process, but that it is akin to the "Survival of the fittest" maxim that 90% of the public thinks IS evolution, thanks to our atrocious educational system. [/QUOTE]
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