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<blockquote data-quote="Underman" data-source="post: 5989119" data-attributes="member: 6696705"><p>If elves say something about <em>us</em>, then there could be a theme about how a long lifespan affects society and other interesting elven questions.</p><p></p><p>D&D generally doesn't ask questions like this, and plays elves like humans with pointy ears. Asking why elves aren't higher level, more powerful, more knowledgeable, etc. because of the sheer amount of time they have results in us putting our fingers in our ears and saying 'la la la la la la lal'. Or if you determine that elves waste their time and accomplish nothing in a year that a human accomplishes in a week, then following that through and asking how an elf PC is differentiated from human PCs in play will ALSO elicit the familiar 'la la la la la la lal'.</p><p></p><p>Science fiction, at the least the really good science fiction, DOES ask pointed questions about how technology affects humans, what it means to be transhuman, etc.</p><p></p><p>One billion years is a long time. Anything can happen. I don't have a problem with it. But if numenera has elves, then asking hard interesting questions about what it means to be an elf is a perfectly compelling question in fantasy sci-fi. Maybe less so in sci-fi fantasy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Underman, post: 5989119, member: 6696705"] If elves say something about [I]us[/I], then there could be a theme about how a long lifespan affects society and other interesting elven questions. D&D generally doesn't ask questions like this, and plays elves like humans with pointy ears. Asking why elves aren't higher level, more powerful, more knowledgeable, etc. because of the sheer amount of time they have results in us putting our fingers in our ears and saying 'la la la la la la lal'. Or if you determine that elves waste their time and accomplish nothing in a year that a human accomplishes in a week, then following that through and asking how an elf PC is differentiated from human PCs in play will ALSO elicit the familiar 'la la la la la la lal'. Science fiction, at the least the really good science fiction, DOES ask pointed questions about how technology affects humans, what it means to be transhuman, etc. One billion years is a long time. Anything can happen. I don't have a problem with it. But if numenera has elves, then asking hard interesting questions about what it means to be an elf is a perfectly compelling question in fantasy sci-fi. Maybe less so in sci-fi fantasy. [/QUOTE]
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