Recent content by Shadowfoot

That makes sense for those who live remote from humans, but what about settings where elves live in human cities? Are they "new" immigrants who have only been in human lands for the past 50 years?

By many I mean a lot more than just me. It's fine to do that if the long-lived races are not player characters, but why would one switch from that mindset to caring about modern events? Wow indeed.

Why not all human? I'd be happy to play in a world with no elves, dwarfs, halflings, orcs, or gnome; a world where everyone is human, with different races. Barbarian tribesmen and bandits fill to role of orcs and their ilk. Tree-huggers replace elves of the forest. Haughty humans can replace...

Riddle Poems are what you describe. The site includes examples on how to make them, which would allow you to customise it to your world.