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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Afrodyte" data-source="post: 1921836" data-attributes="member: 8713">In core D&D, humans are the dominant race, but they live alongside and coopertate with other races.  I was thinking that, given the same basic psychology as humans, wouldn't human standards of beauty, masculinity/femininity, etc. also be the norm?  How do you think this would affect other races?  I'll start with elves.Elven men in particular would have it pretty bad.  As ever-increasing numbers of available elven women choose to hook up with human men, male elves opt for magical alterations to make them look more manly.  For the majority, this means potions and ointments that give them facial and body hair ("The chest, man.  Make sure you get plenty on your chest."). A lot of them go on the Adkins diet, emphasizing meat over fruits, vegetables, and nuts.  They might not eat bread either.  Cheese would depend upon lactose tolerance.  Weightlifting is the preferred past-time.  Participating in violence-simulation (or actual violence) sports.  Those with the means would pay a wizard to change them into lean, buff, hairy, pointy-eared, manly elves.  The cheap and impoverished would glue on dwarven beard clippings.  Some, after achieving the desired physique and facial and body hair, get their ears rounded to look more like human ears.Female elves, envying the curves of human women, practically make themselves sick to gain weight (magically altered so the pounds go where desired).  Most of the time it fails, but many are very pleased with the results if they succeed.  Like male elves, many opt to get their ears rounded.  Those who can't afford or don't want to spend money on surgery use strategic padding instead.Some elves would go back to their roots, so to speak, and embrace the traits that make them unique.  There'd be many "thin is in" and "pointy is beautiful" campaigns aimed at getting more elven self-acceptance.  Psychologists and charlatans abound.  There would be lots of support groups for elven men questioning their masculinity ("This may come as a surprise to you all, but I don't killing orcs.  Sometimes I feel bad when I shoot them full of arrows because I'd rather talk it out.  Does that happen to you too?").  More numerous would be programs aimed at making elven men more manly: violent sports associations, prehistoric retreats, fight clubs, and the like.  Elven women, already being seen as extremely feminine (though lacking curves), often have secret private lives where they can indulge their "masculine" aspects while appearing to be the ultimate female in public.What sorts of things do you see happening?</blockquote>

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