Does an elf poop in the woods?

[James Heard]

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[Presto2112]

All I know is that aquatic elves most likely use the three seashells.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

All I know is that aquatic elves most likely use the three seashells.

Love the Demolition Man reference!

 

[WayneLigon]

I usually equated Elven scat with owl pellets as well. So at least one joke was true: Elf poop didn't stink... In any case, they save it up like humans do and use it in gardening. Elven communities never, ever have the 'open sewer' like the streets of a lot of human cities because their settlements never grow beyond the ability of the land to deal with their waste naturally.

There was a very good SF novel I read once where the very humanoid aliens had a very efficient metabolism, so only needed to urinate; they didn't even have an anus and in fact it was a sort of superiority thing among them and several other races. I always thought about using that idea for elves.

There's a GURPS advantage called Sanitized Metabolism that deals with this as well.

 

[Gez]

Or the Dragon? Think of a great wyrm.... must be Huge. Hmm, some dragons can burn their waste. But a silver can only freeze it.

Actually, dragons have some rule support for a claim that they don't create waste. "A dragon’s metabolism operates like a highly efficient furnace and can metabolize even inorganic material. Some dragons have developed a taste for such fare." Quoth the Monster Manual. The Draconomicon has more info about their elemental furnace, which is also what powers their breath weapon.

If they metabolize even stuff like raw stone, how can they have anything to excrete?

There was a very good SF novel I read once where the very humanoid aliens had a very efficient metabolism, so only needed to urinate; they didn't even have an anus and in fact it was a sort of superiority thing among them and several other races.

These aliens' porn tycoons might have had a different opinion on the superiority of people without anus. Just saying.