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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 829566" data-attributes="member: 2804">The notion that a human spends 1 year learning the sword and an elf spends 100 is kind of absurd.If elves were so incompetent and so slow, they would have been wiped out centuries ago by wild animals and nature, let alone orc hordes, dragon attacks, etc.Rather, SHARK is exactly right, being long-lived does make one incredibly wise and incredibly skilled.  An elven fighter who has lived through a hundred years of duels, battles, and wars is going to be exceptionally wise and have very a commanding presence.  No human fighter would stand a chance.The mind set of such a being would be very alien to us.  But elves would definitely rule the world unless slowed down by birthrate and even then would probably still rule over vast stable empires of incredible magic and technology.And the demographics put forth by the DMG where all the world is 1st level characters except for the PCs and a few NPCs is patently ridiculous.  Monte Cook completely dropped the ball when he wrote that.</blockquote>