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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1279728" data-attributes="member: 9410">Do your kids hunt alone?&nbsp; No?Remember; Elves are children until at least 114 years of age.&nbsp; I doubt that they are hunting alone, either, and I doubt that they are hunters, by that age (with a few exceptions for apprentices).I disagree with the assumption that you only gain experience for the first few times you hunt, though.&nbsp; You say that you hunt, so I think you know better...In D&amp;D, you get experience for overcoming challenges.&nbsp; Finding game is a challenge, stalking it is a challenge, bringing it down is a challenge, getting the meat back to the settlement is a challenge... and all of that assumes a &quot;normal&quot; trip, without any appearance of the &quot;X-Factor&quot;.&nbsp; And in D&amp;D, that pops up nearly every episode!If you hunt, in real life, then you propbably know that you learn a little bit of something just about every time that you go out...&nbsp; Maybe about your prey, maybe about your equipment, maybe about the area you're hunting, maybe even about something you're not even interested, at the time.&nbsp; All in all, though, it adds up over time.Yes, it is pretty ridiculous that a 125-year-old Elven Rogue with a 12 INT knows less than a 16-year-old Human Rogue with the same INT, even though he's lived eight times as long!&nbsp; I, too, have been wondering what the Elves (and Dwarves) have been doing, all those years!&nbsp; (My answer has been submitted to the ENWorld Player's Journal, and I'm currently waiting to see if &quot;Racial Background Skills&quot; will appear there, or not).In any case, in your specific situation, if the Elven Hunters are 9th level, then the PCs really aren't needed, except maybe as messengers...&nbsp; Not really where you want them to be.&nbsp; Just make them lower level, with high Knowledge (Nature) and Survival skill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 1279728, member: 9410"] Do your kids hunt alone? No? Remember; Elves are children until at least 114 years of age. I doubt that they are hunting alone, either, and I doubt that they are hunters, by that age (with a few exceptions for apprentices). I disagree with the assumption that you only gain experience for the first few times you hunt, though. You say that you hunt, so I think you know better... In D&D, you get experience for overcoming challenges. Finding game is a challenge, stalking it is a challenge, bringing it down is a challenge, getting the meat back to the settlement is a challenge... and all of that assumes a "normal" trip, without any appearance of the "X-Factor". And in D&D, that pops up nearly every episode! If you hunt, in real life, then you propbably know that you learn a little bit of something just about every time that you go out... Maybe about your prey, maybe about your equipment, maybe about the area you're hunting, maybe even about something you're not even interested, at the time. All in all, though, it adds up over time. Yes, it is pretty ridiculous that a 125-year-old Elven Rogue with a 12 INT knows less than a 16-year-old Human Rogue with the same INT, even though he's lived eight times as long! I, too, have been wondering what the Elves (and Dwarves) have been doing, all those years! (My answer has been submitted to the ENWorld Player's Journal, and I'm currently waiting to see if "Racial Background Skills" will appear there, or not). In any case, in your specific situation, if the Elven Hunters are 9th level, then the PCs really aren't needed, except maybe as messengers... Not really where you want them to be. Just make them lower level, with high Knowledge (Nature) and Survival skill. [/QUOTE]

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