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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 3560074" data-attributes="member: 1645">D&D, with its hit dice, does not model this well, but I love the notion of highly skilled elf warriors who are no tougher than their brutish foes.  (Perhaps we could introduce a variant fighter class for those who train and train in their art without actually fighting -- smaller hit die, but more feats and/or skill points.)When you think about it, an unaging warrior wouldn't live through much more combat than an aging (e.g. human) warrior, because the limiting factor isn't natural lifespan; it's surviving the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.  A typical elf warrior might be a veteran of only a few pitched battles -- but a few elf champions might have survived dozens of great wars over the centuries.</blockquote>