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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4246005" data-attributes="member: 13892">Okay, I'm working on a traditional fantasy setting that is inspired heavily by the American Old West and the Colonial America. The setting is for use with OD&D and (Holmes) Basic D&D. Elves (and other races) are not actually provided very much setting context in those rule sets. We know that they're good marksmen and that they advance as Fighting Men and Magic Users. That's about all of the context that we get in the respective rule sets. All of the "loves nature" and "shuns human contact" stuff came later, though I would like to allude to that. I know, for certain, that I want the elves (as a culture) to be a rough analogue for Native American tribes of the Great Plains. I want to depict them as skilled hunters and gatherers, as well as learned mystics (Magic Users). I also want to emphasize that they are not savage or warlike but, rather, seek only to strengthen their spiritual bond with the World Spirit through the pursuit of emotional sensations and a personal relationship with nature. I envision them as nomads, who follow the herds of elk and other wild animals when the Shifting of Seasons compels them to do so. I want to portray them as a culture who is both wise and content with what they have, not as primitives who do not know better. I specifically want to note that they eschew material wealth in the form of gold and jewels, instead holding in high value things of practical use (again, not because they are naieve but, rather, because they are wise). But then writer's block hits me. Here is what I have so far: "Wandering windswept plains and wild woods, the nomadic elves of the New World are both skilled warriors and wielders of magic, though they are also a peaceful people who devote their lives to the single-minded pursuit of a stronger spiritual bond with the World Spirit."So, I know pretty much what I want but am having trouble typing it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> If you can throw some ideas or suggestions out there, I would be happy to hear them all. Thanks in advance!</blockquote>

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