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<blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 5797476" data-attributes="member: 4475">Elven perception of time is really different than ours. To a (classic) elf, what happened 500 years ago is but a generation away; he may have heard first-hand accounts from his parents or relatives. On the other hand, we (humans) have trouble determining the exact nature of events from just 100 years ago. Along with the perception of time comes another side-effect of longevity: elves do not rush into things. Like, ever. This is both a blessing and a curse, of course, but it stands to reason that they have......LOADS of contingencies planned. Our own race gave birth to a number of magnificent strategists and thinkers who had the opportunity to shine during several decades of their lives. Now imagine if Plato, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, DaVinci, Tesla, Napoleon, or Robert E. Lee had lived for 500 years? What sort of plans and advances would they had created?Next, we come to material wealth. Which, in most accounts of elves, they have no desire for. It is fairly alien to play a member of the race that is entirely devoid of the drive to accumulate wealth.What do elves want then? Knowledge. Perfection. Harmony. Not necessarily in that order. And they want the other races to recognize them as their superiors. Which irks the other races, of course, mainly because it is true, to a point. So, please don't play elves as pointy-eared humans.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sammael, post: 5797476, member: 4475"] Elven perception of time is [i]really[/i] different than ours. To a (classic) elf, what happened 500 years ago is but a generation away; he may have heard first-hand accounts from his parents or relatives. On the other hand, we (humans) have trouble determining the exact nature of events from just 100 years ago. Along with the perception of time comes another side-effect of longevity: elves do not rush into things. Like, ever. This is both a blessing and a curse, of course, but it stands to reason that they have... ...LOADS of contingencies planned. Our own race gave birth to a number of magnificent strategists and thinkers who had the opportunity to shine during several decades of their lives. Now imagine if Plato, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, DaVinci, Tesla, Napoleon, or Robert E. Lee had lived for 500 years? What sort of plans and advances would they had created? Next, we come to material wealth. Which, in most accounts of elves, they have no desire for. It is fairly alien to play a member of the race that is entirely devoid of the drive to accumulate wealth. What do elves want then? Knowledge. Perfection. Harmony. Not necessarily in that order. And they want the other races to recognize them as their superiors. Which irks the other races, of course, mainly because it [i]is[/i] true, to a point. So, please don't play elves as pointy-eared humans. [/QUOTE]

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