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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 5799371" data-attributes="member: 7883">Before stating my case, I'm going to state a few points:1-I understand this is a fantasy game, and that there are no such things as elves, wizards, unicorns, or chicks in chainmail.2-I am not of the belief that a messed up lifespan in any way impairs an elf PC's ability to compete against or collaborate with other characters in an adventuring environment.I *do* think that it damages the sense of verisimilitude in the game.&nbsp; No place in nature does there exist an animal (that I'm aware of) that spends 50% of its life in a state of decrepitude.Why put that in a fantasy game?&nbsp; Elves are widely written in most fantasy literature (even D&amp;D literature) as being long lived.&nbsp; Heck, even in D&amp;D literature, through the editions, they had long lifespans....in 3E, when the rules basically spelled out an average lifespan of 550 years, you had flavour text claiming they could live millenia.And then there are all the flavour text elements in 2nd and 3rd ed about elves having a slow physical aging process where they might look like they're in their 30's, even when they were old or venerable age categories?&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Seems to me that it just confuses things.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 5799371, member: 7883"] Before stating my case, I'm going to state a few points: 1-I understand this is a fantasy game, and that there are no such things as elves, wizards, unicorns, or chicks in chainmail. 2-I am not of the belief that a messed up lifespan in any way impairs an elf PC's ability to compete against or collaborate with other characters in an adventuring environment. I *do* think that it damages the sense of verisimilitude in the game. No place in nature does there exist an animal (that I'm aware of) that spends 50% of its life in a state of decrepitude. Why put that in a fantasy game? Elves are widely written in most fantasy literature (even D&D literature) as being long lived. Heck, even in D&D literature, through the editions, they had long lifespans....in 3E, when the rules basically spelled out an average lifespan of 550 years, you had flavour text claiming they could live millenia. And then there are all the flavour text elements in 2nd and 3rd ed about elves having a slow physical aging process where they might look like they're in their 30's, even when they were old or venerable age categories? Why? Seems to me that it just confuses things. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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