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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7302584" data-attributes="member: 58172">The same setting implications that apply to the Elf apply to the Human too. All epic characters can become ‘immortal’, and classes and items offer it before then. It doesnt really matter what the race is. Whatever difficulties apply to the Elf race apply to all player character races. Racial lifespans are mainly for flavor, and players can obviate them easily enough.Humans too can be immortal superpowers, so in this sense, elves as immortal superpowers are already balanced.With regard to the Elf, I see their ‘adulthood’ at age 100 as significant. Perhaps it is analogous to the Human becoming an ‘elder’ (a community leader, sage, etcetera) at about age 50. But in the case of the Elf, all the years preceding 100 are considered a time of youthful fun and exploration. In one of my settings I interpret this to mean, at age 100, the ‘adult’ elves leave the playground that is the Material Plane and take residence in the Fey Plane, to take on the ‘adult’ responsibilities there of becoming guardians of the multiverse. Effectively, these elves are archfey, and often members of Fey Elf great courts. Normally, an elf has attained epic levels before this egress.Also, elven cultures evolve differently. Even tho elves know that they are all elves, and understand the importance of working together, their different experiences shape different worldviews and different value judgments, and it is difficult for elven cultures to fully understand each other. Only trusting what they dont understand allows them to truly work together effectively, benefiting from each others respective cultural strengths while covering each others weaknesses. This takes great effort. The antipathy of the spider Drow culture versus the other elven cultures is an extreme example of this elven cultural disconnect. When cultures do work together as members of Team Elf, then they are powerful. There are various attempts to work together, but rarely does it achieve its full potential.</blockquote>

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