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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 9724388" data-attributes="member: 9254">One aspect of species I'd like addressed is age.&nbsp; The USA would have only seen a few elven generations: the ones here prior to 1776, those born 1776-1950, 1950-current.&nbsp; (I'm assuming elves have kids on average at 170yro, which corresponds to a 26yro human).&nbsp; The&nbsp; oldest 1st gen american elves wouldn't reach adulthood until 1876 and likely didn't have kids until the early 1900s,&nbsp; and in 2025 are 250yro, meaning they are equivalent to 30-something humans.&nbsp; Imagine if your parents were 300+ years old.&nbsp; What kind of assets would they have accrued?&nbsp; How well connected are they compared to humans?&nbsp; What kind of accumulated life learnings would they have?Now imagine that you were physically mature at 25 but spent the last 75yrs as a &quot;minor&quot; (non-adult) where your parents could manage your finances.&nbsp; What kind of &quot;housewarming&quot; gifts might you receive from parents that spent collecting your nickels and quarters to buy stocks, bonds, land, or just flatware, dishes, furniture, horses, etc?&nbsp; Of course culture could mean the tween-elf earnings go to the parents, so what if a married couple had a minimal cost laborer for 7 decades?&nbsp; Gnomes and dwarves would have similar factors but different cultures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 9724388, member: 9254"] One aspect of species I'd like addressed is age. The USA would have only seen a few elven generations: the ones here prior to 1776, those born 1776-1950, 1950-current. (I'm assuming elves have kids on average at 170yro, which corresponds to a 26yro human). The oldest 1st gen american elves wouldn't reach adulthood until 1876 and likely didn't have kids until the early 1900s, and in 2025 are 250yro, meaning they are equivalent to 30-something humans. Imagine if your parents were 300+ years old. What kind of assets would they have accrued? How well connected are they compared to humans? What kind of accumulated life learnings would they have? Now imagine that you were physically mature at 25 but spent the last 75yrs as a "minor" (non-adult) where your parents could manage your finances. What kind of "housewarming" gifts might you receive from parents that spent collecting your nickels and quarters to buy stocks, bonds, land, or just flatware, dishes, furniture, horses, etc? Of course culture could mean the tween-elf earnings go to the parents, so what if a married couple had a minimal cost laborer for 7 decades? Gnomes and dwarves would have similar factors but different cultures. [/QUOTE]

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