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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 395414" data-attributes="member: 6533">Reichs ElvesI think the real advantage Elves have in the realm of slavery is their long life span.  Not only would this major difference in how they and other species live life make it much easier for them to develop the callow disregard necessary to hold sentient species as slaves.But, it would give the comparative timespan necessary to really pull off breeding programs for things like orcs and humans.  Then you could easily reinforce behaviours through early childhood training and brute force genetics.Look at what we've been able to accomplish with dogs.  We've gotten them so mixed up there are some who naturally tend to running and jumping, other who herd, and chihuahuas.  All from what we know to have been one homogenous species back before they shacked up with us.I did an Elven slave holding nation that worked with humans and myconids sometime ago.Does 3E even have myconids?I have always thought that Orcs were way undervalued.  While, they're intelligence and Charisma may be low they are as wise as anybody else and wisdom is what let's you use your super high strength to kill all the puny humans come nightfall when they're reliance on torches has made them week.I also thought there was a lot of potential in the small races just because they need less to survive and are both more accurate and harder to hit.Short is an evolutionary advantage.  BTW:  Chrisling, your threads are ruining my geek time.  I thought I was over this.  I had given up writing ever more notes in my big book of bizarre fantasy ideas based off of my meager knowledge of the humanities.I was even all set to DM a published setting.         BUT you keep pulling me back in!!! WHY gawd why?!?!?!?</blockquote>

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