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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1546674" data-attributes="member: 3649">That's pretty much my position on most of the long-lived races; most of them (none of them that I can think of) are really motivated by the humans desire to grow and expand, and take everyone and everything else along for the ride.  Simply having a long life might blunt those desires, since there's no longer the pressure to provide for those who come after, no desire to build a legacy for your children in your own lifetime; after all, you'll be around for a long time after your kids are born. However, I think it goes deeper than that. I think elves and dwarves are less inclined psychologically to push back the borders of their world like humans are. A human will look at a plot of land and see what it can become. An elf will look at the same plot of land and love what it is. A human will use a tool and think 'there is a way to do this work faster, with less effort'. A dwarf will use a tool and continue to use it as long as it gets the work done. The work will still be there tomorrow and the next day and the next century; no need to do it all now.</blockquote>