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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3870868" data-attributes="member: 7883">I disagree.&nbsp; In Birthright, I believe, one of the human regents had an elven or half-elven advisor who had served like 5 generations of the family with distinction.&nbsp; In this case, the advisor's lifespan was a boon that permitted the rulership of the country to benefit from a level of consistency impossible without that advisor's presence.I'm not sure how living longer doesn't matter in other settings though.&nbsp; It's not like it's going to allow someone to fly, simply because they live longer.&nbsp; But it allows for a certain level of consistency, because your &quot;greatest&quot; citizens aren't dying in 50 years.&nbsp; They've got like 500 years in which to do whatever their mojo is.In the campaign book Evermeet, from 2nd Ed. there are a group of lvl 20 elves who are ancient, and basically sleep, waiting for times that they are needed.&nbsp; IMO, it's not necessarily a unique idea...but it is cool.The Complete Book of Elves had a variant rule where older elves got bonus skill points (proficiencies, in 2nd Ed.), based on their age...it was like 1d4 points for every 50 years over 100.&nbsp; It makes complete sense...but it's hard to balance.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 3870868, member: 7883"] I disagree. In Birthright, I believe, one of the human regents had an elven or half-elven advisor who had served like 5 generations of the family with distinction. In this case, the advisor's lifespan was a boon that permitted the rulership of the country to benefit from a level of consistency impossible without that advisor's presence. I'm not sure how living longer doesn't matter in other settings though. It's not like it's going to allow someone to fly, simply because they live longer. But it allows for a certain level of consistency, because your "greatest" citizens aren't dying in 50 years. They've got like 500 years in which to do whatever their mojo is. In the campaign book Evermeet, from 2nd Ed. there are a group of lvl 20 elves who are ancient, and basically sleep, waiting for times that they are needed. IMO, it's not necessarily a unique idea...but it is cool. The Complete Book of Elves had a variant rule where older elves got bonus skill points (proficiencies, in 2nd Ed.), based on their age...it was like 1d4 points for every 50 years over 100. It makes complete sense...but it's hard to balance. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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