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<blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 8798384" data-attributes="member: 6802378"><p>If some humanoids can live more time, then succession to the throne and marriage alliances would be slower, and complicated. Here the human kingdoms could merger faster. </p><p></p><p>And too long life may be an evolutive handicap. How? It is not only lower birth rate against demographic crisis (wars, epidemics, natural disasters) but also the evolution would be slower to face the mutation of new epidemic strains. Here goblins, gnolls and kobolds may enjoy the best immune system (this is normal in the carrion-eater animals from the real life).</p><p></p><p>Could a 40y dragonborn marry a 14y kobold if this is the reincarnation of his former lover?</p><p></p><p>In the real life soldiers and police have to train with firearms usually to not lose the skill.</p><p></p><p>Do you rebember everything studied at school? Some things could be forgotten, but after a review you start to rebember something, and it would be faster than starting from zero.</p><p></p><p>Maybe some temples could give "free" younth potions for their best worshippers but really with these they wouldn't be longer lives, but only a better health. Then a human of 90y would look like somebody of 50.</p><p></p><p>Other point is rich people could pay for an "reincarnation" spell, but this could cause potential conflicts. Let's imagine a rich nobleman pays for the reincarnation of his killed wife. The firstborn and older children could reclaim the babies born after this reincarnation shouldn't be allowed to be heirs because they aren't the "pureblood", not the original bloodline, or the reincarnated wive has got a new body, more beatiful, but also too similar to husband's first love from his teenage years. And then some rumors tell the reincarnated wife isn't the original one, but a husband's lover killed out of jealousy or "to clean the family honor".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LuisCarlos17f, post: 8798384, member: 6802378"] If some humanoids can live more time, then succession to the throne and marriage alliances would be slower, and complicated. Here the human kingdoms could merger faster. And too long life may be an evolutive handicap. How? It is not only lower birth rate against demographic crisis (wars, epidemics, natural disasters) but also the evolution would be slower to face the mutation of new epidemic strains. Here goblins, gnolls and kobolds may enjoy the best immune system (this is normal in the carrion-eater animals from the real life). Could a 40y dragonborn marry a 14y kobold if this is the reincarnation of his former lover? In the real life soldiers and police have to train with firearms usually to not lose the skill. Do you rebember everything studied at school? Some things could be forgotten, but after a review you start to rebember something, and it would be faster than starting from zero. Maybe some temples could give "free" younth potions for their best worshippers but really with these they wouldn't be longer lives, but only a better health. Then a human of 90y would look like somebody of 50. Other point is rich people could pay for an "reincarnation" spell, but this could cause potential conflicts. Let's imagine a rich nobleman pays for the reincarnation of his killed wife. The firstborn and older children could reclaim the babies born after this reincarnation shouldn't be allowed to be heirs because they aren't the "pureblood", not the original bloodline, or the reincarnated wive has got a new body, more beatiful, but also too similar to husband's first love from his teenage years. And then some rumors tell the reincarnated wife isn't the original one, but a husband's lover killed out of jealousy or "to clean the family honor". [/QUOTE]
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