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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 3577706" data-attributes="member: 1645">There is not one mortality rate though.&nbsp; The mortality rate for elves is vastly different from the mortality rate for humans, which is only a weighted average for different kinds of humans living in different places with different lifestyles.Just as mortality rate differs from place to place and time to time, so does reproduction rate.&nbsp; Even if all humans are biologically human, the reproduction rate of middle-class Americans is nothing like the reproduction rate of medieval peasants -- and elves likely change their reproduction rate drastically depending on their circumstances.What is true is that long-lived elves who invest mightily in each offspring would be safety-conscious.&nbsp; Like modern Americans, they would value blood more than treasure, and they would spend a tremendous amount on military magic (which is analogous to technology) rather than throw lives away.&nbsp; Orcs would make the opposite trade-off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 3577706, member: 1645"] There is not [i]one[/i] mortality rate though. The mortality rate for elves is vastly different from the mortality rate for humans, which is only a weighted average for different kinds of humans living in different places with different lifestyles. Just as mortality rate differs from place to place and time to time, so does reproduction rate. Even if all humans are biologically human, the reproduction rate of middle-class Americans is nothing like the reproduction rate of medieval peasants -- and elves likely change their reproduction rate drastically depending on their circumstances. What is true is that long-lived elves who invest mightily in each offspring would be safety-conscious. Like modern Americans, they would value blood more than treasure, and they would spend a tremendous amount on military magic (which is analogous to technology) rather than throw lives away. Orcs would make the opposite trade-off. [/QUOTE]

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