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<blockquote data-quote="Jefe Bergenstein" data-source="post: 6699797" data-attributes="member: 31506"><p>This seems a lot of hand wringing into what should be a 5 minute introduction to get the real game started. It's the equivalent of watching a player hem and haw for hours over whether their 1920's flapper they themselves CREATED for a Call of Cthulhu adventure would actually go on the damn adventure in the first place. If you're a prospective elf player, and this is an issue for you, don't play an elf. If you arent an playing an elf, and someone else is, shut up and let this non-issue pass in a few minutes. At my table I think you'd get mobbed for starting the campaign by whining that someone else's character wasn't killed before the game began!</p><p></p><p>Everyone has offered many perfectly good reasons to not kill the elf on sight. If someone doesnt like those ideas, just ban elves. I'd prefer that to farting around for a session playing some throwaway guy to get my "real PC" or wasting a lot more time on a prologue that doesnt seem likely to even tie into the adventure path. </p><p></p><p>Maybe it's just my inner Danny Glover, but I'm getting too old for this... stuff. I've got work, family and a horde of other commitments jockeying for time, which doesnt leave a lot for exploring Melf the Elf's existential ennui over why he was left alive but the other elves were slain when there's raging demons that need butt kicking!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jefe Bergenstein, post: 6699797, member: 31506"] This seems a lot of hand wringing into what should be a 5 minute introduction to get the real game started. It's the equivalent of watching a player hem and haw for hours over whether their 1920's flapper they themselves CREATED for a Call of Cthulhu adventure would actually go on the damn adventure in the first place. If you're a prospective elf player, and this is an issue for you, don't play an elf. If you arent an playing an elf, and someone else is, shut up and let this non-issue pass in a few minutes. At my table I think you'd get mobbed for starting the campaign by whining that someone else's character wasn't killed before the game began! Everyone has offered many perfectly good reasons to not kill the elf on sight. If someone doesnt like those ideas, just ban elves. I'd prefer that to farting around for a session playing some throwaway guy to get my "real PC" or wasting a lot more time on a prologue that doesnt seem likely to even tie into the adventure path. Maybe it's just my inner Danny Glover, but I'm getting too old for this... stuff. I've got work, family and a horde of other commitments jockeying for time, which doesnt leave a lot for exploring Melf the Elf's existential ennui over why he was left alive but the other elves were slain when there's raging demons that need butt kicking! [/QUOTE]
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