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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5112678" data-attributes="member: 80487">Because it keeps those fast and mobile adversaries complete with magic from making so rapidly dead a warrior wearing full plate complete with magic.Also because it's less cumbersome than less-advanced combinations of plate and mail.Real reason: &quot;Planet of the Elves&quot; was not what Arneson and Gygax wanted, and level limits mostly took care of that. The lack of appeal in being a 30th level thief relative to the effort it took to get there made it unlikely at least for PCs. Even among magic-users, in my experience, going past the early teens was quite rare in old D&amp;D. High levels were mainly for arch-villain NPCs.Possible Rationale: The long-lived non-humans have alien perspectives and instincts. Read Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword for one fictional portrayal. There are some great quotes from Tolkien, too.Another thing: In AD&amp;D, Elves (and Half-Orcs) could not be resurrected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 5112678, member: 80487"] Because it keeps those fast and mobile adversaries complete with magic from making so rapidly dead a warrior wearing full plate complete with magic. Also because it's less cumbersome than less-advanced combinations of plate and mail. Real reason: "Planet of the Elves" was not what Arneson and Gygax wanted, and level limits mostly took care of that. The lack of appeal in [I]being[/I] a 30th level thief relative to the effort it took to get there made it unlikely at least for PCs. Even among magic-users, in my experience, going past the early teens was quite rare in old D&D. High levels were mainly for arch-villain NPCs. Possible Rationale: The long-lived non-humans have alien perspectives and instincts. Read Poul Anderson's [I]The Broken Sword[/I] for one fictional portrayal. There are some great quotes from Tolkien, too. Another thing: In AD&D, Elves (and Half-Orcs) could not be resurrected. [/QUOTE]

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