tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post364294451820763602..comments2024-03-12T22:45:16.936+01:00Comments on The Disoriented Ranger: Elves are no mammals, goddarnit! (introducing: Prince Charming)Jens D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-86542663560093359732015-11-16T19:04:26.409+01:002015-11-16T19:04:26.409+01:00What you are describing was exactly the dilemma I ...What you are describing was exactly the dilemma I was in to justify level caps to the players. My players wanted Elves exactly like that: powerful immortal beings. I needed a compromise to make both true, so that's what I came up with (and the Bastard instead of half-elves). Elves are powerful, immortal beings and they have reasons to be in the realms of men, but it weakens them and they can't do it for long ... It worked well in our game.Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-81746210951576325872015-11-16T18:17:40.430+01:002015-11-16T18:17:40.430+01:00I really like elves, especially as a player, and I...I really like elves, especially as a player, and I am also very adamant that an elf is basically a god in a man suit. On the other hand, I don't take it that they're ethereal, rather, they're hyper-real; they're intelligent, hedonistic, animalistic; they're nature incarnate and as such something lesser and far superior to men. Elves are egoism incarnate, beyond good and evil.<br />When I think about how I prefer to treat elves I really just don't find it appropriate to use them as PCs - for all the reasons above, even your average grab-bag elf is going to be able to drive cavaliers insane or hack down half a dozen men in full armor without making any damn noise.<br />I kind of fancy that Melnibonean/Elf explanation, too - elves aren't even especially 'magical'. They're just super-intelligent and highly evolved - they're good at magic because it involves intelligence and will, for the same reason Superman with a Green Lantern ring is OP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-46453685308460465052011-12-04T13:03:03.947+01:002011-12-04T13:03:03.947+01:00Thanks! And thanks for the link, too! Didn't r...Thanks! And thanks for the link, too! Didn't read it and I'am all over it now!Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-46853460273119711652011-12-04T04:03:28.721+01:002011-12-04T04:03:28.721+01:00Very nice. I like the explanation of elf level cap...Very nice. I like the explanation of elf level caps as needing to return to Alfheim or wherever.<br /><br />See also <a href="http://strangemagic.robertsongames.com/2011/12/elves-half-elves-and-humanity.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> if you have not already.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com