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Wenin
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 19:59:50
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How long is an elf in diapers?
How long before an elf is able to speak their first words? String sentences together?
This issue has always bugged me. Elves start off adventuring at around 80-120 years of age. While I can explain what a human was doing the first 14 years of their lives.... I can't explain why it took an elf 80 years to be ready for adventuring.
We have teenagers these days that want to be treated like adults. What about elven teenagers?
Human society has rules about respecting one's elders. When you have an Elven "Teenager" that is 50 years old.... how would a 25 year old human react? How does that Elven teenager come off? As a know it all kid, with weak logic, and full of emotion?
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 20:11:24
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I'm not 100% positive but I would suggest reading the 2e Complete book of elves for your answers.
I do not have mine to hand but I will check as soon as I can. Unless another scribe has the info to hand!
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 20:13:23
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| elves are 'diaperfree' at the approximly same age as humans ... and learn to talk at approx the same time ... they just live so long that they allow htemselves to be childen much longer (somehow keeping puberty off) ... but if in the case of emergency they can physically age rather fast ... as least as far as i remember |
what happened to the queen? she's much more hysterical than usual
She's a women, it happens once a month |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 20:21:00
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Aha got it..
An elf is classed as a child up till his 75 year and act accordingly in there childish ways.
75 - 110 ish an elf is classed as an adolescent, both males and females mature at approx the same rate. this is the Learning stage of life where they are inducted into elven society etc and learn the basics of life!
As for your question regarding teenagers respecting their elders, Elves when they have reached venerable age (350 and older) are considered an elder an often differed to for there wisdom and vast experience.
I hope this helps
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 20:40:12
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I'm really interested in those first 75 years.
As for teenagers respecting their elders, I was refering to human (young adult) to elven (teenager) relations. |
Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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turox
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 20:54:53
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If I am recalling correctly a question close to this was asked to Ed and he gave a reply in 2006. Find Kuje's sig and click on the Ed's answers and look through them. And sorry but I don't remember the date that this was answered but it was in the later half of the year. Unless I read it on his past replies that I was looking over at that time.
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"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe."
Wizard's First Rule: Chapter 36, Page #397, US Hard Cover (revealed by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander).
Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 Feb 2007 : 22:16:47
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quote:
Originally posted by turox
If I am recalling correctly a question close to this was asked to Ed and he gave a reply in 2006. Find Kuje's sig and click on the Ed's answers and look through them. And sorry but I don't remember the date that this was answered but it was in the later half of the year. Unless I read it on his past replies that I was looking over at that time.
Edit: Typed that twice.
I think you are after the april 12th, 2006 reply. :) |
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Wenin
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 01 Mar 2007 : 04:44:54
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That's great info.
Based on that, it would seem to place a 33 year old elf, at about 13-14 years of a human. 50 is about 16. 75 would be 18 human years.
And it is all explained by hormones, as it is with teenagers. =)
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Session Reports posted at RPG Geek.
Stem the Tide Takes place in Mistledale.
Dark Curtains - Takes place in the Savage North, starting in Nesmé. I wrapped my campaign into the Hoard of the Dragon Queen, but it takes place in 1372 DR. |
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Life cycle of an elf?
