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Post by Scott on Jul 30, 2005 8:54:00 GMT -5
Does anybody consider Greyhawk's elves to be immortal? If not, what is elven old age like? If your elves are immortal, do they heed some calling at a certain point in life and go somewhere else, similar to Tolkien's elves?
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Post by geneweigel on Jul 30, 2005 11:28:39 GMT -5
I don't know Tolkien's universe is a little "magic dry" compared to Greyhawk. The future of Greyhawk (See Smedger's "Epoch of Magic" where magic is not lost but fading) seems to be where an elven "let's get the fuck out of here" type scenario would start. Perhaps after the continent of Oerik is destroyed in the distant future it will become the "transition point" of an elven migration from Aquaria...  Seriously there seems to be several "hot spots" for an elven migration to begin. Celene is isolated and so is the Northern Isles of the Sprindrift. I have to admit as read they do seem rather "down to earth" but with a little modification they could be a little more "planar". Just my opinion. |
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Post by Faraer on Jul 30, 2005 17:06:14 GMT -5
I use the ages given in the DMG, i.e. elves die of old age between 1000 and 2000 years old. I don't think they're the kind of elves who wester: they're at home right where they are.
The same section (pp. 12-13) also indicates that dwarf, elf and gnome clerics, unlike humans and half-orcs, start out middle-aged, which says a lot about the role of priests in demi-human societies.
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Post by GT on Sept 11, 2005 11:36:53 GMT -5
I, too, use the DMG age charts and at some point their spirits go to Olympus, the Abyss or whatever. Of course, in my campaign only party-kill has claimed any that ran with the group...
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Post by grodog on Sept 11, 2005 15:33:54 GMT -5
Me too---I've always used the DMG ages for the PC and NPC characters. Waaaay back when, I did use immortal elves, with Tolkien sub-races (Noldorin, Sindarin, etc.), but that was before 1980....
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