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white lotus 05-31-04, 06:31 PM	I am creating a elf that is going to be the second most powerful person in the world.But i need acouple of ideas on what he might have done.I have heard something about a blood war i am going to have him be in acouple of wars and am thinking of things that would have been his opponents all i can think of are genzerai i think thats how you spell it.
Trydan 05-31-04, 06:50 PM	Originally posted by white lotus Ii am going to have him be in acouple of warsAt 3.500 years, any elf will have had the opportunity to see more that just a couple of wars. Still... this could be a good opportunity to open up some role-playing possibilities. Imagine, for example, some sort of repetition in the patterns of conflict.
Valence de Meluvet 06-01-04, 03:01 AM	isnt the average lifespan of an elf like 700 years?
Trydan 06-01-04, 07:41 AM	Originally posted by Valence de Meluvet isnt the average lifespan of an elf like 700 years? Certinaly, but there is nothing to stop magic or something from propagating the total lifespan. It could also be a campaign-specific thing too.
The_Yellow_Dart_Swinger 06-01-04, 11:20 AM	There is also an epic feat which adds half your maximum age to itself. So a 700 year age limit with this feat would now be 1150 age limit and it moves the age categorys back also except if your already middle age you stay that age. Like Trydan said, your character probably saw more than his share of wars, country's coming, going, heros emerge and being forgotten except in some very ancient tome. You've probably even known a few generations of creatures with long lives, like dragons. Prehaps the short lived 'mortals' interest you since they go after fame, forturtune, love, right from the get go and are forgotten just that fast. Or prehaps your character is bored with them for reasons like that. You might also be patient, consisdering how long you've lived. What a human what start at that very momment may take you three or four years of planning before you start it. Also how would your character be seen from other points of view. Is he some sort of mythological being of legend from the worlds point of view. A powerful fighter who appeared in a few battles and virtually changed the course of the war by himself? Or has he been forgotten since your character never did anything earth shaking? Just some things to think about.
Trydan 06-01-04, 04:38 PM	Originally posted by The_Yellow_Dart_Swinger You've probably even known a few generations of creatures with long lives, like dragons. Hmm... that's a very good point, and one with some interesting possibilities too. It is possible to raise a dragon from hatchling to ancient wurm, either as familar, pet, companion or mount. Such a relationship would be very deep -- more so that anything between dragons and humanoids normally would. That has a lot of potential. Tip-of-the-hat to The_Yellow_Dart_Swinger...
white lotus 06-01-04, 04:49 PM	the elf is married to a silver wyrm that he has known sience the she hatched he knew the dragons parents the elf is draconic he has meet bahaumat in person and the dragons grandfather is a diety now.If you need any info just ask. I may start a story on this character.
DNA 06-02-04, 06:11 PM	I have a general theory that the human mind wouldn't really hold up much over a century or so, even if old age weren't an issue. Our outlooks change so much over the few short decades we have, what immortal could possibly stay sane through the millennia? Long-lived fantasy races prove an interesting question. How do elves stay sane? Well, I'd say that they're calmer than us humans, not rushing about so much. They've got plenty of time. But even for an elf, poetry and meditation has to get old after a few hundred years. If you're making an elf that's lived five times his natural lifespan, my suggestion is this: whatever he did to last that long, he's probably regretting it to some degree by now. Maybe eternal life sounded sweet back in the Bronze Age, but after millennia of watching you society slowly decline while human tribes swarm like locusts over your once-pristine forests and plains, he might be just a little bitter...
white lotus 06-03-04, 12:30 AM	I am going to have him be a part of a proficy that he was he was born the tenth child of the tenth generation of his house and was draconic for no reason {ancestor wise}. Part of the proficy was that he would not be affected by the passing of time and he would be the greatest warrior ever to walk the earth. I still need some things that he would have been against in wars. The family he is in has a hatred for red dragons.
Vega_Engi 06-03-04, 09:11 AM	He will not be good for sure, since he saw virtually everything turning to dust. He is neutral. Some dieties must have seen him and might have influenced on him. He does not live in society or if he does he is legendary.
white lotus 06-03-04, 02:08 PM	He was lawful good and had a legendary sword that was to.then his brother died and he took his sword and it was chaotic evil and when he combined the sword {used them both at once} he was turned nuetral this happened when he was 450 his dragon is also nuetral.