Re: Spelljammer and Planescape

It never made since to me that longer lived races would have a level cap
lower than Humans. I realize the only reason this was done was because
Humans had no special abilities, but so what. If a player wanted special
abilities then play a non-human. Playing a character without special
abilities is more challenging. In most settings the Humans do have one
major advantage, they are more populous than the other races.

I just don't know anymore.

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>From: 	S. Wilson[SMTP:sswilson@?.??????????.edu]
>Sent: 	Thursday, April 17, 1997 8:34 PM
>To: 	Spelljammer
>Cc: 	Planescape Mailing List
>Subject: 	Re: [SPELLJAMMER] - Re: Spelljammer and Planescape
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>> > Since when have elves not had level limits? I thought it was just a part
>> > of being an elf (or a dwarf, or a halfling, or a giff, or whatever).
>>
>> It's a style thing with me.  In my campaign, elves were once the dominant
>> race in much of the multiverse (kind of like the humans are now), and had
>> no level limits.  The modern elves are the weaker descendents of these
>> great elves (which I call the Sidhe).  The Sidhe had no level limits in
>> anything, which is how I explain the magical reputation that elves have
>> even though a human mage can outperform them.
>
>Hmmm. That's a thought; I don't suppose any Sidhe are (secretly) still
>around? <g> Perhaps meddling in the affairs of the "immature" races, or
>acting as a Macros-like catalyst. Or even gone bad? <eg> I always felt,
>though, that the magical reputation of the elves can be explained easily
>by their long life spans. Since an elf with a high enough intelligence
>_can_ receive 9th level spells, it seems reasonable that there will be a
>fair amount of elven archmages around--maybe as many as 12 on a class E
>planet? Maybe more if elves are the dominant race on the particular planet
>in question. The other half is a cultural bias towards magic. In the MM,
>elves are described as having a fascination with magic. This would
>naturally lead to more intensive magical training on their part, and even
>a 14th level mage is incredibly powerful, _especially_ in comparison to
>the common folk who spread the tales.
>
>Of course, no archmage worth his salt should _ever_ die permanently. This
>should lead to a gradual accumulation of archmages on a given planet,
>elven and human alike, until the mass of the planet is eventually made up
>entirely of archmages. But that's a story for another time. :)
>
>JFTR
>Hemlock
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