Re: Elven Superiority? Yeah, right.

>	Here's my take on why elves are individually better:  Experience.
>They're all at *minimum* double- or triple-classed characters in the 3rd
>to 8th level range.  My reasoning is that they've been around for a damn
>long time, and have probably picked up *lots* of non-adventuring experience
>-- which humans can get, but at too slow a rate to do anything with
>during their short lives.  Though lower level elves exist (like PC's),
>they're not the norm.

By non-adventuring, you're speaking of the individual class awards? Such as
the mage's 50 XP per spell level cast, or the thief's 100 XP per successful
ability use? I agree, because of their long lifespans, a classed elf or
dwarf would be much higher level than the average human. However, human
lifetimes aren't so short as to make these awards useless--intensive
training could take (say) a human fighter up to level 6 or 7 in just a
couple years. Of course, while they would be great at fighting techniques,
they might be a bit lacking in strategy and "monster trivia." However, IMO,
that's how you end up with things like 9th-level princes, and the
ubiquitous FR mages and archmages, as well as the large numbers of 3rd
level scro troops (though IMHO FR _does_ go a bit overboard). Note that a
commander in the IEN is at least 9th level; and most elves aren't dumb
enough to adventure for their levels.

Hemlocks