Re: off topic: 300 year old elves

> Second human maturity is closer to 14 or 16.  18 is just a legal age,
> and merely a legal age in the states at that.  I could cite numerous
> examples (including "modern" cultures in modern times) but most
> warrior/hunter/worker cultures consider adulthood to come between 12
> and 16 (varying by culture).  I would suspect the same would be true
> for most AD&D cultures.

And the base starting age for humans, in the 2nd Ed AD&D PHB, is 1d6+15,
IIRC.  At that age, the character's stats are at their max and he's ready
to rumble as an adventurer.  Seems like the guys at TSR put maturity at
age 16 as well.  Of course, some people never mature, but that as an
aside... :)

			- the Falcon