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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne
There's also the general question of what keeps the elven population under control regardless, since centuries of childbearing years for women presents its own problems regardless of whether they start having children at 20 or 120.
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I remember reading one D&D novel where one elf was joyous that their mate was fertile for the first time in about a hundred years. If elven females are only fertile 5-6 times during their lifespan, that would dramatically slow down elven population growth. It would also explain a large portion of the common trope of elves not being fond of half-elves, simply because a half-elf represents about 100-years worth of fertility lost (compared to having a full-blooded elf child).