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tanksoldier · 04-05-2018, 11:57 AM

In the Traveller settings I’ve always thought of the Darrians as Space Elves... and Sword Worlds as Space Orks... both are human cultures but they fill those niches.

In any setting Elves appear unpredictable to outsiders not because they actually are capricious but because they make their decisions on a different, unknown, set of premises and values.

04-05-2018, 11:57 AM	#52
tanksoldier Join Date: Feb 2005	Re: Stretching the bounds of typical fantasy races -OR- What makes an elf? In the Traveller settings I’ve always thought of the Darrians as Space Elves... and Sword Worlds as Space Orks... both are human cultures but they fill those niches. In any setting Elves appear unpredictable to outsiders not because they actually are capricious but because they make their decisions on a different, unknown, set of premises and values.