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Old 11-10-2020, 06:32 PM   #4
Tyneras
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Kentucky, USA
Default Re: Elves as "closer to nature and lower-tech" - give them a revulsion to metal?

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Originally Posted by Gumby Bush View Post
Necessity is the mother of invention. No needs -> no invention. Special nature powers -> less need -> lower tech.
This.

If elves are not bothered by the extremes of nature, why would they need shelter at all? Why have clothing, when the animals don't? A wolf has no need for weapons and tools and neither do I.

Given the proper advantages, a naked TL0 elf could be more comfortable in a downpour than a king in a castle. Tie those advantages to a pact limitation, and elves could very well see "going human" as a dire curse.
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