Steve Jackson Games Forums - View Single Post - Elves as "closer to nature and lower-tech"

AlexanderHowl · 11-11-2020, 12:04 PM

But magic provides effective tech level (ETL). If elves have magic that grants them the benefits of TL11, then they have ETL 11, regardless if they have metallurgy or not. The Nature modifier should apply in cases of ETL as well as TL, as ETL is just as unnatural as TL.

11-11-2020, 12:04 PM	#14
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: Elves as "closer to nature and lower-tech" - give them a revulsion to metal? But magic provides effective tech level (ETL). If elves have magic that grants them the benefits of TL11, then they have ETL 11, regardless if they have metallurgy or not. The Nature modifier should apply in cases of ETL as well as TL, as ETL is just as unnatural as TL.