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Old 11-12-2020, 05:48 AM   #22
AlexanderHowl
 
Join Date: Feb 2016
Default Re: Elves as "closer to nature and lower-tech" - give them a revulsion to metal?

Well, you still have to defend yourself during the time that you are waiting for your sword to grow. I think that it is much more likely that they design their environments to be dangerous to everyone else. An elven forest might be full of toxic fungi/plants whose spores/pollens cause any human who stumbles into them to suffer a number of adverse effects. Elves could gather and preserve the toxins for use during the winter, and any humans that would attempt to invade their territory would face an unpleasant surprise.

For example, an elven forest might cause any human to suffer from Slave Mentality while they are suffering from the effects of the toxins. Why would you need to make weapons when you can simply order any invaders to give you theirs? Legends would warn humans from entering elven forests because they would be enslaved by the glamour of the elves.
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