[UA] OT WW bashing (was Horror) (was Something Under the

[sneadj at mindspring.com]

"James O'Rance" <jorance at hotmail.com> wrote:

> "Nick Wedig" <mrteapot at disinfo.net> said:
> 
>  >>>There's a sizable rant in one rpg book(QAGS by Hex Games: 
> www.hexgames.com ) I read which basically claimed all people playing
> elves were simply using it as a way of making an uninteresting
> character 'cool' by giving it silver hair and the like.
> 
> I don't think all elf characters are like that, but I've seen enough
> in that vein to never create an elf myself.<<<
> 
> The elves in my favourite fantasy RPG setting are like Mongolian
> raiders. They don't have silver hair, they don't have magic swords,
> and IIRC magic use is considered a feminine activity - male wizards
> have to live in the women's tents.
> 
> The only problem that I have with elves in RPGs is that I quite like
> the different portrayals that I've seen done by Katherine Kerr, Tad
> Williams, and the like, but people don't seem to play them that way. I
> don't know if it's too hard, I've never tried.

I've always been very fond of the elves as animate plants idea from 
Runequest (and now Hero Wars), that sort of take IMHO makes 
them interesting.  OTOH, Tolkienesque elves are simply idealized 
medieval nobles with pointy ears.

-John Snead sneadj at mindspring.com   



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