That to me emphasizes that elven/dwarven society must be super lazy then. If we apply merit to all people, then the longer-lived people out there should be more likely to become masters of their craft compared to humans as a result.
Which makes sense since fantasy novels often talk about the majesty of their civilizations, but at the same time that makes me feel like humans are the equivalent of a "made in China" tag for everything, which amuses me because classic D&D had humans as the only race that could level up infinitely (I think 1st edition originally had elves as druids the only ones that could level up infinitely, which was impossible since Druids could only get to Grand Druid level and leave it at that).
Under that system, I would think that all lands and industries would be elven/dwarven enterprises as a result. Sure, they justify later on that humans have their own edge by being the race that thinks outside the box, but it's still like a war of attrition to get that recognition.
Furthermore, if social services exist for elves and dwarves, I can't help but think of Japan where there's economic problems because of there being so many old people too old to support versus working citizens.
I'm sure someone could make some amusing analogues out of this (which would be appropo since scifi/fantasy's purpose is usually to express social issues in ways that can not be expressed in a palpable real world scenario).
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Date: 2018-11-07 04:37 pm (UTC)Which makes sense since fantasy novels often talk about the majesty of their civilizations, but at the same time that makes me feel like humans are the equivalent of a "made in China" tag for everything, which amuses me because classic D&D had humans as the only race that could level up infinitely (I think 1st edition originally had elves as druids the only ones that could level up infinitely, which was impossible since Druids could only get to Grand Druid level and leave it at that).
Under that system, I would think that all lands and industries would be elven/dwarven enterprises as a result. Sure, they justify later on that humans have their own edge by being the race that thinks outside the box, but it's still like a war of attrition to get that recognition.
Furthermore, if social services exist for elves and dwarves, I can't help but think of Japan where there's economic problems because of there being so many old people too old to support versus working citizens.
I'm sure someone could make some amusing analogues out of this (which would be appropo since scifi/fantasy's purpose is usually to express social issues in ways that can not be expressed in a palpable real world scenario).