(09-25-2013, 05:02 PM)Siobhain Wrote: I was directing most of that combat business to the comments about Saurfang, Gandalf, etc. and where they might be. Namely, who knows? Gandalf was a wizard in the LotR universe but he also pretty much when toe to toe with the Balrog and Saurfang was an Orc. ...I mean... Broxxigar was an Orc, and Saurfang and Brox are about on par in my eyes. I mean to say that if there are a lot of senior citizens doing back flips and punching beasts in the face it might not go over that well. I wish, primarily, that we had something like an average lifespan for races at the very least. Except for Hyur we can really only guess at lifespans which in turn means guessing at maturity and seniority.
I won't argue that they all have to be old and wise, they could be as immature, xenophobic, and unworldly as they might be in any other fantasy setting-- But I will say that it seems unlikely that too many of them are still active soldiers or pit fighters-- I guess mage-related things -seems- like it would fit better simply because I've been conditioned by NPCs and characters of other worlds that magic, like firearms and death, are the great equalizer.
Basically, part of being "old" normally comes with a gradual decline in your physical capabilities. Â An older person is going to, in general, have more difficulty with physical activities as compared to a younger person in the same sort of physical shape.
In extremely long-lived races, I'm not even sure calling someone who has lived for 100 years "old" would be accurate if their race lives, to say, 300 years. Â They might just be hitting middle-age, or their prime.
Do we even have concrete lifespans for each race?
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