Re: Non-stereotypical elves was Re: Quick Intro

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:06:18 -0600 Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
writes:
>         I hate elves. Seriously. (Yes, I know they are imaginary.
> But I hate
> imaginary elves.) They are always the same in modern fantasy and
> RPGs. Wise
> to the point of being absolute elitist snobs. Practically immortal,
> yet throw
> themselves into situations that are likely to get themselves killed.
> (Think
> about it: if you were practically immortal, wouldn't you be more
> careful?)
> Beautiful to the point that authors trip over themselves with
> adjectives.
>         You know what I want? I want fat, ugly elves with bad breath
> and even worse
> manners. I want elves that get drunk frequently on cheap booze and
> are angry
> drunks at that, too. I want elves that are either a.) paranoid
> about
> everything (like Puppeteers) or b.) have half the life-span of your
> average
> human (bonus points if they regularly die because they've managed to
> pickle
> their liver to oblivion). I want dumb, stupid elves that are
> consigned to
> shoveling horse manure in the stables because they can't be trusted
> with
> anything more complex. I want elves that are the scum of society,
> that cause
> good folk everywhere to quickly cross to the other side of the
> street and
> bless whatever capricious RPG god they believe in that they were not
> born an
> elf.
>         That's the kind of elf I could love.
>         :Peter
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Then you should play my friend's original RPG (which he hopes to get
published someday).  My apartmentmate has a character who's a
hard-drinking cowboy gunslinger elf.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "no sig for you!"