Grounded for three years
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it’s a generally accepted assumption in many post-Tolkien fantasy works.
if 100 is the age of adulthood then it is equivalent to 18 in human years
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Which kinda makes the math meaningless cause 73 < 100 requires no calculation.
only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent. An assumption that is true for a small percentage of population of the world for a small fraction of human history
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Gennerelly accepted where ?
In the USA probably because it’s their drinking age
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In the USA probably because it’s their drinking age
I get the 21 , but I’m not clear about the 100.
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because of the background and helmet, and the elfs clothing.
I own that top in black.
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if 100 is the age of adulthood then it is equivalent to 18 in human years
close enough
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I get the 21 , but I’m not clear about the 100.
before the Internet killed my attention span, I used to read a lot of science fiction and fantasy novels by a variety of authors. Since then, I’ve watched a lot of anime and read a lot of amateur writing. I don’t have specific sources to cite, but the trope is common enough and recurring enough that I stand by my claim of “generally accepted”.
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only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent. An assumption that is true for a small percentage of population of the world for a small fraction of human history
only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent.
Which is exactly what the character is doing
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Nah, it checks out. I ran the numbers myself and I got 15.33, which is roughly 15. This, of course, assumes the age of adulthood is 21 for humans and 100 for elves, and we don’t really have a reason to doubt those numbers.
Others have doubted the 21 year figure being appropriate for humans but I think the 100 year figure is ridiculous for elves. It’s based on the assumption that age of maturity and total lifespan are always preserved in an exact ratio across different species, when this is demonstrably not the case.
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Others have doubted the 21 year figure being appropriate for humans but I think the 100 year figure is ridiculous for elves. It’s based on the assumption that age of maturity and total lifespan are always preserved in an exact ratio across different species, when this is demonstrably not the case.
Does it matter? If we used maturity as a measure, I would still be unable to drink.
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I own that top in black.
You are such a medieval wench though.
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Does it matter? If we used maturity as a measure, I would still be unable to drink.
I’m talking about physical maturity, not emotional maturity (which is greatly influenced by environment).
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I’m talking about physical maturity, not emotional maturity (which is greatly influenced by environment).
Im that case, should have been drinking at 14, because I’m as hairy as a chimp.
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You are such a medieval wench though.
My entire apartment looks like the later episodes of serial experiment lain.
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In D&D, the standard assumption is that elves mature just as fast as humans, but they are culturally treated as children until around hundred or just a bit higher. But I’ve started developing a campaign setting where elves really are the equivalent of kids until that age, and all the implications of that. One of which is that, if humans attended school alongside elven kids, they’re going to lose their reputation of mystique and wisdom— they’re going to be viewed as kinda slow and dimwitted, as the humans graduate through the grades and the elevens get held back a decade or so.
Reminds me of the humans in this HFY
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Others have doubted the 21 year figure being appropriate for humans but I think the 100 year figure is ridiculous for elves. It’s based on the assumption that age of maturity and total lifespan are always preserved in an exact ratio across different species, when this is demonstrably not the case.
Whats’s even funnier is that Pathfinder 2e has an “Ancient Elf” heritage, and the guidelines state that it’s at least 100 years old
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Whats’s even funnier is that Pathfinder 2e has an “Ancient Elf” heritage, and the guidelines state that it’s at least 100 years old
I think it’s one of those things where they don’t want you playing a 16 year old elf because reasons.
Just like how you need to use fantasy names rather than normal names like Steve or Tiffany.
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only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent.
Which is exactly what the character is doing
No the character just confirms that an equivalent age of 15 is too young. 21 is just the baseline age they use to do the calculation, because it lines up with 100 years in elf years. But the bartender wouldnt have to do the second part of the calculation at all if the drinking age is 21. It could easily be 16 or 17 and the elf would still be too young.
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In D&D, the standard assumption is that elves mature just as fast as humans, but they are culturally treated as children until around hundred or just a bit higher. But I’ve started developing a campaign setting where elves really are the equivalent of kids until that age, and all the implications of that. One of which is that, if humans attended school alongside elven kids, they’re going to lose their reputation of mystique and wisdom— they’re going to be viewed as kinda slow and dimwitted, as the humans graduate through the grades and the elevens get held back a decade or so.
Imagine having that smart-arse teenager be that annoying for like, a few decades.
Or just… the emotionality that comes with hormones. Although one would imagine since elves do end up being more wise and whatnot, that they sort of start gathering more wisdom even though it’s slower to start with. As in, they’d be horny like a teenager for a decade or two, but they’d learn to somewhat manage it after the first five years.
