| From: | "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Charisma (was:Re: Elves) |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:31:50 -0400 |
>
> Elves are pretty by human standards, but like you say it depends on what
> you personally think is beautiful or attractive. However, in this case I
> think things get judged by human standards; on average, humans don't find
> wrinkly faces with large tusks attractive, so orks aren't deemed
> attractive; elves OTOH exhibit most of the features that humans want to
> be, physically at least: they're tall, they're thin, they look young
> forever, and so on. A great many people nowadays think all these so-called
> "supermodels" look good; add pointy ears and 300 years of extra lifespan
> to them and you have an elf => those same people will find elves
> beautiful.
Ya know, something I've done before is make all the players track in on their
"Charisma" (which is defined by the number of points they put into the
character at the time of creation) and their "Comeliness" (which is the end
value). My reason for this had to do with magicians, and spiritual beings
don't give a squat usually about the physical, fleshy, shell. They are more
interested in what is inside. And then, when a person goes to raise the
attribute, they actually have two different attributes to raise and thus
spend karma on. I don't do this very often any more, but perhaps I should.
Kind of levels a bit of the playing field (I personally think Elves are
snobs and Orks/Trolls are awesome).
> > Stop whining about elfs. They have weird eyes and they're too damn
> > skinny.
>
> And too tall ;)
It's all a 'size' thing anyway....
-K (as in Keith)
