Americans will invent a fantasy world, give a character a Scottish accent but still set the drinking age to 21.
Uhhh it’s pretty typical for dwarves to sound vaguely Scottish isn’t it
That’s always irked me. Dwarves are a Germanic myth. They should have Germanic accents.
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that’s not how this works!! it’s silly to assume all other species reach maturity at the same point proportional to their average lifespan! almost as silly as to assume all species reach maturity after the same absolute time.
I do love the “elves are diapers till age 12” joke though…
And then at age 13 they turn into underwear.
Well this is RPG memes and 100 is when an elf is considered an adult in DnD so
That is how it works (legally and culturally)
Of course it’s also a medievalish world and they didn’t care that it ruined brain development. I guess you might argue that dwarves and elves would though, particularly since a brain damaged drunken youth is going to be a problem for a lot longer
I think the general consensus is that it’s elven society that considers 100 the age of maturity. Elves grow to adulthood at the same rate as humans, but the knowledge and worldly experience they must gain is what elves see as being an adult.
So, a 73 year old elf would be more than able to drink responsibly
I thought elves were a lot more resistant to the effects of alcohol anyway. Elf children could probably drink without issues!
Except if this was how it worked, then elves would be babies for like 10 years before being toddlers for like 30 and teenagers for 50-70 years.
A decade as a toddler? Nah.
I think it’s fair to say elves reach maturity almost as quickly, just age slower after reaching maturity. Same with dwarves, etc.
We don’t know what the alcohol content of the drink is, as when alcoholic drinks were the standard they were much lower AC than today’s, nor do we know how impactful alcohol is to elven physiology.
What attack bonus do you need to reliably hit that drink?
You have to blow THAC0
I mean, if it Forgotten Realms. You’re probably considered an Elven Adult once you no longer dream of Avandor- they’re depression era.
The correct calculation is is
(<your age> / 2) + 7. Oh wait that’s for something else.There was a short form video I saw somewhere about how bartenders in fantasy universes gotta have a thick handbook with every species’ legal drinking age listed
it’s a medieval settings, the only limitations for you getting ale is if you have the coin for it
I mean, the local lord might decide they want to be all proper and not sinful and ban children drinking (not working tho, kids yearn for the mines)
sober children will want an education instead, and educated children grow up to be rebellious adults
…you say about a comic in which the human character has a hoodie and a cellphone.
Actually, good point, fantasy doesn’t equal medieval. In fact, a lot of the fantasy universes I’ve encountered in fiction are closer to post-apocalypse (ancient magic artefacts of long lost prosperous civilization, forgotten secrets of the arcane arts and so on).
I know the one you’re talking about. Can’t find the video, but it’s one of the ones of the kiwi dude who reads Tumblr posts. Great concept, honestly
Why would a dwarf calculate it from human age?
see this is the setting i want. modern urban fantasy with none of the grimdark that seems to plague the genre.
Modern urban grimdark fantasy is a reflection of our modern urban grimdark reality. Writing hopeful fiction in a modern setting requires a much more vivid imagination.
Ravnica setting is what you want. I suggest the “Bylaw and Order” series!
the descriptions all seem fairly dry. i wonder if it can be combined with masks…
Their parents are german, the elf will be questioned why this is not their 12 beer
