I've Seen Things You People Wouldn't Believe

[marianlh]

I've created the character I would use if I ever get to play the Great Greyhawk Campaign. For reasons, I went with an elf fighter/magic-user, and under AD&D 1E rules that means her minimum starting age is 180 years old

Comments

[q99]

People really don't think about the consequences of living along time other than just being old much, do they? Seeing all that history would certainly have an effect!

[shadowkell]

Actually I like that about elves. Once I started playing Mokole in WW's Werewolf, I got that concept (Mok's are werelizards that live a long time and can 'remember' things from before they were born). I've started incorporating that into my elven character designs (the long lived and historical aspect...not the shared memory).

[marianlh]

It makes for some interesting possibilities. For instance, one of the classic modules--S4--involves dungeon-delving in the "lost" caverns Iggwilv used as a lair back in her demon-summoning and Perrenland-conquering days, "long ago".

As written, the players get involved through the hoary cliche of a nearby ruler hiring them for the adventure. But if my character's old enough to remember those days, I could give her a more personal motivation. Maybe one of Iggwilv's raids killed her uncle and absconded with a family heirloom magic bow, and she wants to go get it back. Or something.