Intro We have been discussing the long-lived races of the D&D multiverse. They bring with them a fundamental challenge of reconciling the length of their lives with the need for a timescale approachable to our mere human selves, both narratively and historically.We have used the anchoring concept of memory, its limitations, and how those limitations … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Half-Elves

Intro The long-lived races of the D&D multiverse create a number of worldbuilding challenges and over the course of this series I’ve sought to address some of those challenges using the unifying concept of memory. We’ve discussed Dwarves, who pursue a multitude of masteries, Elves, who carefully manage their memory, and Gnomes, who seek a … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Halflings

Intro Today we continue the discussion on how to reconcile long-lived races with the desire to have realistic worldbuilding and roleplaying in our D&D games. There are many challenges presented to us as DMs wishing to create robust settings when one must include in them races that live for hundreds of years at a time, … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Gnomes

Intro We’re examining the longer-lived races of D&D and discussing exactly how to make sense of their lifespans in the context of a world that we as humans seek to navigate. Having fully sapient beings with lifespans of hundreds of years is challenging to handle from a worldbuilding and roleplaying perspective.I maintain that there is … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Elves

Intro The long-lived races of D&D have always raised questions in many as to why an 800-year-old Elf is somehow no more an expert than a 200-year-old Dwarf or 40-year-old Human. Why don’t Elves remember everything that’s ever happened? If they do, how do you account for that on a character sheet?There’s a simple unifying … Continue reading Memory and Longevity: Dwarves