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post Dec 28 2003, 09:41 PM
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I must be missing something.

How is it possible for people to know how long the lifespan of an Elf or a Dwarf is in Shadowrun, and for that matter how can you know the same for an Ork or Troll. The latest Shadowrun date puts it in the mid 2060s, with the awakening being 50 years prior. That means that a few of the Original Orks and Trolls have started to die out right? I can understand that being used as a measure of Lifespan, but what about Elves and Dwarves, how can anyone know an Elf will live a few centuries, or a Dwarf will live well over 100?

For that matter, Dunkelzahn (sp?) mentions in his will that the first person to find dragon bones will be rewarded. Between the last awakening and 2060 no one found any of those dragon bones? Or did the stuff suddenly all resurface?

The same applies to Occult, how did so much Occult knowledge suddenly become useful. Did all the books just resurface, and for that matter why all the tradition if they didn't? Magic would have arisen in modern times!

If anyone can answer, It'd be appreciated.
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- Maxxi   Elves are how old?   Dec 28 2003, 09:41 PM
- - Voorhees   Well, Orks only live to be about 40, and Gobliniza...   Dec 28 2003, 09:47 PM
- - Tanka   The average Ork that hasn't died prior to now ...   Dec 28 2003, 09:50 PM
- - Big Crow   There are some people that know for certain the av...   Dec 28 2003, 09:57 PM
- - GoldenAri   Doesn't it say in the 2nd edition rule book th...   Dec 28 2003, 10:22 PM
- - Cain   Unfortunately, the old Tir Tairngire sourcebook is...   Dec 28 2003, 10:26 PM
- - spotlite   I beleive it was 'metabolic testing has shown....   Dec 28 2003, 10:30 PM
- - Squire   Easy, they just ask Ehran the Scribe and he told t...   Dec 28 2003, 10:34 PM
- - spotlite   As far as the magic stuff goes, that's easy (i...   Dec 28 2003, 10:37 PM
- - John Campbell   Lifespans for elves and dwarves are guesses based ...   Dec 28 2003, 10:47 PM
- - Cain   QUOTE Ork and troll lifespans are more problematic...   Dec 28 2003, 11:41 PM
- - mfb   i think the answer to that is in the Secrets of Po...   Dec 28 2003, 11:52 PM
- - sidekick   I can't remember where I read this, but I reca...   Dec 29 2003, 01:10 AM
- - Ancient History   Sorry Cain and Sidekick, but as mfb and John Campb...   Dec 29 2003, 01:54 AM
- - Jari_Kafghan   Are you talking about the ork Thief AH?   Dec 29 2003, 03:01 AM
- - GoldenAri   Yep, and if I remember correctly his secert was be...   Dec 29 2003, 03:21 AM
- - Dingus_McGee   Also, take into account how many trolls/orks are k...   Dec 29 2003, 03:57 AM
- - FlakJacket   QUOTE (Maxxi)For that matter, Dunkelzahn (sp?) men...   Dec 29 2003, 04:05 AM
- - northern lights   i don't know what the secret was with old garl...   Dec 29 2003, 05:12 AM
- - wienerwürstchen   I think it's an relict of the first / secomd e...   Dec 29 2003, 03:34 PM
- - Tanka   QUOTE (wienerwürstchen) I think it's an relict...   Dec 29 2003, 03:35 PM


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