Elves aren't specialist fighters because they can cast magic user spells. While i appreciate the fun of charging in wearing full plate and swinging an axe, i get more enjoyment from lobbing a couple of fireballs at my foes then casting a series of spells which weaken my foes so i can laugh as i watch them die. (see Homer Simpson sense of humour) Or the elven ranger, stalking my foes and killing them one by one. It's not the same thrill as charging 30 orcs while singing battle cries but that's what i enjoy. It's not the beauty aspects of elves rather their methods that i enjoy, but each to their own i guess.... cheers
Ps. About the reproductive cycles of elves, they take that long because they can live for potentialy a thousand years. Dwaves with a some what shorter life span produce children somewhat faster but even they have problems the same as elves. Partly due to orcs and the like but also because humans breed so much faster. Therefore all the demihuman races are in decline in almost all campaign worlds.
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