From: Andrew Barton (100010.533@CompuServe.COM)
Date: Tue 01 Apr 1997 - 21:27:45 EEST
>> I agree with David's point on elves using spears. Wood is plentiful and
metal, to elves, is not. (What elf would voluntarily go down a mineshaft,
then use _fire_ to smelt the metal? Maybe there is a booming elvish trade
in human slaves?) Maybe elves even have a spirit magic spell that permits
their spears to root after using them.
IMG at least, elves can get copper and maybe other metals by growing it on
trees - this was published but I'm not sure whether the source is still in
print. In our world, plants can be quite good at concentrating heavy metals
from the soil and a stronger effect for special elf-raised plants in
Glorantha seems plausible.
I don't believe elves would mine at all - that seems like an activity of
Maker, not Grower. How plentiful that makes metal compared to its
availability to humans is a matter for each world creator.
Andrew
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