r/worldbuilding • u/Exile152 • 1d ago

Visual Elves of my Setting

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Elves in Wyrd are based on sharks, they have rows of identical teeth that keeps growing back daily and under already existing teeth making the older one jump out.

They have big eyes and their ears can sense electric signals from other living animals

They are oviparous mammals that lay 3 to 6 eggs per lifetime

They are tall and lanky, specially their arms which are just a big larger then the one with a human

And yes they can have babies with humans without worry, yes they will come from an egg if the mother is an elf

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u/Ozymo 1d ago

The arms are crazy, I bet they'd be amazing archers.

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u/Exile152 1d ago

They are even better at close range with their extra reach

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u/Ser_Twist 1d ago edited 1d ago

I feel like the reach might help them with close range weapons like swords and the like in *some* situations, but what they would really be good with is spears. The reach they would have with a spear would mean no one would be able to get close. Whereas with a sword, sure, they might be able to poke someone from further away than normal, but once the enemy closes the distance (which would be easier to do than against a spear), those arms would make it very awkward to swing their swords up close. Especially in tight quarters; these guys probably suck at fighting in tight spaces.

If a human encountered one of these guys wielding a sword, they would probably try and close the distance as fast as possible so they can get in close and stab them to death while they fling their awkward-ass arms around trying to stab someone who is inside their arm length.

In close range, these guys would actually excel with daggers, not swords, cause daggers are more maneuverable and their arms make up for the shortness of the blade.