Knife Ears

[Tealius Maximus]

What's the worst thing about them knife ears

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

Deluding themselves into believing they are some sort of master race because they are *slightly* better at magic tricks than everybody else.

Thinking that they don't just exist to look pretty and fling spells at the enemy from the back-line. Or serve as the party's tool-box outside of combat.

[theo]

They're better in every way and live at least twice as long so I can't help but get jealous

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by theo:

They're better in every way and live at least twice as long so I can't help but get jealous

Not every way.
Less fertile and far less adaptable, Altmer are almost incapable of change let alone growth as a person.... Even Dunmer and Bosmer can and do change, but not Altmer....

[theo]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by theo:

They're better in every way and live at least twice as long so I can't help but get jealous

Not every way.
Less fertile and far less adaptable, Altmer are almost incapable of change let alone growth as a person.... Even Dunmer and Bosmer can and do change, but not Altmer....

That implies they are closest to the aldmer (the original elven race).
But we know that the aldmer can change, because they did split into different elven races.
So if altmer = aldmer, they can change, but don't need to. Perhaps because unlike falmer and chimer in the past, they're already in perfect form for current circumstances. (We know for a fact that they don't WANT to change because they're proud of their current form and go extra lengths to keep it pure).

Either way you've made all that up, including the fertility thing, this isn't in the lore, we've discussed it before. Lower birthrates don't indicate lower fertility.

[Dallas S]

Originally posted by Smugass Braixen-Chan:

Deluding themselves into believing they are some sort of master race because they are *slightly* better at magic tricks than everybody else.

Thinking that they don't just exist to look pretty and fling spells at the enemy from the back-line. Or serve as the party's tool-box outside of combat.

Living a thousand years and getting 10+ human lives of experience would be the factor here. Not only are they better at magic, but they can spend all that time learning everything a human will learn multiple times over.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by theo:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Not every way.
Less fertile and far less adaptable, Altmer are almost incapable of change let alone growth as a person.... Even Dunmer and Bosmer can and do change, but not Altmer....

That implies they are closest to the aldmer (the original elven race).
But we know that the aldmer can change, because they did split into different elven races.
So if altmer = aldmer, they can change, but don't need to. Perhaps because unlike falmer and chimer in the past, they're already in perfect form for current circumstances. (We know for a fact that they don't WANT to change because they're proud of their current form and go extra lengths to keep it pure).

Either way you've made all that up, including the fertility thing, this isn't in the lore, we've discussed it before. Lower birthrates don't indicate lower fertility.

The race changes slowly over generations, but most of the individual Altmer do not... and the society resists change irrelevant of whether it is needed or not (well all societies do, but Altmer take it to extremes)

[The destoyer of worlsd!!!]

Most races of mer have questionable racial abilities and/or powers

Altmer at least have some very nice mage-specific benefits, but both of them are made mostly redundant once you get good enough at enchanting to be able to reach 100% magicka cost reduction in a particular school of magic

[wawawiwa]

i think dwemer is cool

mind their own business, made a demigod robot that help someone ascending into god hood, enslave whole race and permanently ruining their generation in process and gone without any trace

[The destoyer of worlsd!!!]

Originally posted by 강남스타일:

i think dwemer is cool

mind their own business, made a demigod robot that help someone ascending into god hood, enslave whole race and permanently ruining their generation in process and gone without any trace

If I was playing as an entire race instead of as the Dragonborn, I'd probably have done the same

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by 강남스타일:

i think dwemer is cool

mind their own business, made a demigod robot that help someone ascending into god hood, enslave whole race and permanently ruining their generation in process and gone without any trace

mind their own business?

That was one thing the Dwemer never did.... They enslaved others, including entire groups of Elves, they interfered with other cultures, waged war of the dunmer.... well everyone really, but especially the Dunmer, tried to become Gods, etc...

[wawawiwa]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

mind their own business?

That was one thing the Dwemer never did.... They enslaved others, including entire groups of Elves,

wow, you just had to spout your anti-dwemer propaganda 🙄

you need to understand if dwemer never enslave and experiment those snow elves their whole race will ended up becoming an evil vampire lord and seek revenge upon nord and potentionally destroy all civilization

now you may ask "how did dwemer know this information?". Elder Scroll

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

they interfered with other cultures, waged war of the dunmer

maybe if they never shoved their culture onto this pure and innocent dwemer, there won't be a problem in the first place

[Freeman]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by 강남스타일:

i think dwemer is cool

mind their own business, made a demigod robot that help someone ascending into god hood, enslave whole race and permanently ruining their generation in process and gone without any trace

mind their own business?

That was one thing the Dwemer never did.... They enslaved others, including entire groups of Elves, they interfered with other cultures, waged war of the dunmer.... well everyone really, but especially the Dunmer, tried to become Gods, etc...

The Dwemer waged war against the Chimer, not Dunmer. By the time of Azura's curse, the Dwemer were all but extinct, save for Yagrum Bagarn. And most of the time, the wars were most likely started by the Chimer due to the religious differences between the two races.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Freeman:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

mind their own business?

That was one thing the Dwemer never did.... They enslaved others, including entire groups of Elves, they interfered with other cultures, waged war of the dunmer.... well everyone really, but especially the Dunmer, tried to become Gods, etc...

The Dwemer waged war against the Chimer, not Dunmer. By the time of Azura's curse, the Dwemer were all but extinct, save for Yagrum Bagarn. And most of the time, the wars were most likely started by the Chimer due to the religious differences between the two races.

a minor difference, the Chimer all became Dunmer, so apart from date they are interchangable to a large degree.

[Freeman]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Originally posted by Freeman:

The Dwemer waged war against the Chimer, not Dunmer. By the time of Azura's curse, the Dwemer were all but extinct, save for Yagrum Bagarn. And most of the time, the wars were most likely started by the Chimer due to the religious differences between the two races.

a minor difference, the Chimer all became Dunmer, so apart from date they are interchangable to a large degree.

Not really.

The Chimer were warring groups of tribesmen who were eventually united under Nerevar and the First Council in the last century or so before the Battle of Red Mountain. The Dunmer on the other hand, are largely united Great Houses, with the exception of the Ashlanders. The Chimer also worshipped the Good Daedra, instead of the Tribunal the Dunmer worshipped for 99% of their existence.

The Chimer and Dunmer are essentially an entirely different race, not just in appearance but also in culture and religion.

[theo]

What if dwemer became cliff racers, just like chimer became dunmer?