Well, I suppose little communities won't be able to equip every warrior with a sword, but they can use bows and spears (easier to grow). But little human communities will have the same problem... About sword-trees, surely blacksmiths know how to grow them.
> I agreed with Andrew, forge metals with fire is too near mostali
> society for uses it aldryami. But the elves profession table of RQ3
> show the blacksmith. One of each 400 elves is a blacksmith!
Elves blacksmiths especialize in growing sword-trees, spear-trees, armor-trees, and so on. Their profession surely seems more than of a gardener than a human o dwarf blacksmith. Raw material is nearly the same than processed material.
> Moreover, the profession table suggest a specialized society. I
> believe that a specialized society need live centralized. For example,
> the Errinou Jungle is a elven empire! They fit out ships! An activity
> as these need some infrastructure.
> Every society tend to centralize for their comodity. Their members can
> share their work easily.
IMG every elf in the forest knows exactly what he/she must do through their elf sense. They don't need be as centralized as humans. Of course a big forest needs some centralization (what's the council work?), but not so much.
> I believe that in standar forest don't exist a real specialization of
> work. Everybody are warrior/gardener.
> I also imagine Aldryami as walking vegetables. If they need make
> buildings, they don't build, grow their living/store/holy/etc
> structures as living vegetable houses.
Just like me.
> >So I don't think that shelter is a concern for the Aldryami.
>
> Poisonthorn Elves live in Bloodstone Fort. For brown elves the weather
> isn't the problem, in forest without green elves that protect your
> brothers, they can need some protection for survival their
> hibernation.
Animals are part of the forest too. And spirits, dryads, etc...
> Also, if elves have possessions, where store those things?
The forest can be a difficult place to search for something, don't you think? ;-)
>
> Master Gollum
>
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