age of your character???

[Kal Vito]

im just about to start a new character in another campaign

im going to be a human cleric and around 43 years old which puts me in the middle age catagory

what the age of your characters????

 

[Romotre]

I usually play the extremes, an young adult character or a very old character. Yes I min/max my age but that's it. Haha. No really.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Narya, formerly Írost, son of Natar, elf - 112 years
Ethel, Judicator of Cuthbert, human - 23 years
Konus of the Stoneguard clan, dwarf - 114 years
Kytess, human - 17 years

 

[Gossamerblade]

All of my characters (and most of the other characters I know) tend to be late teens-early twenties, even higher level ones. I would guess that most players feel that in a fantasy setting, characters grow up fast and die young. The gods know mine have died young a few times.
I can see having a character start out older in a class that doesn't depend on physical attributes, but you still need that dex bonus to AC! (Okay, I'm just assuming here, but it seems like a middle-aged cleric is just not going to have his highest stat score in dex.)

 

[Oni]

my 9th level necromancer is 40 years old, was 25 when he started his career at first level.

 

[Jamdin]

I recently turned 444

 

[BluWolf]

My current character Ashe was 24 when we started. he is 27 going on 28 now.

 

[Hejdun]

Fighter/Paladin, half elf, 29 years old.

 

[AmerginLiath]

Amergin Liath (druid) -- I started him off at 48 (10th level). He's basically been retired now for thirty-five years, currently age 83 (18th level).

Taliesin Steelheart (monk) -- Started at 1st level at age 21. He died holding off a dragon long enough for his beleaguered party to escape at 26 (13th level).

 

[BadMojo]

My current character is 21 years old, and most of my characters also tend to be in their late teens/early twenties.

Just by the nature of D&D, starting characters will tend to be younger. Unlike a game like Call of Cthulhu, D&D characters start out "green". They aren't experienced and they aren't generally skilled, not even in a niche sort of way. It's quite likely to start out with a Call of Cthulhu Investigator who is a 45 year old college professor. This isn't a bad thing, but D&D is a game that promotes the growth from bumbling neophyte to epic hero.