Lidgar
Gongfarmer
So our party ran into our first ghost this weekend. Of course one of the PC's failed their save against the ghost's horrifying visage (or whatever its called) by more than 5, and he was aged by 40 years(!), making him a half-orc bard in his mid-60's.
Looking through all the books and a brief search on the interwebs yields no information on the effects of aging in 5e (unlike prior editions, which had losses and gains in abilities as you aged). That's fine - we are comfortable winging it, and it makes for some fun role play, but just curious if others have run into this.
Also, given there are no hard and fast aging rules, it seems like the real impact of the aging effect (outside of role play) is if you are already old and therefore could die outright from old age - something a DM would have to adjudicate.
So note to self, don't run into more than one ghost in your career if you often fail saves by 5 or more. And if I'm getting up there in age, run away screaming the moment I see anything vaguely resembling the ethereal, like patchy fog or steam from a cup of tea.
Looking through all the books and a brief search on the interwebs yields no information on the effects of aging in 5e (unlike prior editions, which had losses and gains in abilities as you aged). That's fine - we are comfortable winging it, and it makes for some fun role play, but just curious if others have run into this.
Also, given there are no hard and fast aging rules, it seems like the real impact of the aging effect (outside of role play) is if you are already old and therefore could die outright from old age - something a DM would have to adjudicate.
So note to self, don't run into more than one ghost in your career if you often fail saves by 5 or more. And if I'm getting up there in age, run away screaming the moment I see anything vaguely resembling the ethereal, like patchy fog or steam from a cup of tea.