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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 2685911" data-attributes="member: 29252">In the right campaign, age is a form of goad, just like the mystic trinket, the BBEG, and the Damsel in Distress.In a campaign where age is used as a goad, then the reward for following the plot should basically be at the limits of what they can be expected to achieve - if that's a third level spell, it works; if that's a sixth level spell, it's a sixth level spell.  If that's a 23rd level spell, it's a 23rd level spell.  The spell as proposed grants utter agelessness, when used on schedual.  If that spell is the reward, it's almost impossible to use age as a goad again without stripping the party of the spell in some fasion (e.g., stealing the Wizard's spellbooks).  If, instead, you had several spells that could only be applied once each - say, a 3rd level spell that dropped the target one age category, but could never be applied again, a 6th level spell that did the same (but stacked with the 3rd level version), and a 9th level spell that does EXACTLY THE SAME THING, but stacked with the 3rd and 6th level versions, you can continue the use of age as a goad for a long time.Contrawise, if age is not an issue (e.g., the characters can be expected to be retired before advancing even a single age category) then the amount of recources used to stay young only matters for other consequences: Villinous motivation: why bother to become a vampire, if a simple 3rd level spell can keep you young without all that blood, evil, and undead stuff; dynasties: Why should a king have an heir if he can reasonably expect to live for as long as his Kingdom lasts?  How long would it take for the Prince to assasinate the King as the only method of assuming the throne?  Assasination becoming an accepted method of advancement?Hmm.... Paladin seeking to eradicate a spell as a cure to a societie's ills.....Of course, that assumes you are the DM.  If you are a player upset at your character getting old, check with your DM - chances are, he'd be perfectly happy to arrange a quest for some old potions of youth....</blockquote>

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