Created undead and aging effects

[Jeremy]

In my totally unsupported humble opinion, they age as their base creature. An elf who becomes a lich still thinks and (un)lives as an elf. His intellect and maturity still mature at the same rate.

So yes, a formerly human lich will gain intelligence faster than a formerly elven lich. The human still thinks like a human and learns at that hurried pace.

 

[mkletch]

In my totally unsupported humble opinion, they age as their base creature. An elf who becomes a lich still thinks and (un)lives as an elf. His intellect and maturity still mature at the same rate.

So yes, a formerly human lich will gain intelligence faster than a formerly elven lich. The human still thinks like a human and learns at that hurried pace.

I'd buy that. Just curious what some others thought. I don;t think it really matters, though. What campaigns spen decades or centuries. Doesn't happen all that often (only if you have dwarves, elves & gnames and no humans, etc.).

-Fletch!

 

[Velenne]

I don;t think it really matters, though. What campaigns spen decades or centuries.

In my group's homebrew campaign setting we have sections of the main continent ruled by magelords who have been around a very long time. Not only themselves, but many of their lackeys have been around for nearly a century.

In attempting to create one of these characters, I had run across the issue mentioned in my original post and thus the question. Any further help, official or otherwise, would be appreciated.

 

[mkletch]

In my group's homebrew campaign setting we have sections of the main continent ruled by magelords who have been around a very long time. Not only themselves, but many of their lackeys have been around for nearly a century.

In attempting to create one of these characters, I had run across the issue mentioned in my original post and thus the question. Any further help, official or otherwise, would be appreciated.

As a DM, you are pretty free to simply create characters with the stats appropriate to their perceived power, background, age, etc. Whether or not it is 'exactly right' usually doesn't matter a whole lot, since the players don't actually see the die rolls. All of the aging benefits for mental scores add up, at most, to a +2 benefit. Could be a big deal on a spell DC, I guess, but most skill checks and the like will probably be trivial at that level.

I think the answers here are about as good as you'll get unless you contact The Sage or WotC Customer Service (I'd recommend the Sage).

-Fletch!