Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Well, one thing to remember is that, in AD&D 1E and 2E, any form of magical aging – including from spells such as haste – required a system shock check, which if you failed caused you to die instantly. The percentage chances of survival were usually in your favor if you had a decent Constitution score, to be sure, but you didn't want to make that particular roll too often if you could help it.Only with ghosts and the haste spell(back in the day). If you weren't an elf or dwarf, ghosts and haste wrecked you.