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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8686641" data-attributes="member: 6790260">It matters somewhat in my game, but mostly for NPCs and far-future concerns for PCs.That is, our party Bard has, for legitimately only heroic reasons, absorbed a bunch of devilish power originally coming from his powerful devil ancestor on his father's side (identity remains undetermined, but the narrowed options are scary), and also a bunch of demonic power from his now-former-succubus great-grandmother, who is his maternal-line ancestor. As a result, he is now effectively half-human, half-devil, half-demon. (The player likes to joke that he's &quot;broken math,&quot; but this whole fiendish-heritage thing does concern him, rather a lot.) As a result of being what is essentially a souped-up cambion, his lifespan has just grown from &quot;several decades&quot; to &quot;multiple centuries and possibly indefinite.&quot; That's...a lot to think about.Elves live to be 2-3 centuries old, dwarves the same or a little less, while most other sapient races don't tend to live past 100 (and that only with excellent medical care, nutrition, etc.--few common folk make it to that age.) So super-long lifespan isn't generally a problem for them.On the flipside, however, noble genies have lifespans measured in thousands of years rather than decades or even centuries. The eldest tend to become reclusive and retreat from society, however, so it's not clear exactly how old they can get.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8686641, member: 6790260"] It matters somewhat in my game, but mostly for NPCs and far-future concerns for PCs. That is, our party Bard has, for [I]legitimately[/I] only heroic reasons, absorbed a bunch of devilish power originally coming from his powerful devil ancestor on his father's side (identity remains undetermined, but the narrowed options are scary), [I]and also[/I] a bunch of demonic power from his now-former-succubus great-grandmother, who is his maternal-line ancestor. As a result, he is now effectively half-human, half-devil, half-demon. (The player likes to joke that he's "broken math," but this whole fiendish-heritage thing [I]does[/I] concern him, rather a lot.) As a result of being what is essentially a souped-up cambion, his lifespan has just grown from "several decades" to "multiple centuries and possibly indefinite." That's...a lot to think about. Elves live to be 2-3 centuries old, dwarves the same or a little less, while most other sapient races don't tend to live past 100 (and that only with excellent medical care, nutrition, etc.--few common folk make it to that age.) So super-long lifespan isn't generally a problem for them. On the flipside, however, noble genies have lifespans measured in thousands of years rather than decades or even centuries. The eldest tend to become reclusive and retreat from society, however, so it's not clear exactly how old they can get. [/QUOTE]

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