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<blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 2777578" data-attributes="member: 7280"><p>I've actually played a lot of old dudes, from starting out old to making it to old age to the immortal elf I played in a 2E campaign where occasionally we'd literally wait out the bad guys to die or for the world shaking cataclysm to be over. I dunno if I could actually play a really young character anymore; I might be inclined to do something realistic and silly like forego adventuring to chase girls and get drunk, attend wizard school, join an evil cult to get back at my parents, etc. Plus there's just something more heroic about the guy who sacrifices his entire life that he's held to that point to go do something unlikely and dangerous for the benefit of other people. And best of all, when the old guy NPCs come out of the woodwork and start off on the &quot;when I was your age&quot; crap you can shut them up with the &quot;When I was YOUR age I didn't lecture to people who are just trying to help.&quot; It really makes the GM change gears, and I think that's ultimately good for the game in a lot of cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="James Heard, post: 2777578, member: 7280"] I've actually played a lot of old dudes, from starting out old to making it to old age to the immortal elf I played in a 2E campaign where occasionally we'd literally wait out the bad guys to die or for the world shaking cataclysm to be over. I dunno if I could actually play a really young character anymore; I might be inclined to do something realistic and silly like forego adventuring to chase girls and get drunk, attend wizard school, join an evil cult to get back at my parents, etc. Plus there's just something more heroic about the guy who sacrifices his entire life that he's held to that point to go do something unlikely and dangerous for the benefit of other people. And best of all, when the old guy NPCs come out of the woodwork and start off on the "when I was your age" crap you can shut them up with the "When I was YOUR age I didn't lecture to people who are just trying to help." It really makes the GM change gears, and I think that's ultimately good for the game in a lot of cases. [/QUOTE]

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