Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
How would you simulate senility with the D&D rules?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 846393" data-attributes="member: 1368"><p>Remember also part of senility, as young people see it, is not knowing something. According to some studies I have read about the fact is older (possibly senile) people can process information as accurately as younger people just slower. They can solve puzzles, use logic it is just a slower process. </p><p></p><p>Alzheimer's is something you don't want to get into since it is a much more complex issue than it appears. A lot of the side affects are seen as old age but are actual just human responses to the situation. Irritablity, burst of anger come from the frustration and inability to do something you know you can do as it is from physical loss of emotional control. </p><p></p><p>If you want info on Alzheimer's I know some and have experience as well. Most of it from the layman's point of veiw. </p><p></p><p>Also senility is a pretty broad term it could mean several things to me. but here are a few ideas.</p><p></p><p>Person can't take 10 for anything. You know longer operate at a standard. You can assume they still can perform some task without risking major failure but it is possible to fail even at the most mundane task. </p><p></p><p>Failure sometimes triggers extreme emotional responses. Maybe a will save when they fail at something that should have been a success or lose it. Losing it as defined by the person; be it rage, crying, sobbing, giggle fit etc.</p><p></p><p>It is such a role playing guided thing that it is hard to present cold hard rules for it. I mean you can certainly decrease stats and such but that doesn't reflect the true affects anymore than they do for stats for a child. I think this is more the area of role playing notes than mechanics. </p><p></p><p>later</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shallown, post: 846393, member: 1368"] Remember also part of senility, as young people see it, is not knowing something. According to some studies I have read about the fact is older (possibly senile) people can process information as accurately as younger people just slower. They can solve puzzles, use logic it is just a slower process. Alzheimer's is something you don't want to get into since it is a much more complex issue than it appears. A lot of the side affects are seen as old age but are actual just human responses to the situation. Irritablity, burst of anger come from the frustration and inability to do something you know you can do as it is from physical loss of emotional control. If you want info on Alzheimer's I know some and have experience as well. Most of it from the layman's point of veiw. Also senility is a pretty broad term it could mean several things to me. but here are a few ideas. Person can't take 10 for anything. You know longer operate at a standard. You can assume they still can perform some task without risking major failure but it is possible to fail even at the most mundane task. Failure sometimes triggers extreme emotional responses. Maybe a will save when they fail at something that should have been a success or lose it. Losing it as defined by the person; be it rage, crying, sobbing, giggle fit etc. It is such a role playing guided thing that it is hard to present cold hard rules for it. I mean you can certainly decrease stats and such but that doesn't reflect the true affects anymore than they do for stats for a child. I think this is more the area of role playing notes than mechanics. later [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
How would you simulate senility with the D&D rules?
Top