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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1494559" data-attributes="member: 1210">First off, welcome to the boards!&nbsp; ENWorld is a fun, friendly place.This is prolly my biggest problem with 3.x dnd.&nbsp; I do try to slow character advancement a little, but even with a five-year 'break' between adventures the pcs in my campaign have gone from 1st to epic in less than a decade (prolly something like seven game years).&nbsp; A typical young human starting pc might be barely old enough to drink in my country and yet be the most powerful person in the land!I've modified the xp system significantly, to reward roleplaying and to slow advancement, but I still think it goes too fast.I believe there's some sort of extended lifespan feat in the ELH, and a few prestige classes have aging-affecting abilities (usually Timeless Body).&nbsp; Older editions were chock full of aging/de-aging stuff, but it got taken out (basically because it didn't affect the longer-lived races like elves anywhere near as much as it affected humans and the other short-lived races).Again, I don't think there's much of this in 3e, but if you look back at older editions, Dragon mag &quot;ecology&quot; articles, etc, there's tons of info out there.&nbsp; If you don't have access to that material, don't worry about it too much; you can make it up yourself if it's important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 1494559, member: 1210"] First off, welcome to the boards! ENWorld is a fun, friendly place. This is prolly my biggest problem with 3.x dnd. I do try to slow character advancement a little, but even with a five-year 'break' between adventures the pcs in my campaign have gone from 1st to epic in less than a decade (prolly something like seven game years). A typical young human starting pc might be barely old enough to drink in my country and yet be the most powerful person in the land! I've modified the xp system significantly, to reward roleplaying and to slow advancement, but I still think it goes too fast. I believe there's some sort of extended lifespan feat in the ELH, and a few prestige classes have aging-affecting abilities (usually Timeless Body). Older editions were chock full of aging/de-aging stuff, but it got taken out (basically because it didn't affect the longer-lived races like elves anywhere near as much as it affected humans and the other short-lived races). Again, I don't think there's much of this in 3e, but if you look back at older editions, Dragon mag "ecology" articles, etc, there's tons of info out there. If you don't have access to that material, don't worry about it too much; you can make it up yourself if it's important. [/QUOTE]

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