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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5752980" data-attributes="member: 92305">This was directed at the OP, but as for the OP....yes, aside from Table 6-5.  If a character is 50 years old, gains a level, and picks up a new Feat, shouldn't that Feat selection be conditional to the character's age?       I have no rule for old age in my game, but I do take a somewhat non-standard view of the definition of a character level. In my game, character levels are static.  Level 1 represents a novice while I have an absolute ceiling of Level 20.  Therefore, character level is usually tied, somewhat, to character age. It's rare to find a Level 1 character older than 14-17 in my game.  Why?  That's how old most people are when they begin their "careers".  You're not going to walk into a town in my game and see the entire town militia composed of a few dozen Level 1 characters--not unless the town militia is protected by a bunch of 15 year-old kids. In my game, I define a character level to be:  The average amount of experience a character obtains in a year. Thus, if you see a 13 year old, he's most likely 1st level.  If you see a 20 year old character, he'll be in the  The older a character is, the easier it is to guess his experiece level.   Consider....   Age 15-16 = Level 1 Age 16-18 = Level 2 Age 18-21 = Level 3   Age 22-26 = Level 4 Age 26-31 = Level 5 Age 31-37 = Level 6   Age 37-42 = Level 7 Age 42-50 = Level 8 Age 50-59 = Level 9   Age 59-69 = Level 10 Age 69-80 = Level 11 Age 80-92 = Level 12   And so on, to the level cap at Level 20.     As you can see, on average, most people reach level 8-11 in their lives, if they live that long.  The Commoner class uses the above as a Rule of Thumb, as well.  And, remember that these are eyeballed, ballparked numbers.  The scale is not absolute.  The fighter that spends his whole career as a city guardsman can probably use the above Rule of Thumb.  A fighter of the same age and exact same stats, living on the Empire's frontier with a hostile force, would average a level or three higher than the norm. The PCs are above average people.  Heroes.  Thus, they will average higher than the common joe and have a shot at obtaining Level 20.</blockquote>

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