[Poll] Character Age/Lifespan

[reiella]

Just curious now, how many people actually use the rules of aging of characters and their maximize lifespan in the context of their campaign? And do you bother with the Stat Changes due to aging?

Just curious, as from at least my experience, they rarely enter the picture.

 

[Oni]

I wish more DM's did.

 

[shilsen]

I do, but the odds on it coming up are low.

 

[Terraism]

I use the aging rules, if they come up, but that's not often - I mean, the PC's start at 16-21 years old (assuming they're human,) and within a year they're 20th level, and retired, right?

[Should be read dripping with sarcasm.]

 

[The Grey Dwarf]

I do, but the odds on it coming up are low.

Same here.
Most characters start their career quite young.
The longest campaign I played in was 8 years long (RL) and it took our players from level 4 to 18. In game, it took them something like 10 years.

 

[BOZ]

I do, but the odds on it coming up are low.

right. unless you have some serious time passage (years at a time between quests), or some sort of magical aging, you're never likely to get to them.

although, in 2E, i once set up an adventure idea surrounding all the PCs if they had lived 100 years later... most of the demihumans were still around, and a couple of the humans were very very elder. never actually played that one out though...

 

[Zerovoid]

I voted no. In thoey, I follow them to the letter, but the characters or the campaign always die before they come into play.

 

[333 Dave]

Yes I use them.
No they do not come up. Ever.

 

[aurin777]

Yes, we use them, and it HAS come up in one of our games, to my character, actually. Between adventures (since there is a long rl time lapse between when we play.. we only play 3 times a year) there is always a span in character where our characters go back to what they are doing, which is things like ruling towns and researching spells, since we are high level PCs. When we converted our old game to 3E, we advanced our timeline 12 years, which put my character in an older age range, hence changing of stats.
Also, if you roll for age as seen in the 3E PHB, wizards and clerics arn't realistically sixteen anyway, it is more likely to come up in a game.
~~Brandon

 

[arwink]

Yep, I use them.

Occsionally they come up. Particularly in human-heavy campaigns, not so much when people are playing elves.