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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9504402" data-attributes="member: 6877472">This was back in 2e, when Dark Sun was a new and interesting thing.&nbsp; I had the same character balk when I mentioned that their &quot;super powerful&quot; Half-Giant was going to be in trouble in any kind of survival situation because they require additional food and water- because who tracks those things anyway, amirite?-Now I'll be fair here- I don't think the lifespan of a race should be a balancing factor for their playability.&nbsp; It's mostly a ribbon feature, unless the player finds a way to abuse it (say with, AD&amp;D spells that age you as a consequence, like haste).It's supposed to help make your character interesting, as they have a different perspective on things.&nbsp; If someone is making a game where &quot;aging out&quot; becomes a possibility, I would expect the DM to attempt to rebalance the races- perhaps give an xp bonus to the shorter-lived races or some other reason to play one.OTOH, some people get bored of characters after awhile and want to try something new, and maybe shorter-lived races would be something you should point them towards, I don't know.In AD&amp;D, I imagine the fact that the so-called &quot;demihumans&quot; were both longer-lived and tended to hit a level cap at some point was intended to be a sort of limiting factor- the humans might leave the Dwarf player in the dust, but 20 years later, &quot;Uncle Beardy&quot; might be the perfect chaperone for a bunch of wet behind the ears level 1's, even though he's long since peaked.Then again, some people like a challenge.&nbsp; I've known people to play horribly bad races because it suited them, and they liked the satisfaction of succeeding despite such handicaps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9504402, member: 6877472"] This was back in 2e, when [B]Dark Sun[/B] was a new and interesting thing. I had the same character balk when I mentioned that their "super powerful" Half-Giant was going to be in trouble in any kind of survival situation because they require additional food and water- because who tracks those things anyway, amirite? - Now I'll be fair here- I don't think the lifespan of a race should be a balancing factor for their playability. It's mostly a ribbon feature, unless the player finds a way to abuse it (say with, AD&D spells that age you as a consequence, like [I]haste[/I]). It's supposed to help make your character [B]interesting[/B], as they have a different perspective on things. If someone is making a game where "aging out" becomes a possibility, I would expect the DM to attempt to rebalance the races- perhaps give an xp bonus to the shorter-lived races or some other reason to play one. OTOH, some people get bored of characters after awhile and want to try something new, and maybe shorter-lived races would be something you should point them towards, I don't know. In AD&D, I imagine the fact that the so-called "demihumans" were both longer-lived and tended to hit a level cap at some point was intended to be a sort of limiting factor- the humans might leave the Dwarf player in the dust, but 20 years later, "Uncle Beardy" might be the perfect chaperone for a bunch of wet behind the ears level 1's, even though he's long since peaked. Then again, some people like a challenge. I've known people to play horribly bad races because it suited them, and they liked the satisfaction of succeeding despite such handicaps. [/QUOTE]

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