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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 3690239" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p>Starting age is the age a given race can be trusted out of sight of its parents and take care of itself. For a PC who goes straight from his Mom's basement to hunting orcs, this is the "right" age. For a PC whose character history says they were a sailor on the merchant coster <em>Athena</em> for 3-5 years, it would be a little older. </p><p></p><p>Starting age is one of those "rules" that I hope people realize is just a "suggestion." In fact, it's not a "rule" at all; it's a default presumption which may be ignored as easily as the cosmetic descriptions of the races of the suggested list of names. As long as you meet the minimum age requirements (no 12 year-old Hierophants, please), there's no rational link between character level and starting age. It's just a suggestion that can (and should!) be ignored whenever convenient.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since I've only been a PC twice (once is 7th grade and in an Iron Heroes campaign that's been playing for the last year), I can safely tell you this is not an issue. I'm a DM.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No. It is the system's job to allow us to play the game we want. End of story. But ...</p><p></p><p></p><p>... there's no need to throw the baby out with the bath water. Did you see my minor house rule up above? That's all I need to "fix" it. Other than this one very small thing, D&D's fine. It's been my game of choice for decades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 3690239, member: 1003"] Starting age is the age a given race can be trusted out of sight of its parents and take care of itself. For a PC who goes straight from his Mom's basement to hunting orcs, this is the "right" age. For a PC whose character history says they were a sailor on the merchant coster [I]Athena[/I] for 3-5 years, it would be a little older. Starting age is one of those "rules" that I hope people realize is just a "suggestion." In fact, it's not a "rule" at all; it's a default presumption which may be ignored as easily as the cosmetic descriptions of the races of the suggested list of names. As long as you meet the minimum age requirements (no 12 year-old Hierophants, please), there's no rational link between character level and starting age. It's just a suggestion that can (and should!) be ignored whenever convenient. Since I've only been a PC twice (once is 7th grade and in an Iron Heroes campaign that's been playing for the last year), I can safely tell you this is not an issue. I'm a DM. No. It is the system's job to allow us to play the game we want. End of story. But ... ... there's no need to throw the baby out with the bath water. Did you see my minor house rule up above? That's all I need to "fix" it. Other than this one very small thing, D&D's fine. It's been my game of choice for decades. [/QUOTE]
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