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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 851363" data-attributes="member: 99">I tend to start my characters in the neighborhood of 20 with the range being anywhere between 18 and 22.&nbsp; This assumes they are human or nearly so in terms of lifespan.&nbsp; I tend not to start them much older than that, largely due to the fact that I'm now 32 and I'd like to think that if a character had reached my age, he'd be smart enough to pick a vocation safer than slaying dragons <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> .One of the funnest characters I ever played (in a different system than D&amp;D) was old though.&nbsp; Incredibly old in fact.&nbsp; He was (at least) thousands of years old and was effectively immortal.&nbsp; The trick was that his memory wasn't immortal.&nbsp; He only remembered the last 50 years at all and only the last 20-30 of it with any real accuracy.&nbsp; He had a near constant sense of deja vu because he had travelled all over the world over the centuries, he just didn't remember it until something triggered his memory.This made for a fantastic plot hook device for my GM because he could feed my character plot information in the form of vague memories.&nbsp; Plus, more than once, we had situations like this:*Beautiful but deadly wicked looking elven woman steps from behind pillar* &quot;Well, I never thought that you would have the courage to set foot in here again after what happened last time!&quot;Me:&nbsp; &quot;Me?&nbsp; Again?&nbsp; Last time?&nbsp; Do I know you?&quot;Her:&nbsp; &quot;I was your wife.&quot;Me:&nbsp; &quot;Oh s***.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 851363, member: 99"] I tend to start my characters in the neighborhood of 20 with the range being anywhere between 18 and 22. This assumes they are human or nearly so in terms of lifespan. I tend not to start them much older than that, largely due to the fact that I'm now 32 and I'd like to think that if a character had reached my age, he'd be smart enough to pick a vocation safer than slaying dragons ;) . One of the funnest characters I ever played (in a different system than D&D) was old though. Incredibly old in fact. He was (at least) thousands of years old and was effectively immortal. The trick was that his memory wasn't immortal. He only remembered the last 50 years at all and only the last 20-30 of it with any real accuracy. He had a near constant sense of deja vu because he had travelled all over the world over the centuries, he just didn't remember it until something triggered his memory. This made for a fantastic plot hook device for my GM because he could feed my character plot information in the form of vague memories. Plus, more than once, we had situations like this: *Beautiful but deadly wicked looking elven woman steps from behind pillar* "Well, I never thought that [b]you[/b] would have the courage to set foot in here again after what happened [b]last time[/b]!" Me: "Me? Again? Last time? Do I know you?" Her: "I was your wife." Me: "Oh s***." [/QUOTE]

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