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Tao alexis at 03:33, 20 April 2026

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Tao alexis: /* Age Adjustments to Ability Stats */

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Age Adjustments to Ability Stats

Tao alexis at 20:11, 12 August 2023

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Tao alexis: /* Age Adjustments to Ability Stats */

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Age Adjustments to Ability Stats

Tao alexis: /* Death Due to Age */

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Death Due to Age

Tao alexis: /* Death Due to Age */

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Death Due to Age

Tao alexis at 01:41, 23 April 2022

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Tao alexis at 20:24, 11 December 2021

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Tao alexis at 21:29, 8 October 2021

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Tao alexis at 18:05, 8 November 2020

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 | '''[[Fighter (class)|Fighter]]''' || 16+1d4 || 15+1d4 || 15+1d4 || 18+1d4 || 17+1d4 || 25+1d6 || 14+1d4
 |-
-| '''[[Illusionist (class)|Illusionist]]''' || na || na || 21+2d6 || na || na || na || 29+2d8
+| '''[[Illusionist (class)|Illusionist]]''' || na || na || 21+2d6 || na || na || na || 30+1d6
 |-
 | '''[[Mage (class)|Mage]]''' || na || 22+2d4 || na || 23+2d6 || na || na || 24+2d8

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 | young adult || 13 to 20 || -1 wis, +1 con || -1 wis, +1 con
 |-
-| mature || 21 to 40 || +1 str, +1 wis || +1 str, +1 wis
+| mature || 21 to 40 || +1 str, +1 con || +1 str, +1 wis
 |-
 | middle aged || 41 to 60 || +1 int, +1 wis || -1 str, +1 int, +1 wis, -1 con

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 When [[Player Characters|player characters]] are [[Character Creation|generated]], it is necessary to establish the character's age.  I usually do this with my [[Character Background Generator|character background generator]], but in case I have to do it manually, and so that players understand the formulas for calculating age, I include the table shown on the right.  Where "na" appears, it is because that class is "not available" to that character race.
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 My game doesn't recognize the extended lifespans given to non-human characters in AD&D, so my character races are adjusted to fit the traditional human lifespan. This translates to some characters being unusually old (dwarf and gnome clerics) or atypically young (elven assassins and thieves).  My feeling is the disparity reflects some races resistance against training individuals until they've reached a certain age — or that youth indicates how much faster some races master a character class compared to others.

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 | young adult || 13 to 20 || -1 wis, +1 con || -1 wis, +1 con
 |-
-| mature || 21 to 40 || +1 str, +1 con || +1 str, +1 wis
+| mature || 21 to 40 || +1 str, +1 wis || +1 str, +1 wis
 |-
 | middle aged || 41 to 60 || +1 int, +1 wis || -1 str, +1 int, +1 wis, -1 con

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 See also,<br>
-[[Character Background Generator]]
+[[Character Background Generator]]<br>
 [[The Adventure]]

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 When [[Player Characters|player characters]] are [[Character Creation|generated]], it is necessary to establish the character's age.  I usually do this with my [[Character Background Generator|character background generator]], but in case I have to do it manually, and so that players understand the formulas for calculating age, I include the table shown on the right.  Where "na" appears, it is because that class is "not available" to that character race.
-My game does not recognize the extended lifespans that are given to non-human characters in AD&D, so all character races are adjusted to fit the traditional human lifespan.  The translation from AD&D has resulted in some characters being unusually old (dwarf and gnome clerics) or somewhat young (elven assassins and thieves).  I consider that this disparity depicts a cultural prejudice against training individuals until they have reached a certain age, or the speed with which training can be mastered by one race as opposed to another.
+My game doesn't recognize the extended lifespans given to non-human characters in AD&D, so my character races are adjusted to fit the traditional human lifespan. This translates to some characters being unusually old (dwarf and gnome clerics) or atypically young (elven assassins and thieves).  My feeling is the disparity reflects some races resistance against training individuals until they've reached a certain age — or that youth indicates how much faster some races master a character class compared to others.
-Characters that are [[Multi-class Characters|multi-classed]] should begin with the highest base number of the two or more classes chosen, then add the total modifiers of both classes to that characters age.  For example, a half-elven fighter/mage would have a base age of '''23''', adding '''2d6+1d4''' to that base age.  This would make the multi-class half-elven's age an average of 32-33.
+[[Multi-class Characters|Multi-classed]] characters begin with the highest base number of all classes possessed; the total modifiers for all classes is added.  For example, a half-elven fighter/mage would have a base age of "23," adding "2d6 + 1d4" to that base.  This makes the multi-classed half-elven's age an average of 32-33.
 [[Non-player Characters (NPCs)|Non-player characters]] of a character class will generally be older; we assume they have been out and about in the world for sometime, while the numbers shown indicate the player character at approximately the moment they have been released from their training.  A general guideline of 1d4 years can be added per [[Experience (X.P.)|level]] of the NPC to indicate the amount of time spent in gaining levels, so that a 5th level NPC human mage would ordinarily be 24+2d8, +4d4 (four levels gained past 1st), for an average age of 43 years.  As a guideline this can be ignored in special cases, because it can certainly take less than four years to gain four levels if the NPC has spent that time adventuring, while at the same time there's nothing to say that a 5th level mage cannot be 70+ years old.

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 Depending on the '''age category''' into which a character's age falls, the character's [[Ability Stats|ability stats]] are adjusted to reflect the character's generation.  These categories are shown on the Age Adjustment table.  When the character is first created, the player makes adjustments according to the "New Character" column.  When a character ages during the game, moving from one age category to the next, the player makes adjustments according to the "Grown Older" column.
-For example, the player rolls up a 1st level dwarven fighter that is 20 years old.  This makes the character a "young adult."  Using the New Character column, the fighter's wisdom is reduced by 1 point, while the fighter's constitution is increased by 1.  As the campaign continues, the dwarven fighter advances to age 21, or "mature."  Using the Grown Older column, the point of wisdom is restored and the character gains 1 point of strength.  Once the character aged to being 41, the adjustments made for being middle aged would be applied to the character's stats.
+For example, the player rolls up a 1st level dwarven fighter that is 20 years old.  This makes the character a "young adult."  Using the New Character column, the fighter's wisdom is reduced by 1 point, while the fighter's [[Constitution (ability stat)|constitution]] is increased by 1.  As the campaign continues, the dwarven fighter advances to age 21, or "mature."  Using the Grown Older column, the point of wisdom is restored and the character gains 1 point of strength.  Once the character aged to being 41, the adjustments made for being middle aged would be applied to the character's stats.
 == Death Due to Age ==

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 Characters that are [[Multi-class Characters|multi-classed]] should begin with the highest base number of the two or more classes chosen, then add the total modifiers of both classes to that characters age.  For example, a half-elven fighter/mage would have a base age of '''23''', adding '''2d6+1d4''' to that base age.  This would make the multi-class half-elven's age an average of 32-33.
-[[Non-player Characters|Non-player characters]] of a character class will generally be older; we assume they have been out and about in the world for sometime, while the numbers shown indicate the player character at approximately the moment they have been released from their training.  A general guideline of 1d4 years can be added per [[Experience (X.P.)|level]] of the NPC to indicate the amount of time spent in gaining levels, so that a 5th level NPC human mage would ordinarily be 24+2d8, +4d4 (four levels gained past 1st), for an average age of 43 years.  As a guideline this can be ignored in special cases, because it can certainly take less than four years to gain four levels if the NPC has spent that time adventuring, while at the same time there's nothing to say that a 5th level mage cannot be 70+ years old.
+[[Non-player Characters (NPCs)|Non-player characters]] of a character class will generally be older; we assume they have been out and about in the world for sometime, while the numbers shown indicate the player character at approximately the moment they have been released from their training.  A general guideline of 1d4 years can be added per [[Experience (X.P.)|level]] of the NPC to indicate the amount of time spent in gaining levels, so that a 5th level NPC human mage would ordinarily be 24+2d8, +4d4 (four levels gained past 1st), for an average age of 43 years.  As a guideline this can be ignored in special cases, because it can certainly take less than four years to gain four levels if the NPC has spent that time adventuring, while at the same time there's nothing to say that a 5th level mage cannot be 70+ years old.
 == Age Adjustments to Ability Stats ==