Aging

[prophet118]

7 months in one shot I'd do alot more than hair and nails.  I think your spot on to note the hunger.  I'd be dropping physical stats like crazy reflecting the concentration camp physique he'd likely to have at the end of 7 months with out eating.  Technically, it would also be 7 months without physical activity either, so the actual number of calorie equivelents that would be used over the time would be much less (which is what would prevent actual death from starvation IMO), but he'd still look like a wretched island castaway in my game.

Of course, one could make the same arguement about water and oxygen too, but as someone pointed out, it is magic so you have a little room to play in that regard.

Aging isn't supposed to be a non event...especially 7 months at once.  I imagine it would be quite painful and should leave the caster virtually impotent...at least temporarily.

well the bad part was that accordsing to the rules, he got up after a few minutes... without much effort on his own part, i had to stop game at that point to explain how the character likely felt, and then the player didnt really see it that way...

i wasnt going to do any stats changes, i just wanted it roleplayed

[Brian Leybourne]

knockdown or knockOUT? you got me confused as to which you are refering... I beleive knockout is teh appropriate stat.

Yeah, my mistake, it's knockout, which is likely to be a bit higher, being full TO + half WP or something like that.

I'll crawl back into my hole now.

But yes, SP dice aren't used for that roll.

Brian.

[prophet118]

heres my question, how do sidhe (i refuse to spell is siehe..lol), react to aging?

they are supposedly immortal, but i reac (i think in the book) that they still age

[Brian Leybourne]

It talks about that in the book. Basically, they don't age naturally (after they reach a certain age, one presumes, or else there would be a lot of babies in faerie) but can still age through magic.

Those that look old may be scoffed as being careless and reckless with magic, or they may be revered as mighty sorcerers, depending on who the onlooker is.

Brian.

[prophet118]

thanks... i remembered reading it, but one of my players asked me today what was the draw backs of a siehe sorceror.....i listed them off, and got to the aging, and he said "oh im immune to that"......i got a bit confused, though i stuck to my guns, and said "no i dont think you are, at least not magical aging"

[Brian Leybourne]

thanks... i remembered reading it, but one of my players asked me today what was the draw backs of a siehe sorceror.....i listed them off, and got to the aging, and he said "oh im immune to that"......i got a bit confused, though i stuck to my guns, and said "no i dont think you are, at least not magical aging"

Heh.. That would be quite the PC benefit.. no aging to worry about = no limits on magic. How to watch your carefully planned campaign explode in one easy step... :-)

Having said that, there are a few entities in Of Beasts and Men who don't need to make aging rolls...

You really don't want to piss them off. :-)

Brian.

[prophet118]

definately need to get some of the books........can i safely assume that "of beast and men" would sorta be like the monster manual of this game?

[Shadeling]

I would definitely say demons wouldn't have to worry about aging!

[Brian Leybourne]

definately need to get some of the books........can i safely assume that "of beast and men" would sorta be like the monster manual of this game?

Well, kind of, but it's a lot more than that.

You'll have to wait though, it hasn't actually been published yet. :-)

Brian.

[prophet118]

lol, cool

[Balbinus]

Hunger doesn't make much sense to me.  If hunger, why not thirst?  As already pointed out, if the aging means that you've effectively gone without sustenance for that period then even a month's worth would kill you instantly.

Going without water for as little as a week is fatal.  The aging I saw more as a magical effect, a drain on the body, not as an actual acceleration of time for the caster.

On the roleplaying of the effect, it seems to me that knowing you've just lost some of your youth and life would be pretty traumatic.  Unless:

(a)  you're drive to accomplish your goal is such that you entirely accept the loss of your own life to achieve your end; or

(b)  the fact you'll just get another character means you don't care about this one dying off since you get to do really cool stuff while he's still alive.

(b) is a lousy reason.  I'm sure there are others, but to face aging with equanimity it strikes me one of those two is the most likely.

[Brian Leybourne]

The aging I saw more as a magical effect, a drain on the body, not as an actual acceleration of time for the caster.

That's exactly as I have always viewed it. The stresses on the body cause it to age, but you have not physcially experienced a swift passage of time. Thus fingernails, hair, growth of wrinkles and grey hairs etc occur, but the meal you just ate is still digesting in your stomach and a disease or virus you may have contracted has not developed any further in your body because time itself has not passed, you've aged independantly of time.

Brian.

[Jake Norwood]

Ooh, ooh, me too me too!

Jake

[prophet118]

lmao, well if i can think of any other age questions, i'll add them here... this is probably it though, thanks

[Brian Leybourne]

Just FYI I've added this thread to the index. I think this is the first time we've ever discussed the actual mechanics of sorcery-related aging.