Board 8 > DnD question...

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I really don't think this is a DnD-specific question at all, though I guess some settings could actually have something to say on this.

No it really isn't, but it is a question I have because of the backstory I wrote for my character and now I am unsure of what I should have his age listed at.
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Nothing stopping you from two ages in this case. Put both, and if it ever matters for obscure rules cases use the first one because I dont think DnD typically cares about how old souls are except for time after death for resurrections, which obviously isn't a problem for you.

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both

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I'd say age is always relative to birth date. However, if you were regularly time-travelling it wouldn't make sense to change your age to large or negative values, so you would want to use how long you've been alive.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Nothing stopping you from two ages in this case. Put both, and if it ever matters for obscure rules cases use the first one because I dont think DnD typically cares about how old souls are except for time after death for resurrections, which obviously isn't a problem for you.

Yea, that makes some sense.
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Age is time spent alive imo
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pjbasis posted...

Age is time spent alive imo

This.

If you're frozen, like Captain America, youre super old with a young body.

If you get resurrected after death you are the same age as when you died

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Aecioo posted...

pjbasis posted...

Age is time spent alive imo

This.

If you're frozen, like Captain America, youre super old with a young body.

If you get resurrected after death you are the same age as when you died

That's a fair way to decide it.
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It depends. What matters for for the question - lived life experience and maturity, or pure chronology?
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What has your spirit been up to since you died? Have you been roaming a plane of hell for 50 years? Hanging out with a diety in his realm?

Does your character remember any of this once he's brought back? So he may be 100 mentally, even if the body is only 50!

I wouldn't worry about it too much though, just pick whatever you think is more fun!

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Not_an_Owl posted...

It depends. What matters for for the question - lived life experience and maturity, or pure chronology?

None of it really matters it was kind of a rule of thumb question.

Nathalmighty1 posted...

What has your spirit been up to since you died? Have you been roaming a plane of hell for 50 years? Hanging out with a diety in his realm?

Does your character remember any of this once he's brought back? So he may be 100 mentally, even if the body is only 50!

I wouldn't worry about it too much though, just pick whatever you think is more fun!

To be honest, I didn't actually think that far ahead about it. I was kind of writing up his backstory under the assumption he had been doing whatever you do in the DnD universe when you die. That's why I was having an issue deciding his age.
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I'd go by the amount of time he's been alive, since some RPGs have rules for aging (including, I believe, D&D, although they're rarely used and might only have been in old editions) that only count "time you've been alive" rather than "time that has elapsed since your birth".

Although if it were my character, they'd probably joke about how old they 'technically' are whenever it's brought up.
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