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SYSTEM REFERENCE DOCUMENT 3.5 |
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SYSTEM REFERENCE DOCUMENT 3.5 |
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You can choose or randomly generate your character’s age. If you choose it, it must be at least the minimum age for the character’s race and class (see Table: Random Starting Ages). Your character’s minimum starting age is the adulthood age of his or her race plus the number of dice indicated in the entry corresponding to the character’s race and class on Table: Random Starting Ages.
Alternatively, refer to Table: Random Starting Ages and roll dice to determine how old your character is.
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Table: Random Starting Ages |
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Race |
Adulthood |
Barbarian |
Bard |
Cleric |
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Human |
15 years |
+1d4 |
+1d6 |
+2d6 |
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Dwarf |
40 years |
+3d6 |
+5d6 |
+7d6 |
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Elf |
110 years |
+4d6 |
+6d6 |
+10d6 |
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Gnome |
40 years |
+4d6 |
+6d6 |
+9d6 |
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Half-elf |
20 years |
+1d6 |
+2d6 |
+3d6 |
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Half-orc |
14 years |
+1d4 |
+1d6 |
+2d6 |
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Halfling |
20 years |
+2d4 |
+3d6 |
+4d6 |
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With age, a character’s physical ability scores decrease and his or her mental ability scores increase (see Table: Aging Effects). The effects of each aging step are cumulative. However, none of a character’s ability scores can be reduced below 1 in this way.
When a character reaches venerable age, secretly roll his or her maximum age, which is the number from the Venerable column on Table: Aging Effects plus the result of the dice roll indicated on the Maximum Age column on that table, and records the result, which the player does not know. A character who reaches his or her maximum age dies of old age at some time during the following year.
The maximum ages are for player characters. Most people in the world at large die from pestilence, accidents, infections, or violence before getting to venerable age.
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Table: Aging Effects |
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Race |
Middle Age1 |
Old2 |
Venerable3 |
Maximum Age |
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Human |
35 years |
53 years |
70 years |
+2d20 years |
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Dwarf |
125 years |
188 years |
250 years |
+2d% years |
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Elf |
175 years |
263 years |
350 years |
+4d% years |
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Gnome |
100 years |
150 years |
200 years |
+3d% years |
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Half-elf |
62 years |
93 years |
125 years |
+3d20 years |
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Half-orc |
30 years |
45 years |
60 years |
+2d10 years |
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Halfling |
50 years |
75 years |
100 years |
+5d20 years |
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1 At middle age, –1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. |
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2 At old age, –2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. |
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3 At venerable age, –3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. |
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