Please implement the AGING system!

[Calebro]

Seriously have you ever played a campaign where charachters aged ?

Actually I have. Not that I want this for DDO, but for PnP it was fun. The campaign spanned decades, and we eventually retired as heroes. So we played our own children in the next campaign, and we had some big shoes to fill because everyone already knew who we were going in, being the kids of 'dem ol' heroes!
It was a blast.

[enteriiblackwater]

I remember in PnP using haste would age you, imagine that in this game...LOL

"Please dont haste me it's warning me i will need a zimmer frame if you do.."

Ent

[CaptainCameo]

I believe there is an aging system. If someone dies in real life, they die in the game. simple huh?

(Sorry to all those who have lost friends and family they used to play DDO with.)

[Thuldorn]

I have played a campaign where age was a factor, it was specifically set up so we could RP our children and grandchildren, but my human wizard cheated anyway. He used the wish spell to give him a druids ageless body, forget the name atm, so I got to get all the benefits of increased mental stats with no negative physical stats . Ah I love thee wish spell.

really? You got a wish that did what you wanted? Your DM must have been very stupid or very nice. If I were the DM and you wished for a Druid's body guess what would have appeared at your feet? Or if you worded it a little better you would have gotten a Druid body but with Druid Stats as well. Yeah a wish should NEVER come out exactly like the wisher wants it too!

[phillymiket]

Please implement the AGING system!

Ah hmmmm I don't think so.
Unless the DDO system was real time.
You start at 18.
Characters created during beta would be in their mid-20's

that's the beauty of role-playing your character gets to die of old age you can wander stormreach talk to players and npc's and travel from town to town.. but cannot run quest...

WOW!
Sounds like a blast!



/not signed (although I appreciate the PnP spirit - It's just a different game. If I'm going to die of old age I also want to get a huge castle a fly around on a dragon before I kick)

[enteriiblackwater]

really? You got a wish that did what you wanted? Your DM must have been very stupid or very nice. If I were the DM and you wished for a Druid's body guess what would have appeared at your feet? Or if you worded it a little better you would have gotten a Druid body but with Druid Stats as well. Yeah a wish should NEVER come out exactly like the wisher wants it too!

I would have turned him into a tree...

Ent

[Alabore]

/not signed - with *maybe* one exception.

Allowing players to pick starting age tier at character's creation, to further tweak stats.
Younger for melees, older for casters.

It would be a further min/max factor and add some extra flavour.

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Funny thing is, implemented straight it could cripple elves and drow...

[Memnir]

This is why it's not a good idea.
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Who'd want to play an old Half-Elf male, like this one? Not me... not me...

[mws2970]

/not signed

[Barazon]

Ooohhh, awesome! Let's also go back to AD&D version 1 rules, where each time someone cast Haste on you, whether you wanted it or not, you aged 1 year!

/sarcasm off

[Alavatar]

I remember in PnP using haste would age you, imagine that in this game...LOL

"Please dont haste me it's warning me i will need a zimmer frame if you do.."

Ent

That was a 1st and 2nd edition rule. 3rd edition removed that penalty from Haste.

[SmashBang]

/no

[dunklezhan]

I will /sign this... but only - ONLY - if they also introduce the AD&D 2nd edition rules on use of Haste.

[Aussir]

Dev's! seeing as there are certain pro's and con's about implementing this...but most races are being
undervalued and some overpowered because of this is lacking...

For example: why do you see alot of humans and h/orcs around..(don't get me wrong i don't hate 'em ) because they don't age.. they don't get the aging penalty that the P&P offers...(which helps balancing the races...) which in turn lets people make them the more logical choice... if so implemented, the solution leaves them that if they want to maintain their current strength.. reincarnate...

elves on the otherhand and other long lived races would be much appreciated for their longer lifespan.. as it should be... (cuz right now... go figure..)

just a thought... smile! ^_^

OP rolls 1d20 to fend off death by aging
OP rolls a 1 - Critical failure
OP is dead
Party dumps the body in a vat of acid and walks away from the nuisance.

/not signed

[Hendrik]

I remember in PnP using haste would age you, imagine that in this game...LOL

"Please dont haste me it's warning me i will need a zimmer frame if you do.."

Ent

I was going to post the same thing!

yea, so, no to aging.

[dunklezhan]

I remember in PnP using haste would age you, imagine that in this game...LOL

"Please dont haste me it's warning me i will need a zimmer frame if you do.."

Ent

****. Someone else got there before I did. This is what I was talking about. Note to self: when the thread is only 1.5 pages long... READ IT ALL. noob.

[Broldin]

I have to say that never, in the last 2 decades, has longevity had any impact on my choice of race in DnD.

[uhgungawa]

yes! but I was a wizard then.. so aging helped..

as old age grants (70+ for humans) -3str/dex/con +3 int/wizs/cha

DDO is aspiring to be true to it's roots so why not..

let's say 1 year in DDO would be 1 month IRL? (so to start... )

OK, I'll bite.

We'll go with this, so the most any of my toons will age is 5 months

[zorander6]

So RP that you are aging and leave the rest of us out of it. Find equipment that hurts your stats and walk as slow as you can. Complain about kids being on your lawn. Talk about having to use beholder's eyes as your belt buckle. Ramble incoherently in voice chat. Change your hair color to grey/silver.


More as I think about them.

Edit: Forgot the standard uphill both ways in 6' of snow to get to the shroud.

[PopeJual]

I'd be fine with this change in game as long as 1 year in real life = 1 year in game.

40 real life years from now, my Wizard will pick up another +1 int.


Also, hi H4x!