old age counters

[WraithLord]

I want to compile a comprehensive list of old age counters.
I'll start with I know and I hope the lore master can help me fill in the blanks.

1. Growth scales. IIRC, reduces the chances for getting old age afflictions.

2. Nature path for mages. Extends life span.

3. Death path for mages. reduces the chances for getting old age afflictions.

4. Items.
Blood 2/construction 6 : boots of youth : stop aging for wearer
Elixir of Life. Wearer doesn't age.

5. Spells.
Rejuvenate. Blood magic. Takes 10 years off your age. Also, revives you from one combat death.
Gift of Health. Makes your units age more slowly.

EDIT, copy paste responses to list. thanks guys.

[Jack_Trowell]

Blood 2/construction 6 : boots of youth : stop aging for wearer

There's also a blood spell that make you 10 years younger for 10 blood slaves

The elixir of life (construction 6 I think, or is it an artifact ? I got it once for free with a random event) prevent aging too, and can ressurect your commander once.

[Taqwus]

Spells:
Rejuvenate. Blood magic. Takes 10 years off your age.
Also, revives you from one combat death.

Gift of Health. Makes your units age more slowly, if memory serves.


Items:
Elixir of Life. Wearer doesn't age.

Boots of Youth. Wearer doesn't age.


*edit*

None of the above are artifacts, but the Gift of Health, being a global, can only belong to one player at a time.

[Lasu]

There was also the chalice, an artifact which doesn't really stop aging, but is supposed to cure all afflictions, so aging won't be a problem.

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

Loosely connected, probably too obvious--but just in case:

twiceborn--after you die, you come back as a lich-like critter that no longer is affected by age.

undead status--units that are undead are not affected by age.

inanimate--not affected by age.

magical--not sure if they are affected by age or not!

[ologm]

Undead and inanimates do age and get penalties from old age.

Transformation can also change you into another creature with a new age.

Lycanthrope amulet and that troll king armor probably also work.

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

Ologm,

IANASCD (i am not a super cool dude), but I have never seen any age effects on any undead, nor on inanimate units. I currently have tons of them in a very long term game....

Wraithlords, Bane Lords, Banes, Wights, Gargoyles, and Crushers are the units I am specifically thinking of.

Are you sure?

[PDF]

ologm said:
Undead and inanimates do age and get penalties from old age.

Looks buggy to me, how could an undead "age" ? Or else it should have an old age set *extremely* high !

[WraithLord]

About the items that stop ageing, they don't really help for an already old mages, do they?

For constructs, I read a comment somewhere that earth prolongs their life spans.

[B0rsuk]

To keep your body young, do exercises, sport, etc. Don't sit too much, try to go somewhere by foot instead of driving a car.
To keep your brain young, it's good if you're fluent in two or more languages, like to solve puzzles and riddles, and play computer games.