The aging "system"

[silhouette]

Hmmm, I see notes there that say:

* Ageing is worse when under a death scale.
* Gift of Health halves speed of aging.
* Decay causes rapid aging.
* Aging less disastrous for long living people.


also, we know it affects stats, and either creates or affects afflictions (rates?)

* Age penalty printed among bonuses.
* Some old age stats were printed incorrectly.
* Limit on starting age afflictions = age penalty +1. [...]
* Commanders starts without old age afflictions


and if you don't like it,

* 3 new mod commands for age control.


Sill

[ioticus]

I'm not too crazy about this aging idea. I mean, c'mon, we already have hundreds of ways a unit can die/gain afflictions without factoring in "natural causes." But maybe it will play better than it sounds on paper.

[Kristoffer O]

> I'm not too crazy about this aging idea. I mean, c'mon, we already have hundreds of ways a unit can die/gain afflictions without factoring in "natural causes."

Ageing will be most noticable when you get magically aged (and that is not a natural cause).

> But maybe it will play better than it sounds on paper.

Don't count on it. You will be severly annoyed when your old mighty mages get crippled from old age. BTW did I say that we like old people

[Wick]

I'm happy as long as the heart failure rate is factored into the cost. Hey, do women live a bit longer?

[Fate]

What about your pretender? If your pretender ages, well...

[Agrajag]

Do aged mages have a higher chance of recieveing a "Broken Hip" afflicition?


And will you get a nice message in the message window saying "Ferdinand the astrologer has slipped and fell in the tub and broken his hip. Unfortunately, a treatment for broken hips has not been invented at the time, and so Ferdinand will be afflicted forever"?

[Kristoffer O]

> I'm happy as long as the heart failure rate is factored into the cost. Hey, do women live a bit longer?

They don't, but it was a fun idea. Could compensate the fact that women generally has slightly lower physical stats (str 9) in the game

> What about your pretender? If your pretender ages, well...

Yep, but they have lifespans of several hunderd or thousand years, so it is rarely a matter on their part.

> Do aged mages have a higher chance of recieveing a "Broken Hip" afflicition?

In dom3 that would be 'crippled' I suppose. I believe old guys can get crippled dua to ageing, although the chance might be slim.