Some Old Age Tests

[calmon]

Ok, new tests. This one is very interesting!

I use normal scales and the province has

- 100 philosophers (i want to compare the result with my older tests, 9 HP)
- 100 Anathement Dragon (Fire 3, 11 HP)
- 100 Grand Thaumaturgs (Death 2, Astral 2, 1 Random, Holy 3, 8 HP)

Here are the results:
(number of living units in the round)

Turn 13: 100 Philosophers, 100 Anathemant Dragon, 100 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 25: 83 Philosophers, 78 Anathemant Dragon, 100 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 37: 74 Philosophers, 64 Anathemant Dragon, 98 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 49: 67 Philosophers, 57 Anathemant Dragon, 91 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 61: 57 Philosophers, 41 Anathemant Dragon, 88 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 73: 51 Philosophers, 32 Anathemant Dragon, 86 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 85: 42 Philosophers, 27 Anathemant Dragon, 85 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 97: 36 Philosophers, 19 Anathemant Dragon, 84 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 109: 32 Philosophers, 18 Anathemant Dragon, 82 Grand Thaumaturgs
Turn 121: 28 Philosophers, 14 Anathemant Dragon, 79 Grand Thaumaturgs

Non-Afflicted at the end:
4 Philosophers, 2 Anathemant Dragon and 22 Grand Thaumaturgs

While philosophers get an equal result like my former test (25 on turn 121 there on normal scales) only 14 Anathemant Dragons survived. So either Fire 3 or the lower Old Age entry date 32 (compared to 50 Philosophers) has a negative effect here.

Grand Thaumaturgs has like the Philosophers 50 as Old Age entry date. Only 21 out of 100 died within the 6 years testing time. So death 2 and/or holy 3 (maybe the astral 2) has a significant effect to get no disease affliction. Afflictions in general are fewer (22 non afflicted at the end).

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

I believe the following holds true:

Fire Magic affects Old Age negatively. Earlier Old Age, and more afflictions, depending on level.
Nature Magic affects Old Age positively. Later Old Age, and less afflictions, depending on level.
Death Magic affects Old Age positively. Less afflictions, depending on level.

I would be interested in seeing the effects of old age on:

--mage with 1N
--mage with 2N
--mage with 3N
--mage with 1F
--mage with 2F
--mage with 3F
--mage with 1D
--mage with 2D
--mage with 3D

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

Actually, it would also be interesting to see:

--mage with 1f1n
--mage with 1f1d
--mage with 2f1n
--mage with 2f1d
--mage with 2f2n
--mage with 2f2d
etc....

Is there any way all this data could be added to the wiki, or to a web page for future reference?

[Taqwus]

Just curious -- an expensive feebleminded mage can be even worse than a dead one, if you don't have a ready means of healing.

[alexti]

Maybe old age affliction chance is proportional to
({current age}-{beginning of old age})/{beginning of old age}?

[Folket]

Calmon, that last test was interesting. Can you do the same with death 3 and growth 3?

[Endoperez]

The initial rate of old age afflictions is based on maxage and maxage only. Maxage is the start of the old age.
Every pick of Death magic gives a chance of preventing an old age affliction, and I understand high-enough Death makes you immune to old age afflictions.
Rejuvenation, or the ability to heal your own afflictions, migth help prevent afflictions, or it might just increase maxage; I'm not sure.


EDIT: Just to be sure, I requested magicless Crones to be tested because they are always old, and have maxage 500.