Ok, death magic and afflictions, what's the deal?

[Baalz]

I think the thematic reason for this is grizzled old necromancers don't ever seem to die, but they do lose body parts, develop a menacing wheeze, and start looking like they're already undead...

[chrispedersen]

My gut says its not just disease. Death mages seem to get a lot less general afflictions.

Case in point: Playing a game now: Out of 11-12 mages - every single non death mage got afflicted the first winter. Not one death mage did.

[Poopsi]

Originally Posted by Baalz

I think the thematic reason for this is grizzled old necromancers don't ever seem to die, but they do lose body parts, develop a menacing wheeze, and start looking like they're already undead...

"Old necromancers never die, they just fall apart"

That is a bit odd then Ano. I've often wondered if how far past the "Start of Old Age" mark a unit is plays a part in it somewhere along the lines. (either in years or as a percentage of their lifespan). Have never seen anything mentioned anywhere on it, but I'm sure I've noticed that units which have just crept over the old age mark seem far less likely to pick up old age afflictions than units that are well past it.

Most likely it's because they haven't rolled the affliction rolls yet. I found a table around where someone ran tests with different old-agers, and they didn't find that units long past the old age threshold fell apart more often that units only a bit over it.

I may add a point here. In a current game as LA C'tis one of my D4 Sauromancers got diseased.

Was he at your capital, or out in the fields? My D4 thaum got his affliction while walking around, so I am still unsure as to whether it was a genuine old age affliction, a battle wound, or something from some undetected disease site.