It is permanent aging. Aging is permanent. That doesn't mean you get a crystal ball and get to see when you are going to age die, nor, does it mean that you time warp ahead that many years. The years are the same no matter what. I understand what ORB is saying and what you all are meaning. Kubilak did not age jump to 75 or so years. He was still 51 years old.

As for the helpfile being wrong, it isn't. The character is aged by several years, it doesn't mean he is automatically going to "be" older. If 51 game time years have passed for the character, that is how old the character is going to be. Even if he is withered for losing 25 years of his life.

The affect of wither is there for a reason. There has to be a balance between pure damage characters and characters who have to protect themselves from other outside sources. Kubilak was a pure damage with little to no saves orc. He was a beast while he was alive. He just got hit by one of those balances that keeps all orcs from being like him.