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robturner | Thu 06-Nov-03 04:28 AM |
Member since 24th May 2003
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#2897, "Question of a character's age..."
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Okay, in CF you can age die. This tends to make me believe they put emphasis on the realism of age then.
So my question is this:
Why do you see 98 year-old humans running around assassinating people, or 1000 year-old elves doing backflips
and sommersaults off of tables?
Granted I understand it is a RP game, but like I have stated. YOU CAN AGE DIE. Which means, YOUR ASS IS OLD!
I mean, I would like to see something like 51 Human Ret Bill, Retired Weaponmaster. This person would be
exempt from pk, and would lose most of the skills given to them by their guild. It would be instead like
a wise man who could recant their past, and be there more as an advisor or whatever. Sure not as many
people would hang around to age die, but for those that did it would be a chance for them to basically RP
their exsistance and maybe sit in some advisory position to their cabal or what not. This would happen when
say they have somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 or so hours left. I think it would really complete the
cycle of life depicted in CF. Maybe even throw in some sorta 'fountain of life' quest that would allow a
player to further their fighting into un-natural ages. I guess, I just think of my 87 year-old grandfather
trying to take his axes from his shed and pincering some 30 year-old man with them. Any thoughts anyone?
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Narissa | Thu 06-Nov-03 05:10 AM |
Member since 04th May 2003
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#2898, "RE: Question of a character's age..."
In response to Reply #0
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There are some side effects on aging. However, you'll be surprised many fantasy characters still hold a good sword arm even after 60 years of age.
For CF-wise, once you age die, it means your heart gave out, even if you are at full constitution. Unless by divine intervention, in which a person is supposed to pass away or immort or maybe lich, most of the characters have a short time after death to send their good-byes.
I definitely don't want too many 'retired' characters hanging around advising or whatever, when the game is all about adrenaline-rush with pk.
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Laearrist | Thu 06-Nov-03 11:49 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#2904, "If it was me...."
In response to Reply #3
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I'd think that if a person wanted to use their last hour after age dying a character for consequence free exploring... so be it. I would think you have earned that right.
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