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#1 Post by Arwenth » Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:45 am

As characters get older do they have any signs of aging that sort of happen (Like hair color changing?) or is the only way to know how old they are to appraise them?
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Re: aging

#2 Post by lanyara » Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:25 pm

Greying hair grey/white hair would be cool to have.
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#3 Post by luminier » Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:37 pm

RP it!

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Re: aging

#4 Post by lanyara » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:22 pm

An aging Luminier would be cool to have.
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#5 Post by Desiderea » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:18 am

I think it would be neat if descriptors like "very young" would eventually change to "young" etc. as one grows older. If there is any way to do that without it messing up remembering people at least... Though my guess is it might be tricky.

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#6 Post by luminier » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:22 am

I am aging. Check the desc.
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Re: aging

#7 Post by lanyara » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:54 pm

I still think that it is better to support what would be doable by roleplay via code. You can roleplay greying or white hair and put up a corresponding description, but if the next line reads:

"You have long black hair."

Then it just feels strange to me.
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Re: aging

#8 Post by Abharsair » Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:20 am

Right now age has no actual effect on your character. Changing hair colors would also be a problem, since hair color is along eye color, appearance and a bunch of other factors a part of your remember description. Change any of those parts, and people will forget your name.
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#9 Post by Arwenth » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:30 am

What about instead of actually changing those a line is added 'So and so appears to show signs of aging' which without implicitly giving grey hair and such it indicates that the aging process is happening?
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Re: aging

#10 Post by lanyara » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:25 am

Sounds quite trivial and good!
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#11 Post by genesis » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:50 am

Well, of course we could add this "greying" adjective after a certain age is reached without the hair-colour that is used in the remembering stuff to be spoiled.
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#12 Post by Sairina » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:11 pm

Sounds cool to me :D

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#13 Post by Zehren » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:53 pm

I'd rather not have anything set for this, as it reduces the chance to choose how your character ages. Perhaps an options for thinning or graying hair would be better?
And of course; do all races get gray hair when they're old?
Perhaps tshaharks get blue scales at the age of sixty-three and a half. :roll: :wink:
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Re: aging

#14 Post by Sairina » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:05 pm

I don't think tshaharks even have hair, so they would most likely be an exception ;)
Elves and dwarves age so slowly that an old one would probably be a very rare sight (unless you'd ask a wizard for it).

You _already_ have the apparent age as part of your description, and you can't change it on your own, so grey hair wouldn't be any different. Sure, you can put it in your description, but if it contradicts your apparent age, most people will comment on that, which I find rather annoying.

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Re: aging

#15 Post by Zehren » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:21 pm

Sairina wrote: You _already_ have the apparent age as part of your description, and you can't change it on your own, so grey hair wouldn't be any different.
Matusalem is amusingly old (ancient?) His beard, last I checked, (unless I remember wrongly,) is brown. Of course, he has a lot of wrinkles...(EDIT: In my imagination, at least.)

What I mean is that it should be up to the player to decide how their character ages. If graying hair'd be the logical choice, then perhaps add an option for such. Having characters automatically get graying hair once they reach a certain age, however, is a bad idea. In my opinion, that is. :)
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Re: aging

#16 Post by lanyara » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:39 pm

It could be a flag.

If a player wants to, he could set that flag once, and have his character show "aging" effects.
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Re: aging

#17 Post by Zehren » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:42 pm

Boldness in following quote was not there originally:
lanyara wrote:It could be a flag.

If a player wants to, he could set that flag once, and have his character show "aging" effects.
Agreed...
Now...
Who likes the idea of anti-aging potions? :mrgreen:
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Re: aging

#18 Post by krelji » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:48 pm

Zehren wrote:Who likes the idea of anti-aging potions? :mrgreen:
I guess pretty much anyone who enjoys having to purchase one yearly for a lot
of money - I was thinking of around 500 gold coins or 95% of what the char
purchasing one owns, whichever is more.
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