Age, Height & Weight

[The Hive Mind]

AGE

You can choose or randomly generate your character's age. If you choose it, it must be at least the minimum age for the character's race and class (see the Random Starting Ages tables). Alternatively, roll the dice indicated for your class on the appropriate table and add the result to the minimum age of adulthood for your race to determine your character's age.

With age, a character's physical ability scores decrease and his mental ability scores increase (see the Aging Effects below). The effects of each aging step are cumulative. However, none of a character's ability scores can be reduced below 1 in this way.

When a character reaches venerable age, secretly roll his maximum age (on the appropriate Aging Effects table) and record the result, which the player does not know. A character who reaches his maximum age dies of old age sometime during the following year.



-------------Adulthood / Barbarian & Rogue / Fighter & Defender & Wildlander / Channeler

Dwarf -----40 years ----------+4d6 --------------------+6d6 --------------------+9d6
Dwarrow --40 years ----------+3d6 --------------------+5d6 --------------------+7d6
Dworg ----20 years ----------+2d4 --------------------+3d6 --------------------+4d6
Elf -------110 years ----------+4d6 --------------------+6d6 -------------------+10d6
Elfling ----40 years ----------+4d6 ---------------------+6d6 -------------------+9d6
Gnome ---40 years ----------+3d6 ---------------------+5d6 -------------------+7d6
Halfling ---40 years -----------+3d6 --------------------+5d6 --------------------+7d6
Human ---15 years -----------+1d4 ---------------------+1d6 -------------------+2d6
Orc ------14 years -----------+1d4 ---------------------+1d6 -------------------+2d6

Aging Effects
Race -------------Middle Age / Old------ / Venerable------ / Maximum Age
Dwarf -------------125 years --188 years ---250 years ------+2d% years
Dwarrow ----------100 years --150 years ---200 years ------+2d% years
Dworg ------------50 years -----75 years ---100 years ------+5d20 years
Elf ----------------175 years ---263 years ---350 years -----+4d% years
Elfling -------------125 years ---188 years ---250 years -----+3d% years
Gnome ------------100 years ---150 years ---200 years -----+2d% years
Halfling ------------100 years ---150 years ---200 years -----+2d% years
Human -------------35 years ----53 years ----70 years -----+2d20 years
Orc ----------------30 years ----45 years ----60 years -----+2d10 years

At middle age, –1 to Str, Dex, and Con and +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
At old age, –2 to Str, Dex, and Con and +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
At venerable age, –3 to Str, Dex, and Con and +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

To determine a character's height, roll the modifier dice indicated on the appropriate Random Height & Weight table and add the result, in inches, to the base height for your character's race and gender. To determine a character's weight, multiply the result of the modifier dice by the weight multiplier and add the result to the base weight for your character's race and gender.

Player Option: players may instead select to be average height and weight rather than rolling randomly. however if a player does roll for random height and weight I expect them to stick to the numbers rolled in a true display of roleplaying spirit and good form.

Race  -------------------------Base Height / Height Modifier / Base Weight /Weight Modifier

Dwarf, man -----------------------3’10” ----------+2d4 --------140 lb. --------x (2d6) lb.
Dwarf, woman ---------------------3’8” -----------+2d4 --------110 lb. -------x (2d6) lb.
Dwarf, Kurgun man -----------------4’0” -----------+2d4 --------145 lb. -------x (2d6) lb.
Dwarf, Kurgun woman -------------3’10” ----------+2d4 ---------115 lb. -------x (2d6) lb.
Snow elf, man ---------------------4’0” ----------+2d6 ----------75 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Snow elf, woman -----------------3’10” ---------+2d6 -----------70 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Wood elf, man ---------------------4’6” ----------+2d6 ----------85 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Wood elf, woman ------------------4’4” ----------+2d6 ----------80 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Sea elf, man ----------------------4’4” ----------+2d6 ----------70 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Sea elf, woman --------------------4’2” ----------+2d6 ----------65 lb. ------x (1d6) lb.
Jungle elf, man --------------------3’8” ----------+2d6 ----------65 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Jungle elf, woman -----------------3’6” ----------+2d6 ----------60 lb. -------x (1d6) lb.
Gnome, man ----------------------3’0” -----------+2d4 ---------40 lb. -------x 1 lb.
Gnome, woman -------------------2’10” ----------+2d4 ---------35 lb. -------x 1 lb.
Halfling, man ----------------------2’6” -----------+2d4 ---------30 lb. ------x 1 lb.
Halfling, woman -------------------2’4” -----------+2d4 ---------25 lb. -------x 1 lb.
Human, Dorn man -----------------5’6” -----------+2d10 --------140 lb. ------x (2d4) lb.
Human, Dorn woman --------------5’4” -----------+2d10 ---------105 lb. -----x (2d4) lb.
Human, Sarcosan man ------------4’10” ----------+2d10 ---------120 lb. -----x (2d4) lb.
Human, Sarcosan woman ----------4’8” -----------+2d10 ---------85 lb. ------x (2d4) lb.
Human, Erenlander man ------------5’0” -----------+2d10 --------130 lb. -----x (2d4) lb.
Human, Erenlander woman ---------4’10” ----------+2d10 ---------95 lb. -----x (2d4) lb.
Orc, man -------------------------5’10" ----------+2d8 ----------250 lb. ----x (2d6) lb.
Orc, woman -----------------------5’8” ----------+2d8 ----------210 lb. -----x (2d6) lb.
Dwarrow, man ---------------------3’6” ----------+2d4 -----------50 lb. -----x 1 lb.
Dwarrow, woman ------------------3’4” ----------+2d4 -----------45 lb. -----x 1 lb.
Dworg, man -----------------------4’6” ----------+2d10 ---------140 lb. ------x (2d4) lb.
Dworg, woman --------------------4’4” ----------+2d10 ---------120 lb. ------x (2d4) lb.
Elfling, man -----------------------3’4” ----------+2d6 -----------50 lb. ------x (1d4) lb.
Elfling, woman --------------------3’2” -----------+2d6 ----------40 lb. ------x (1d4) lb.