aslan aging

[tneva82]

Somewhat confused. Aslan characters begin at age 16(14 imperial). Careers are resolved at 4 imperial/6 aslan year. Aging is supposed to happen until age 40(6 terms). Can't get this match.

6 terms=24 imperial/36 aslan. If we look at imperial age 24+14=38. Not 40. Aslan year=16+36=52. Way too high. Are we supposed to start with aslan year(16) and add 4 imperial year after each career term? That would fit, 6*4+16=24+16=40 but seems very bizarre and not fit describition.

What gives?

Edit: Oh and first aging test would then be 2d6-12? Sure puts limits on terms they serve ;-) Especially as 2 more terms=3 aging rolls...Uhhuh.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

There is nothing that requires aging roll times to match up to career terms. For humans it does (conveniently), but for other races there is no reason it should.

In the case of the Aslan, after 6 terms the Aslan is 38 Imperial. If she goes one more term, she will have to roll aging. As a Referee, you will have to decide if the aging rolls must be made before or after any Survival/Event rolls.

Having said that, I also wish they had lined things up a bit better.

 

[tneva82]

There is nothing that requires aging roll times to match up to career terms. For humans it does (conveniently), but for other races there is no reason it should.

In the case of the Aslan, after 6 terms the Aslan is 38 Imperial. If she goes one more term, she will have to roll aging. As a Referee, you will have to decide if the aging rolls must be made before or after any Survival/Event rolls.

Having said that, I also wish they had lined things up a bit better.

So is the age 40 age in imperial years or aslan years? One would think aslan since we are talking about aslans...Also why does it say then first roll is done after 6 terms are completed? By what you say that would be 7 terms, not 6. One serious typo on the book then.

(also effectively if terms are counted in imperial years it means that characters who start to age are almost at the end of the lifetime already. So make it 7 terms then. That means that character is now 16+7*6=16+42=58 aslan years old. Males reach into sixties...females mid-fifties. In otherwords aslan females who age during character creation are already past average lifetime? Huh? Males atleast have another term before they are around their average lifespan's end...)

 

[Sir Brad]

Be Glad they shortened the Term Length, In Classic starting at age 56 (Aslan, start of Term 6) they would age every two Aslan Years and Terms where 8 Aslan years long.

 

[GamerDude]

There is nothing that requires aging roll times to match up to career terms.

Core Rulebook, page 9. The sidebar on the steps in character creation:
9. Increase your age by 4 years. If your character is 34 or older,
roll for Aging.

So yes there is.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

There is nothing that requires aging roll times to match up to career terms.

Core Rulebook, page 9. The sidebar on the steps in character creation:
9. Increase your age by 4 years. If your character is 34 or older,
roll for Aging.

So yes there is.

That's not what I meant.

For HUMAN characters, the aging rolls match up with 4-year terms per the TMB.

BUT, say you had a race (elves) that live to be 1000 years old and only roll aging every 50 years starting at age 500. 50-years doesn't match a term (48 or 52) age, but it could still be a valid time to roll aging; it would just occur in the middle of the term and would have to be accounted for.

As a houserule, I say that if a character fails a survival roll, they age 2 years; that throws off the Terms/Age for making aging rolls, but we adjust. Aliens would be the same way.

 

[tneva82]

So. What's the answer? Are terms supposed to be counted in aslan years or imperial years? Is character supposed to start with aslan age(16) or imperial age(14)? And why on earth characters start to age after they have reached average death age?

Can't be imperial starting age(14)+each term is 4 imperial year without book having serious typo because you are supposed to roll for aging first time after 6 term which would mean rolling at 38 year old yet book says 40 years.

What gives?

 

[Mongoose Gar]

*checks*

There is a screw-up in my maths.

Firstly, ignore the note on page 8 - it's a leftover from the Classic Traveller rules. Aslan aging and terms should be computed in Imperial years for sanity's sake. Four year terms, characters start at age 14 imperial.

Secondly, aging should begin at age 38 imperial (6 terms).

 

[Jame Rowe]

*checks*

There is a screw-up in my maths.

Firstly, ignore the note on page 8 - it's a leftover from the Classic Traveller rules. Aslan aging and terms should be computed in Imperial years for sanity's sake. Four year terms, characters start at age 14 imperial.

Secondly, aging should begin at age 38 imperial (6 terms).

So they begin earlier and age later, then?

 

[The Chef]

which makes sense, they are stronger for longer then quickly deteriorate

 

[tneva82]

*checks*

There is a screw-up in my maths.

Firstly, ignore the note on page 8 - it's a leftover from the Classic Traveller rules. Aslan aging and terms should be computed in Imperial years for sanity's sake. Four year terms, characters start at age 14 imperial.

Secondly, aging should begin at age 38 imperial (6 terms).

Now we are talking! Thanks for clarification. Now it's starting to make sense.

Last confirmation: First aging roll is 2d6-12 right? Then 2d6-14 etc?

 

[Mongoose Gar]

Yeah - they basically stride along, being mighty cat lords of the galaxy and confusing stupid monkey rpg writers with their timekeeping, and then suddenly they fall off the arthritis cliff and are eaten by their own kids.

 

[AndrewW]

Yeah - they basically stride along, being mighty cat lords of the galaxy and confusing stupid monkey rpg writers with their timekeeping, and then suddenly they fall off the arthritis cliff and are eaten by their own kids.

Or would that be: Mongoose RPG writers...