An Aging Goliath

[noparlpf]

It occurs to me that I have no idea how long goliaths live, when they become adults, and where their age categories start and end. I can't find it in Races of Stone. Does anybody know?

[DementedFellow]

They all die mysteriously from sling-related accidents.

[LanSlyde]

It occurs to me that I have no idea how long goliaths live, when they become adults, and where their age categories start and end. I can't find it in Races of Stone. Does anybody know?

I remember seeing somewhere they age like humans. But honestly this could just be my mind playing tricks on me.

Unless your build an old hermit for a campaign it shouldn't matter much anyway. Most goliath do not live long enough to die of old age anyway. You know, they kinda shun the old and the weak.

[Hirax]

Unless it was printed when they added goliaths to 4e, in 3.5 they were never given an age table. However, I recall it saying somewhere in Races of Stone that they found it freaky that there are races that know their great-great-great-great grandparents, or something like that. I'd probably use humans and halflings as a guideline for goliaths.

[noparlpf]

Unless it was printed when they added goliaths to 4e, in 3.5 they were never given an age table. However, I recall it saying somewhere in Races of Stone that they found it freaky that there are races that know their great-great-great-great grandparents, or something like that. I'd probably use humans and halflings as a guideline for goliaths.

Yeah, it only says they find elves creepy because they live so long. Alright, I'll houserule that they use the human table.

Edit: I think they forgot to put it in because Dwarves and Gnomes both appear in the PHB. But then they have the age and height/weight charts for the "Other Races of Stone" in the next chapter.

Edit2: Feral Gargun are related to goliaths, and their age categories are about the same as humans'. So let's go with that.

[KillianHawkeye]

The closest thing would be to use the age table for Feral Garguns on page 86.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the OP!

[noparlpf]

The closest thing would be to use the age table for Feral Garguns on page 86.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the OP!

:smalltongue:

[LanSlyde]

Unless it was printed when they added goliaths to 4e, in 3.5 they were never given an age table. However, I recall it saying somewhere in Races of Stone that they found it freaky that there are races that know their great-great-great-great grandparents, or something like that. I'd probably use humans and halflings as a guideline for goliaths.

That could have been it. I knew there was something mentioned that indicated that they do not live long.

[DaTamarin]

{{Scrubbed}} Its a stand alone sentence at the bottom of Description and Homeland. It says that the goliaths life span is comparable to a humans, but i might bump it up a little bit, maybe average life span 120, for flavor reasons.

[Palanan]

From Races of Stone, p. 74, introducing the example tribe of the Kathaals:

"The average age of the tribe members is twenty-four, and at the age of fifty-five, Akala is by far the oldest member."

He's earlier described as being of advanced age. Akala's stats are on pp. 76-77, so someone might be able to see if age penalties have been applied.

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