Steelo_Mcbuff
2007-10-17, 07:46 AM
Hey there, Just wondering if anyone out there knows if there are any rules regarding player characters losing power over time due to lifestyle choices in any D20 game they have seen.
I know that the effects of aging are documented in the DnD players handbook but I'm thinking more what would happen if an adventurer say gave up adventuring for a period of time.
for example, a campaign may end with my 25 year old fighter character putting away his sword and staring a new life more similar to that of a commoner. Then suddenly 4 years latter a new threat appears and he must once again fight. If i used this character in the new campaign he would only be 29, so his stats are not changed by aging, but I'm sure the beer gut he has developed would make him less dexterous, and so long without wielding the sword would have an effect surely.
I would be easy enough to just house rule any of this but i would first like to check if anyone knows if its mentioned anywhere.
i play Dnd, D20 modern, and star wars D20 and i have not read anything of it in any of my books but thats not to say i haven't missed something.
thanks.
I know that the effects of aging are documented in the DnD players handbook but I'm thinking more what would happen if an adventurer say gave up adventuring for a period of time.
for example, a campaign may end with my 25 year old fighter character putting away his sword and staring a new life more similar to that of a commoner. Then suddenly 4 years latter a new threat appears and he must once again fight. If i used this character in the new campaign he would only be 29, so his stats are not changed by aging, but I'm sure the beer gut he has developed would make him less dexterous, and so long without wielding the sword would have an effect surely.
I would be easy enough to just house rule any of this but i would first like to check if anyone knows if its mentioned anywhere.
i play Dnd, D20 modern, and star wars D20 and i have not read anything of it in any of my books but thats not to say i haven't missed something.
thanks.