Races - Lifespan and Adventuring and Serious Life

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Race           Typical Lifespan      Oldest
Human         60-80                120
Elves         Immortal      Immortal
Dwarves     350-400               450
Gnomes     350-450               500
Hobbits       70-85                120
Race           Adolescence
Human         10-19
Elves         50-120
Dwarves     10-30
Gnomes     15-45    
Hobbits       10-19  

Race Typical Age Typical Age of
               of Adventurers Business Travel (NPCs)
Human         15-50+  15-45
Elves           100-200          200-20,000
Dwarves     30-80            30-300
Gnomes (NPCs)   40-70            40-300
Hobbits       18-25            25-40


[The Perilous Dreamer]

arjen, JMiskimen, hengest and The Semi-Retired Gamer later in the game the age of your character might become important, so use the above as guidance to what ages you characters might be. No rush, but when you don't have anything else to do you might go ahead and decide how old your characters are. It is fine if you say approximately _________.

Note: Hobbits rarely adventure and those that do often don't do it long. That said, an adventuring hobbit could fall way outside the above typical, as could elves and dwarves. Human will sometimes adventure to the limit of physical ability or even beyond.

[arjen]

I would say Roderick is 42; he became a cleric later in life. Biswil is 120; an eager young buck.

[JMiskimen]

Boscobar is about 23 Harvests of Age, whereas Anexos is uncertain of anything before 4 months prior.

JM.

[hengest]

Sor has seen 21 winters.

Ferdinand is some 450 years old.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

The Trask brothers are 23.