Better Know a Pretender: the Crone

[WraithLord]

Ahmm, I disagree. N/D on old human mages is quite helpful as it helps deal with old age, either by increasing maxage so that the mage is considered younger or by decreasing the chance of getting old age afflictions.

Edit: yoohoo my 2.5K post. Damn, I should have posted something smart or witty, maybe quoted a poet
Edit2: Sorry, couldn't resist the urge. Here's the quote, and it's not that much off topic - after all it does deal with life and death and concludes that maxage ain't that useful anyway
"
Life's a piece of ****,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show,
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
"

[chrispedersen]

Originally Posted by thejeff

No more useless than the maxage bonus for Nature or Death magic, which is exactly the same.

Except that constructs tend to have higher maxages and not start as near them. But that's usually true of undead as well.

If Earth applies to lifeless and Death to undead, which applies to lifeless undead? I'd assume Death, but I hadn't thought of it before.

The FAQ has the answer to that. But its not relevent enough that I keep it in my head.

[Pablomatic]

I hadn't found your "Better know a Pretender" series until this latest post on the Crone. This is very useful stuff, and I greatly appreciate your efforts in this area.