Personal Appearance

3.8 Personal Appearance

Table 3.5:Species Age

Species	Adulthood	Middle Age	Old	Venerable	Maximum Age
Human	18 years	40 years	55 years	70 years	+3d10 years
Dwarf	30 years	60 years	85 years	110 years	+5d10 years
Elf	70 years	160 years	275 years	420 years	+3d% years
Gnome	14 years	30 years	45 years	60 years	+1d% years
Half-elf	30 years	60 years	110 years	175 years	+7d10 years
Half-orc	18 years	40 years	50 years	60 years	+3d10 years
Halfling	30 years	60 years	85 years	110 years	+5d10 years
Orc	18 years	35 years	45 years	55 years	+3d10 years

Table 3.6:Typical Height and Weight

Species	Average Height	Average Weight
Human	5’ 5”	140 lb.
Dwarf	4’ 2”	140 lb.
Elf	5’ 9”	120 lb.
Gnome	3’ 4”	50 lb.
Half-elf	5’ 6”	140 lb.
Half-orc	5’ 9”	170 lb.
Halfling	3’ 1”	50 lb.
Orc	6’ 0”	190 lb.

3.8.1 Age

The typical age for each species is listed in Table ??: ??. The Adulthood column indicates the minimum age for adulthood. Most adventurers are somewhere between adulthood and middle age.

If you are old, you take a -2 penalty to checks based on Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, and Perception. However, you gain a +2 bonus to checks based on Intelligence and Willpower. If you are venerable, these modifiers change to -4 and +4 respectively. In general, player characters should not start as old or venerable age, but the GM can always allow it for specific campaigns if they want.

When you reach venerable age, the GM secretly rolls your maximum age, which is the number from the Venerable column on Table ??: ?? plus the result of the dice roll indicated on the Maximum Age column on that table. They record the result. If you reach your maximum age, you die of age-related illnesses or frailty at some time during that year.

3.8.2 Height and Weight

The typical height and weight for each species is listed in Table 3.6: Typical Height and Weight. The average man from each species is slightly taller and heavier than the average woman, but this is not a restriction for player characters.

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