[gurps] Old Race Longevity

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HK piter wrote:
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>   From: All Hail Discordia 
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>   Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 3:32 AM
>   Subject: Re: [gurps] Old Race Longevity
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>   Troy Guffey wrote:
>   > I was looking at my copy of GURPS WitchWorld, and noticed that the Old 
>   > Race has a modified version of 3e Longevity for 20CP.
>   > 
>   > People of the Old Race do not /start/ to age until they are 400, but 
>   > they age rapidly after that - they roll for aging every three months 
>   > after age 400.  Any failed HT roll, not just a natural 17 or 18 causes 
>   > attribute loss.
>   > 
>   > What would this be in more modern terms like Extended Lifespan?  What 
>   > kind of CP costs?
> 
>   With 4 Levels of Extended Lifespan the character begins aging at 400 
>   years. (400 is the new 50)
> 
>   Extended lifespan doubles all age events per level, now IIRC The old 
>   race matured normally. So thats adds some additional points to the 8, 
>   how many is up to you. There is no Rapid Maturity advantage that I can 
>   find nor is there a Rapid Aging disadvantage.
> 
>   There is a mechanic in place for altering other "ranges" specifically 
>   altering weapon ranges.  +/- 10%/level
> 
>   So...
>   4 levels of Extended Life span  (8)
>   Increased maturity 4 levels +40% (Matures at 18 instead of 144) (4)
>   Reduced version of Self Destruct +80% (roll at every three months) (-2)
>   Total 10 points.
> 
>   At least thats how I would model it.
> 
> Actually there *IS* a rapid maturity now (sorry about the edit style but my mail program seems to be acting up and doesn't want to paste things in the middle of a message, so I'm just going to have to body post... sorry bout that).  It's a zero-point feature in Bio-Tech on page 212 in the box in the upper left hand corner of the screen.  It is meant for Early Maturation... ie giving the early maturation age that comes with Short Lifespan but without the shorter lifespan.  You *could* adapt it however so as to half the maturation age if you have Extended Lifespan.  Since it's zero cost, it wouldn't be +40%.  As for the reduced cost of Self Destruct, that sounds right.  Hope I helped some.

No problem. I do not have Bio Tech at least not 4e.

It should be worth something, as a race that can mature quickly to 
reproduce, yet still live a long life may rapidly out compete others.