Taking this in general,
Suppose you're designing a middle aged caster.
(ye classic wizard/ ye cackling witch-lady)
Would it be worth to dump something to compensate the physical penalties, or is it more of a
"Meh, who needs physical stuff, here comes the man/lady who's going to kick you youngsters' asses".?
Good point. I was thinking of playing an elderly half-elf Beast Bonded Witch at somepoint, just to justify switching bodies at level 10. Toughness might be a reasonable feat to pick at that point, as well as heavily investing favored class bonuses into HP.
Taking this in general,
Suppose you're designing a middle aged caster.
(ye classic wizard/ ye cackling witch-lady)
Would it be worth to dump something to compensate the physical penalties, or is it more of a
"Meh, who needs physical stuff, here comes the man/lady who's going to kick you youngsters' asses".?Most people who do this do it to further min-max caster stats. In most network campaigns like PFS, you can make characters all the way to old age, but aging modifications aren't allowed. The pre-gen Ezren, for instance, is built this way.
Would you still do this under that restriction?
Didn't know that. For my concept absolutely I would (but I'm not the OP :).
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Make sure those middle-aged PCs sometimes start with grown children. My housemate used to play a short cackling little old half-orc lady, Tante Hergezel, who was a veteran fighter. She would proudly display a drawing of her 'with her three sons'. It was a close-in drawing of her, flanked by her three enormous beefcake part-orc sons. She was short, and her sons were huge, so her sons were only visible from shoulders to waist. The three sons never entered play, but it added ambiance.
Remember that, back in the day, people tended have their children early and many. It would be a weird 30-something human who had no grown children.
When you say grown children, the pc would have had their kid at the age of 15 at earliest. (human adulthood age in the age table)
@ LazarX: the old wizard? I haven't read his backstory, but the thought stuck after semi-following a campaign where the shaman of the bunch is already an old hag. (Naggy the Hag)
But if age modifiers shown in character creation aren't allowed in PFS, i guess i'll have to reconsider. Still, it would be fun to see an elderly blast away an ambush (1st steps any1?) the 'youngsters' have some troubles with.