Breadth of Experience and Gnomes

[Hockey_Hippie]

Hey folks,

Not sure if someone touched on this yet or not, but I'm thinking, in the case of Gnomes, the age requirement on BoE is kind of steep.

The blurb on the feat itself reads as follows:

Although *still young* for your kind, you have a lifetime of knowledge and training.

The age requirement is 100 years, which as it happens is when Gnomes hit middle age. In the case of Dwarves and Elves, they do not hit middle age until 125 and 175 years respectively. The age requirement as it stands, at least to me, makes this an all but unplayable feat for Gnomes

Thoughts?

HH

[Kratzee]

Sounds about right to me. It is a static requirement. You are 100 years old and know a lot. I'd expand it to include all races, except that humans and such would be of an age that a PC wouldn't take it. I would give it to a NPC wizened old man or woman though.

And what's wrong with a middle-aged gnome or any character for that matter? Bonuses to Cha, Int, and Wis can be nice for a mentally focused class.

[Hockey_Hippie]

Kratzee wrote:

Sounds about right to me. It is a static requirement. You are 100 years old and know a lot. I'd expand it to include all races, except that humans and such would be of an age that a PC wouldn't take it. I would give it to a NPC wizened old man or woman though.

And what's wrong with a middle-aged gnome or any character for that matter? Bonuses to Cha, Int, and Wis can be nice for a mentally focused class.

Because the premise of the feat is you are *young for your kind* .Middle aged is not young, despite how many men own red sports cars and tell themselves that man. The other races that qualify for this have the benefit of still being *young* when they are eligible for it, but not Gnomes?

If you want static, then simply say Middle-aged - 20 years is the age requirement. It puts all of the three races on equal footing then.

HH