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Well, if your GM is cool with it, go for it? I've yet to meet a GM who will let people tack on age-based mental stats to a new character even without having a way to cheese out of the drawback involved.
It's all fun and games until someone gets hit with a dispel magic.
But, that's an interesting idea nonetheless.
You can, as I understand it, get a similar effect if you play a middle aged human (or whatever) but human should be best because he has least to loose, and have him killed and reincarnated.
You get a new, young adult body but retain your mental stats.
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Well, the iconic wizard, Ezren, starts out at Middle Age. Apparently the devs didn't think that was terribly cheesy.
If your GM is cool with it, I say more power to ya. I once ran an elf PC at Middle Age. His backstory was that he's spent his entire life being all scholarly and secluded in a library. Gave a great reason to take the "Breadth of Experience" feat, too.
As Mordain said, that SLA can be dispelled if you ever get hit with a dispel magic. Since it's a 1/day ability, you'd be feeling those years until you had yourself a good rest.
Couldn't anyone else who can cast this spell do it?
There is no difference in power, and it in no way "breaks" the game.
Well it is a level 4 spell, and you get it for free.
I'm just baffled as to why a 24 hour 1/day ability isn't just an "always on unless dispelled" effect.
No reason not to except for rare corner cases like dispel magic. It's essentially an extra number of stats, available at level 1 instead of level 7, and using up no meaningful daily resources, especially not a 4th level spell slot.
Well, if your GM is cool with it, go for it? I've yet to meet a GM who will let people tack on age-based mental stats to a new character even without having a way to cheese out of the drawback involved.
Glad I have different GMs than you. My favorite character is a venerable sea hermit. (witch)
At usual character progression rates, you're tenth level or more in a year of in-game time. Age mods are in the game for a reason. If a GM doesn't let someone start at a higher age, then age mods are purely for NPCs only, which would be pretty lame considering there's quite a lot of PC content focused on age modifier modification.
Well, yes, but daylight is a level 3 spell that you get for free. Not too much difference there.
Well it is a level 4 spell, and you get it for free.I'm just baffled as to why a 24 hour 1/day ability isn't just an "always on unless dispelled" effect.
Well, other than daylight is only rarely useful :)
Well, other than daylight is only rarely useful :)Well, yes, but daylight is a level 3 spell that you get for free. Not too much difference there.
Well it is a level 4 spell, and you get it for free.I'm just baffled as to why a 24 hour 1/day ability isn't just an "always on unless dispelled" effect.
But man, when that spell is useful, its like an encounter-breaker. Especially since no one EVER prepares daylight unless they know they're going up against a qlipploth or a vampire or something.
And really, where's the fun in letting the PCs know anything?