I recently bought the Blood Of Angels player companion, and have been using it for my aasimar character. I love the book even though the flexibility in the aasimar heritages seem way OP(that's another discussion :P ).
Anyway, here is my problem. If you have read the book, it continually implies that aasimars age at the same rate as humans. It implies that they reach puberty at the same time, and how they would interact with their peers which implies that they age at the same rate. It continues to heavily suggest this throughout the book, including the fact that they tend to marry humans, as if they live about the same amount of time(as it would be difficult to marry a human if you lived triple their life span).
However, in the Advanced Race Guide, it specifically says that aasimars have a life span of over 250 years (250 yrs is when they reach venerable), and that they reach adulthood at the age of 60 years(humans reach adulthood at the age of 15). These number are on page 248 and 249
Their childhood, and the the resulting personalities, would be COMPLETELY different if they lived among humans, yet aged at a rate 4 times slower. Imagine what raising an aasimar would be like to a human; they reach adulthood by the time the parents are in their 80's. You would have to wait until they were 16 to toilet train them! Can you imagine?? When I was reading blood of Angels, I interpreted that they reach adulthood at the same rate as humans, but they just live longer, but after I checked the ARG, it made it clear they they just aged slower in all respects. There is no wiggle room. I really like making rich and detailed back stories for my characters, and it's kind of hard to figure out what a characters persona would be like with the conflicting information.
I really don't want to have to ask for a ruling for such a small detail, but it changes the character dynamic a lot...
What should I make of this?
So they age and die at the same rate as humans? Great, now I have to rewrite his whole backstory... :/
I believe you, but I'm interested to know where James stated this...
Yeah ARG numbers are way off the mark. Blood of Angels is correct. :)
only in Golarion.
it would logically make sense, that if an immortal being slept with a mortal, that the mortal offspring would live drastically longer. and aging 4 times slower, as per ARG is fine.
There is a bigger issue with how long it takes them to become adults, due to life milestones of significant NPCs in a few adventure paths including the first one, than there is with having their lifespans extended once they become adults. The latter doesn't have any serious problems aside from not fitting the patterns of other races and a bit of the fluff in blood of angels. In a game I was in charge of, I'd probably rule human- (or parent race-) aging to adulthood, but older ages to progress in age categories.
So they age and die at the same rate as humans? Great, now I have to rewrite his whole backstory... :/
I believe you, but I'm interested to know where James stated this...
It's stated a few times in various threads. I believe the plan is to put this into the official ARG errata, and to correct the table on any reprinted editions of the ARG.
That said, every individual aasimar and tiefling is a unique being. If you have a character backstory about long aging for your character, work with your GM to make an exception to the RAW. Character aging rarely comes up in actual play.
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Yeah ARG numbers are way off the mark. Blood of Angels is correct. :)only in Golarion.
it would logically make sense, that if an immortal being slept with a mortal, that the mortal offspring would live drastically longer. and aging 4 times slower, as per ARG is fine.
And most iterations of aasimar all the way back to their origins in Planescape.
Remember, aasimar aren't the immediate offspring of celestials and mortals. They're the children born generations down the line, to the point that the "planetouched gene" can skip several generations before popping up.
So they age and die at the same rate as humans? Great, now I have to rewrite his whole backstory... :/
only in Golarion.
In more general PF they age as per ARG.
It's up to you and the GM to decide how aasimars, and more specifically, YOUR aasimar, ages.