Hey all, did some searching but couldn't find anything that answered my specific question, which is, how does Mythic Longevity effect a character's physical appearance, if at all? Does a character stop aging the instant they gain the mythic ability? If young, do they age to adulthood, or if old, do they regress to adulthood (or one of the other age groups)? Or do they continue to physically age, eventually looking like the Crypt Keeper, or at least just into the venerable age group? Anything official out there on this question?
I include the text on Longevity, just in case: Longevity (Su): Upon taking this ability, you can no longer die from old age. If you have penalties to your physical ability scores due to aging, you no longer take those penalties. You still continue to age, and you gain all the benefits to your mental ability scores.
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There is no official answer.
But based on the fact that if you have any physical penalties that you lose them, I would personally imagine that you actually regress to your physical form at adulthood age category (as you start accumulating penalties at middle aged).
As for someone who is younger than adult...well how did you manage to get mythic abilities in the first place?
You might want to consider aging versus maturing, aging contains within it the concept of corruption, and wear and tear, which the longevity protects you from. No where does it "protect" you from maturing, which is also a facet of aging, for most people anyway. In fact the power specifically allows the positive aspects of aging, maturing should be allowed. Peter Pan and the lost boys must have something a little different I guess.
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I believe there is no one answer. There are many ways to get mythic powers and longevity, and there may have various fluff. One mythic character, may gain longevity in a way that will also restore his youth; another will still age in appearance, but remains spry and physically fit. Another may keep the form they had at the moment of mythic ascendance. I see no reason why there should be a uniquw answer to fluff questions. It's even better when there isn't.
I would assume they stop aging at 25 or so (or whatever the equivalent for whatever race they are is). If they are already older than that when they first gain the ability (likely) they de-age to that age, hence why they lose the physical penalties of aging
OMG, the perfect curse, to be trapped forever as a hormonal adolescent. Knowing it will never, ever end.
Cool, good responses, thank you all. It fits with what I kind of figured Longevity would work out to be, but I wanted to know if I was missing something official somewhere. Thanks.