Aging and Dying in Mothership
The Years Doth Pass Mythic Bastionland splits days into Phases , years into Seasons , and a lifespan into Ages . This is helpful for time skips. If hours pass, skip ahead a phase or two. If weeks pass, skip ahead a season or two. If years pass, skip ahead an age or two. It also has rules for aging. In that game, young characters start with all stats d12+d6 (average 10), and mature characters start with all stats d12+6 (average 12.5, 25% better than young). After an age, young characters become mature, rerolling their stats and keeping them if higher. After another age, mature characters become old, rerolling stats again and keeping them if lower . Each age after that, they lose d12 max vigor (average 6.5), which is the stat representing physical health/strength, dying of old age if this takes their max below zero (so typically in another two ages or so). How to represent this in Mothership ? Rules as written, starting strength is 2d10+25 (average 36), and starting body save is 2d10+10...
