AD&D Character Creation 11: Roll Character Age and Birthdate

A multiclassed character automatically starts at the oldest age for that race for the class with the oldest age of all those followed, on the assumption that having invested the time to learn more than one profession the character started the last one late, and so finished it at the most advanced age appropriate to that class.

HUMAN, all sub-races; HENGEYOKAI, all sub-races, KOROBOKURU, SPIRIT FOLK, all sub-races, IRDA, MINOTAUR, TROLLBORN:
Alchemist, Attorney, Illusionist 30+d6.
Assassin, Psionicist 20+d4.
Barbarian, Bard, Berserker, Bushi, Fighter, Oriental Barbarian, Sohei, Yakuza 15+d4.
Cavalier, Kensai, Knight of Solamnia, Paladin, Samurai 17+d4.
Cleric, Druid, Holy Order of the Stars, Runecaster, Shukenja, Thief, Thief-Acrobat 18+d4.
Ranger 20+d4.
Magic User, Wu Jen 24+2d8.
Monk 21+d4.
Ninja start at the oldest age for the other class.

Krynn rules state that a Wizard of High Sorcery begins training in childhood and becomes a Level 1 (Student) upon reaching "adulthood". Since that age has varied in different lands and cultures, with typical ages of 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, and 30, the referee will have to determine what age constitutes "adult" in the wizard culture of the player character.

(MyWorld rules assume that any race for which ages are not given have the same age categories as humans; some referees assume that Korobokuru are treated as dwarfs and Spirit Folk are treated as Elves.)

	Cavalier/Fighter	Cleric	Magic User	Thief
DWARF	40+5d4	250+2d20	200+d100	75+3d6
ELF	130+5d6	500+10d10	150+5d6	100+5d6
GNOME	60+5d4	300+3d12	100+2d12	80+5d4
HALF-ELF	22+3d4	40+2d4	30+2d8	22+3d8
HALF-ORC	13+d4	20+d4	25+d6	20+2d4
HOBBIT	20+3d4	60+2d8	70+d10	40+2d4

CAVALIER/FIGHTER includes Barbarian, Bard, Berserker, Cavalier, Fighter, Knight of Solamnia, Paladin, Ranger, Tinker.
CLERIC includes Cleric, Druid, Holy Order of the Stars, Runecaster.
HOBBIT includes Kender.
MAGIC-USER includes Alchemist, Attorney, Illusionist, Magic-user, Wizard of High Sorcery.
THIEF includes Assassin, Monk, Psionicist, Thief, Thief-Acrobat.

In the MyWorld campaign, there is a twelve-month year of thirty-day months; every third year an additional month is added (to bring the solar and lunar characters back together). The player needs to roll two twelve-sided dice; the first is number of the month in which the character is born (in alphabetical order, skipping alternate letters, Adrus, Condor, Equus, Gigant, Ichthus, Kantron, Mantor, Ovex, Quizmire, Silvan, Ubrecht, Wiltag), unless the second matches, in which case the character is born in the last month (Ysor). A roll of d30 will pinpoint the date within the month on which the character will age to the next year.

Referees with different calendars will of course require a different method of determining date of birth.

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