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Wren

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Racial lifespan info a little more prominently displayed
« on: March 03, 2008, 10:42:24 pm »
This is a very minor thing, but I'm persnickety, and I haven't seen any suggestions of this on the boards (though my search engine-fu could have failed me):

Would it be possible to update the racial info in the main page, and during chargen, to note the different lifespans of the various races?   The info is currently available in-game, in the library (or at least it was a few days ago), but I think it might be helpful to have something that basic a little more obviously displayed in a place where people don't have to go in-game to access it.

The reason I think this might be helpful is that I've seen a number of character descriptions which use human ages, not species-accurate ages, which is a little jarring.  One regularly sees descriptions that give exact numbers that don't actually make sense - like a Dermorian who's described as being nineteen and clearly meant to be a young adult, when realistically a nineteen-year-old Dermorian is probably still quite firmly under their parents' control, and certainly not cavorting in the tavern and getting drunk ;)  (Unless I'm doing the math wrong, a nineteen-year-old Dermorian = an eleven-year-old human.)  I think it might help if players were able to access the lifespan info in more than one place.

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Re: Racial lifespan info a little more prominently displayed
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2008, 11:11:57 pm »
Nineteen years are nineteen years .. I don't think a Dermorian gets less experience out of those nineteen years than a Ylian would. So it's not likely that a nineteen year old Dermorian is equal to an eleven year old Ylian.

However you do make a decent point, the website could use updating.
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Re: Racial lifespan info a little more prominently displayed
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2008, 12:24:50 am »
Yes, this is known. We have a -lot- of updating to do on the main page and player guide. It is on the to-do list, worry not.

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Re: Racial lifespan info a little more prominently displayed
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2008, 12:54:09 am »
Yes, this is known. We have a -lot- of updating to do on the main page and player guide. It is on the to-do list, worry not.

Wonderful!   I just wanted to make sure it wasn't being overlooked, since I'm embarrassingly bothered by it.