The wizened old white beared wizard and the silver haired crone are kind of archtypes of main stream fantasy but I've been pondering how to handle, rulewise, creating an elderly character who's now senile.
For creating a competent but elderly character, it seems easy. Just sell down the physical characteristics and use those to increase the skills.
But what about a really old, completely senile, barely functioning character?
Do Sirhibasi tend to die before they get that old because they slip up and things go terribly wrong?
For this campaign I have an idea for, I need to make a sorcerer who was once very great, but now can barely even dress herself. Someone who isn't all there anymore. Though I suppose she could have been that way a long time after botching something important in the Dream.
Thoughts?
For creating a competent but elderly character, it seems easy. Just sell down the physical characteristics and use those to increase the skills.
But what about a really old, completely senile, barely functioning character?
Do Sirhibasi tend to die before they get that old because they slip up and things go terribly wrong?
For this campaign I have an idea for, I need to make a sorcerer who was once very great, but now can barely even dress herself. Someone who isn't all there anymore. Though I suppose she could have been that way a long time after botching something important in the Dream.
Thoughts?