Maximum age ...

iceblade

What do you think about maximum age being implemented?

I recall soloing icewind dale with a human was really not
very realistic, because the resting times got pretty long later...

DJKajuru

You mean that your human slept for years and woke up with a big beard?

FinneousPJ

I am not sure if this is a serious thread. If it is, I don't see the problem.

DragonKing

What?

procco

I THINK what is being asked is if there should be a maximum sleep time implemented so that characters aren't unrealistically resting for days on end in the middle of a realistic dungeon after being beaten up by realistic yuan-ti. If that's not the question, I have no guess.

FinneousPJ

@procco That's how I understood it as well. However, it is not a problem since you can simply disable Rest until healed and limit resta yourself.

Ammar

If we had the 1st edition haste spell which aged you an entire each time you used it, this might be a factor. As it it, this makes little sense to implement.

In the case that you really want to restrict resting, some sort of supply system (e.g. Pillars of Eternity) would be better. Personally I prefer to let the player decide whether to abuse the resting system or not. Balance is overrated in single player RPGs.

Jarrakul

Given the reference to humans specifically, I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to spending in-game decades resting, and how that should start to have negative effects on the characters. Of course, I'm kind of blown away by that much resting, but to each their own.

deltago

Minion: So Saravok, we have mined enough ore from cloakwood for the next decade, Amn and the Sword Coast have been in a Cold War stance for the last year and a half, the entire population of Candlekeep as well as any Merchant Leagues that may oppose us have been taken over by dopplegangers. The bandits you have on he roads are now a well organized military whom not only confiscate any ore, but collect tolls on the roads as well. Other Merchants have accepted this fact and say the roads are actually safer than before and are determined to find alternate sources for iron for the peasantry to use. When do you think you can arrange a meeting with your father and representatives from Amn in Candlekeep?

Saravok: Where is character name?

Minion: Same place he was 6 months ago. Camping outside that cave by the coast.

Saravok: Have you been sending the flesh golems like I asked to take care of him?

Minion: Yes, every night. He just keeps killing them all.

Saravok: Put everything else on hold until the flesh golems kill him or he moves from that spot. That is an order!

semiticgoddess

I sleep a lot in the IE games, and even after a full adventure crammed with rest periods, it never exceeds a year. There might be a realism issue with rest times, but getting too old because of resting shouldn't be one of them.

I've always thought the PnP 1-year aging from Haste was rather excessive. I'd never use the spell, not with that big of a cost, and certainly not when other level 3 mage spells lack the same effect.

Gallowglass

Obviously the in-game length of a run depends upon playing style, mods, and perhaps especially upon how complete a run it is. Also, some timings have changed in the EEs from the original games.

In my own case, playing the EEs as a completionist, and with "natural" resting (i.e. resting when the characters complain that they're tired, and also very occasionally when it's necessary to re-arrange/re-charge spellbooks for a particularly difficult battle), a full run usually takes me 400-500 in-game days for BG1ee and 190-240 in-game days for BG2ee.

How long are you talking about taking, @iceblade?

PKMN12

exactly how long are you resting for this to be a factor O.o

kcwise

I'm guessing you must have been soloing with a fighter class and didn't make much use of clerical healing? I can see how the resting hours could add up in that case.

iceblade

Yes, I soloed with fighter classes. Once with a dual F/A and once with a Fighter.


It was melee and the rest times were enormous. I really didn't get that far.

I think I played until I got to Yxunomei before I lost motivation, but I don't know
exactly because I played IWD too many times. I also tried a F/M/C-run a while ago.

Genryu

If you don't have a divine caster in your party, then rest times can become a bit ridiculous. On my current solo run, I've often slept for 17 days+ at a time!