Persona Production Step 5
Persona Age
An Heroic Persona usually begins his career between the ages of 25 and 35, but can begin at a later or earlier age. The charts below are designed with humans in mind, and for the World of Ærth. In Abyss life tends to be longer and the process of aging slower thanks to medical advances, while in Unhallowed life tends to be shorter and aging faster than you would think thanks to the anxieties arising from the invasions from eldritch realms and the general life eroding angst of The Crazy Years.
To determine age level first find your HP’s age in the list below
| Age | With Medicine | Age Level |
| 12-15 | 12-15 | 1 |
| 16-19 | 16-19 | 2 |
| 20-24 | 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-35 | 25-37 | 4 |
| 36-40 | 38-45 | 5 |
| 41-45 | 46-52 | 6 |
| 46-50 | 53-59 | 7 |
| 51-55 | 60-67 | 8 |
| 56-60 | 68-75 | 9 |
| 61-65 | 76-81 | 10 |
| 66-70 | 82-87 | 11 |
| 71-75 | 88-93 | 12 |
| 76-80 | 94-99 | 13 |
On Ærth with good medical care and proper diet people tend to age slower, retaining their vitality for a longer period of time.
Next determine the modification due to the HP’s age and apply them, these modifications found on the table below.
| Age Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| STEEP | -100 | -50 | -10 | 0 | +10 | +20 | +30 | +40 | +50 | +60 | +70 | +80 | +90 |
| STEEP* | -100 | -50 | -10 | 0 | +12 | +24 | +36 | +48 | +60 | +72 | +84 | +96 | +108 |
| ATT | +3 | +2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| MCap | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 |
| MPow | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| MSpd | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| PCap | +1 | +3 | +2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| PPow | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| PSpd | +4 | +2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
| SCap | -4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 |
| SPow | -4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| SSpd | -4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
Adjustments applied at age level 4 or lower are applied individually. That is, a child of 13 gets +1 to Pcap,-4 to Ppow, and +4 to Pspd for example. When the HP turns 16 his base Attributes are adjusted by +3 for Pcap and +2 for Pspd. So if his stats were 15 in each, at 13 he would have an effective Pcap of 16, while at 16 his effective Pcap would be 18
Adjustments applied at age level 5 or higher are cumulative. So an HP 75 years or older would get an adjustment of -6 if raised in a milieu without proper medical care, -3 with.
When adjusting Attributes for age the adjustments listed apply to both Attributes under a trait. A a 72 year old would get +6 to both Spiritual Metaphysical and Spiritual Psychic Capacity for example.
Addenda: From Mythic Masters Magazine we get the following
- K/S Areas
- Starting at Age Range 5 the HP gains one K/S Area per Trait of 91 or better for each Age Range above 4.
- STEEP
- For each year past 35 an HP gains 1d10 points of STEEP, which must be used according to the following instructions
- 1. At least half of the points must be spent on the Vocational Trait K/S Areas of the HP’s Vocational Trait.
- 2. No K/S Area may be increased by half of its starting base. So if original STEEP was 40, then only 20 points can be added to the original score.
- For each year past 35 an HP gains 1d10 points of STEEP, which must be used according to the following instructions
- Connections
- For every five years past 35 add one special connection
When we return to this series we’ll be looking at Attribute, Category, and Trait
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