GURPS IST - Character Aging Question

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Bandii

I'd probably go a little lower than that for most supers. Most likely a Perk version of Extended Lifespan.

Since a full doubling is only 2 pts 1 pt should still get you x1.5.

In 3e/TransHuman Space there was nano that delayed your aging thresholds by 20 years and that was counted as a 0 pt Feature.

[Bandii]

Originally Posted by robkelk

I asked Bob about this. His reply: "There is no automatic life-extension for supers in the IST World."

So you're going to have to spend points on it if you want it...

Cool. Thank you for posing the question directly to the Source. I need to get access to the Access Denied forums. I keep forgetting to. I have many questions.

-Mike

[Bandii]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Since a full doubling is only 2 pts 1 pt should still get you x1.5.

In 3e/TransHuman Space there was nano that delayed your aging thresholds by 20 years and that was counted as a 0 pt Feature.

Hmm. I wonder if that survived the updates to 4e in Changing Times? I need to do some looking around.

Thanks,

-Mike

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by Bandii

Cool. Thank you for posing the question directly to the Source. I need to get access to the Access Denied forums. I keep forgetting to. I have many questions.

-Mike

C'mon over! Bob's a pretty welcoming fellow, and if we ask him enough questions about IST he might finally get inspired to write the 4E update... (Well, one can hope.)

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Bandii

Hmm. I wonder if that survived the updates to 4e in Changing Times? I need to do some looking around.

As I recall Changing Times says mostly to use the original TS nano as is.

This was largely before the 4e tech books and nowadays I beleive Phil tends to recommend wholesale repalcement with 4e material rather than piecemeal conversion.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by robkelk

I asked Bob about this. His reply: "There is no automatic life-extension for supers in the IST World."

With all the considerable respect due to Bob, it's been previously established that significant edits to his IST work were made that did not get back to him and that he didn't particularly agree with. There could well have been a redaction that suggests such a thing despite his disavowal.

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

With all the considerable respect due to Bob, it's been previously established that significant edits to his IST work were made that did not get back to him and that he didn't particularly agree with. There could well have been a redaction that suggests such a thing despite his disavowal.

I have no reason to believe he would mislead me - in fact, I trust him to be honest with me to the extent that SJGames' NDAs allow.

[NineDaysDead]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Since a full doubling is only 2 pts 1 pt should still get you x1.5.

Mathematically it would be x1.4142, but x1.5 works so much better for ease of use. Taken with Early Maturation 0.5 [0] that would give:

  Age        Looks
  18          18
  21          19
  29          24
  30          25
  37          28
  40          30
  46          33
  50          36
  58          40
  75          50

Note that some characters with Longevity are noted as looking about a decade younger than their age, e.g. Hunchback (Mixed Doubles page 24) is 73 years old, but looks 60ish and Mr. Ng (Mixed Doubles page 112) is 55 years old but appears to be in his mid-40s.
Taken together (Extended Lifespan 0.5 [1]; Longevity [2]):

  Age        Looks
  18          18
  22          19
  35          24
  37          25
  45          28
  50          30
  58          33
  63          35
  75          40

8. How long do world class athletes play their sport?
The average world class athlete retires from his sport at the age of 33. Incredibly, the average NFL player is retired by the age of 28, the average world class wrestler by 24, and the average elite gymnast by 19.

However, age isn't the only limiting factor, being a super-hero involves more violence and injury than even the harshest sports, I'd expect to see some advantage or explanation of how a hero with decades of super-combat experience hasn't been maimed out of the field. Something like an absolute minimum of:

Attributes: HT 14 [40].
Advantages: Rapid Healing [5]; Regrowth (Minor -50%) [20].
Perk: No Roll Required on Crippling recovery rolls [1].