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PoysunRose

09-30-07, 04:53 PM
I've been writing my character's background and am getting rather detailed, but I can't seem to find a solid resource on the drow age process.

'Drow of the Underdark' states that around age 20 drow reach adolescence.

What age are drow considered 'teenagers'?
When are drow considered 'young adults' or 'mature'?
When do they begin training and actually begin to gain levels?
When do drow begin to show their age?

Can anyone assist me with this, or at least point me toward a solid resource?
olpolok

09-30-07, 05:05 PM
Childhood: 1 - 49 years
Adolescence: 50 - 79 years
Adulthood: 80 - 139 years
Middle Age: 140 - 189 years
Old: 190 - 224 years
Venerable: 225+ years

Intresting stuff http://drowcampaign.roleplaynexus.com/drowphysiology.html
PoysunRose

10-04-07, 12:43 AM
That's sort of close to what I want. Thank you for your input. That site does have a lot of resources but the age groups are what they use for their campaign, it doesn't seem 'canon' to me. I did some research and came up with the following:

Childhood 1-19
Adolescent/Teenager 20-109
Adult 110-174
Middle Age 175-262
Old 263-349
Venerable 350+

The resources used for this were the Player's Handbook and Drow of the Underdark. DotU states that drow reach adolescence around the age of 20. So that leaves me with the separation between adolescence and the moment a drow becomes a 'teenager'. If this does indeed occur between the ages of 20 and 109, when exactly does it occur?

Thank you again, Olpolok. I hope it doesn't seem that I'm being too picky, but those ages just seem off to me.
Mysteria

10-07-07, 01:50 PM
I'd guess that adolescence = teenager