VITAL STATISTICS

You can choose or randomly generate your character’s age. If you choose it, it must be at least the minimum age for the character’s race and class (see Table: Random Starting Ages). Your character’s minimum starting age is the adulthood age of his or her race plus the number of dice indicated in the entry corresponding to the character’s race and class on Table: Random Starting Ages.

Alternatively, refer to Table: Random Starting Ages and roll dice to determine how old your character is.

Table: Random Starting Ages
Race	Adulthood	Barbarian Rogue Sorcerer	Bard Fighter Paladin Ranger	Cleric Druid Monk Wizard
Human	15 years	+1d4	+1d6	+2d6
Dwarf	40 years	+3d6	+5d6	+7d6
Elf	110 years	+4d6	+6d6	+10d6
Gnome	40 years	+4d6	+6d6	+9d6
Half-elf	20 years	+1d6	+2d6	+3d6
Half-orc	14 years	+1d4	+1d6	+2d6
Halfling	20 years	+2d4	+3d6	+4d6

With age, a character’s physical ability scores decrease and his or her mental ability scores increase (see Table: Aging Effects). The effects of each aging step are cumulative. However, none of a character’s ability scores can be reduced below 1 in this way.

When a character reaches venerable age, secretly roll his or her maximum age, which is the number from the Venerable column on Table: Aging Effects plus the result of the dice roll indicated on the Maximum Age column on that table, and records the result, which the player does not know. A character who reaches his or her maximum age dies of old age at some time during the following year.

The maximum ages are for player characters. Most people in the world at large die from pestilence, accidents, infections, or violence before getting to venerable age.

Table: Aging Effects
Race	Middle Age¹	Old²	Venerable³	Maximum Age
Human	35 years	53 years	70 years	+2d20 years
Dwarf	125 years	188 years	250 years	+2d% years
Elf	175 years	263 years	350 years	+4d% years
Gnome	100 years	150 years	200 years	+3d% years
Half-elf	62 years	93 years	125 years	+3d20 years
Half-orc	30 years	45 years	60 years	+2d10 years
Halfling	50 years	75 years	100 years	+5d20 years
1 At middle age, –1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
2 At old age, –2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.
3 At venerable age, –3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

HEIGHT AND WEIGHT

The dice roll given in the Height Modifier column determines the character’s extra height beyond the base height. That same number multiplied by the dice roll or quantity given in the Weight Modifier column determines the character’s extra weight beyond the base weight.

Table: Random Height and Weight
Race	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Human, male	4´ 10˝	+2d10	120 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
Human, female	4´ 5˝	+2d10	85 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
Dwarf, male	3´ 9˝	+2d4	130 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Dwarf, female	3´ 7˝	+2d4	100 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Elf, male	4´ 5˝	+2d6	85 lb.	× (1d6) lb.
Elf, female	4´ 5˝	+2d6	80 lb.	× (1d6) lb.
Gnome, male	3´ 0˝	+2d4	40 lb.	× 1 lb.
Gnome, female	2´ 10˝	+2d4	35 lb.	× 1 lb.
Half-elf, male	4´ 7˝	+2d8	100 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
Half-elf, female	4´ 5˝	+2d8	80 lb.	× (2d4) lb.
Half-orc, male	4´ 10˝	+2d12	150 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Half-orc, female	4´ 5˝	+2d12	110 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Halfling, male	2´ 8˝	+2d4	30 lb.	× 1 lb.
Halfling, female	2´ 6˝	+2d4	25 lb.	× 1 lb.