The Mortal Coil

#dnd #dnd5e #ttrpg #gaming

[@D3th6r4]

>Wait. They're wrong. We are all about 1 year old. He recognized it instantly.

[@CallenExile]

He knew ahead of time when he said "I,'m not..."

[@kilbymorgan8626]

Is this considered meta gaming? I've been told having knowledge the characters couldn't would be meta gaming.

[@mrplimbles7803]

@@kilbymorgan8626 no lol. He's just worked out why he's asking for age. Meta-gaming is going "my character has 0 knowledge of this, but is going to act from MY knowledge of the game"

[@knightlypleasures3123]

​@@mrplimbles7803its qlso not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes you meta game just so your character doesnt immediately walk to their death, kr do so.ething so outragously stupid it renders the plot irreparable

[@mrplimbles7803]

@@knightlypleasures3123 Also, the players need to meta game a lil to play the game, or else all the players will go "no, im not risking life and limb with these whack jobs for 50 gold."

[@Artrysa]

Meanwhile the elf: Was that supposed to do something?

[@gabrielgaron6476]

Tbh, I often play elves and I can't wait for something like this to happen

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

The elf Druid yawns and mocks time

[@BryonStice]

This happened to my Dwarf Cleric once and I had a similar reaction. Not as long lived as elves, but still far longer than humans.

[@Partor6]

​@@gabrielgaron6476if you play an elf your dm will probably never do this to you... 😅

[@LuPercyChux]

In the campaign I'm playing, our DM used the long lifespan of the elf to enact a magical trap in which the player character had spent 54 years trapped in a cuesed story book for which the rest of party only experienced in a few minutes in real-time. It was interesting way for the player character to re-spec thier characters class and gear. The narrative used was a complete ad-lib. The characters' personality and tendency changed significantly as well from the experience.

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

Finally, a use for my Spell Sniper, Distant Spell, eldritch spear SorLock

[@Cosmic_K13]

Talk about killing time.

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

@@Cosmic_K13 even time can't catch me

[@youngsnackpack]

Ew.

[@otakon17]

Is he a Tabaxi with a Tabaxi bard friend named Jellybones?

[@dalemorgan8263]

Magic artillery?

[@wolvo5441]

I had a harengon in my game that was aged 1d4x10 years. He was in his 20s and rolled a 4. Just aged to death, neither me or the player realised how short their lifespan is lol.

[@TommyChong5991]

They live about a century? Was this changed?

[@DanPlaysGames17]

​@TommyChong5991 this was my thought exactly, had to double check to be sure.

[@wolvo5441]

@@TommyChong5991 really?! It says 50 in my copy of monsters of multiverse. I remember because me and some of the party members actually looked it up in the book together

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@wolvo5441 Tortles are the ones with a 50 year lifespan.

[@ne0w01f3]

​@@LupineShadowOmegafunny how turles in really life can live longer than that

[@KnicKnac]

Oh! This sounds interesting. Now I'm fascinated how things play out next session

[@ahstinfixsnhc9765]

Same

[@Vanity0666]

Dnd characters, even humans, have lifespans measured in the minimum of hundreds of years 25 aged to 33 is like the difference between being 6 months old and 1 year old comparitively.

[@AokijiTheIceWarrior]

​@@Vanity0666Unless that's specific to their setting, humans in basically every official setting have normal human lifespans. Many races live less than humans, other longer, very few live centuries.

[@honahamomoru151]

Sebastian might not be affected from this, but from what it seems, Monty likely rolled 2d6. So they have about 5 turns to get out of Hell before their old age catch up to them

[@ashtinpeaks9972]

Yea, benefits for still being a lich I guess lol. Run people, runnm

[@adamharrison5286]

Maybe he's just dying of hunger...

[@PokerSeven]

I mean it's not "likely" he literally said roll 2d6

[@corpsefoot758]

Does this old age even rollback once they defeat this boss and escape? Or are they stuck forever with the extra years their character lost lmao

[@honahamomoru151]

@@corpsefoot758 They did get their age back with Greater Restorative

[@thomascook3336]

One of the times being a monk comes in handy. Physcially can not be effected by age related magic or effects and i keep my full stats up until the day of my natural death.

[@Zelia_Wolf]

This applies to druids as well, but. Only if you get to...I think level 16. You have to have timeless body first.

[@matthewpopow6647]

Elf druid with timeless body: i don't see the problem. 😊

[@thomascook3336]

@Zelia_Wolf druids get timeless body at level 18, where they age 1 year for every 10 that passes. Monks get their verson of timeless body at lvl 15 where they physically never suffer the effects of aging, and can not be aged by magical effect.

[@Poldovico]

​​@@thomascook3336the difference being, they still die at their normal age, so unless they are immune to magical aging, they'll just stay looking 20 then suddenly join with the Force in three or four rounds

[@thomascook3336]

@@Poldovico Timeless Body At 15th level, your ki sustains you so that you suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically. You can still die of old age, however. In addition, you no longer need food or water.

[@meanmutton]

I had my goblin get aged 60 years by an effect like this and would have instantly died of old age without immediate GM intervention. He's now 46, an honored elder among his people, and gained no wisdom but did get a trick knee and a prescription for heart meds.

[@H-mz4hy]

This is why you wanna be an elf. A young elf who should be at studying but is on Roman holiday and everyone in the village is cool with that.

[@RocKaFella57]

Elves are so lame I swear

[@GuidingOlive]

Elves, Dwarves, Half Elves can pass muster, and some of the niche options (revenants, dhampirs, etc.)

[@alikoster]

Huh, for a second I thought this aura makes the youngest in the group go first and so on, like a substitution for initiative.

[@brittanyolenick2252]

...I hadn't considered that, but love the idea and the possibility of other similar variations that force initiative (like whoever starts the combat closest to a certain point goes first and it shakes out from there, etc.). I will certainly be using this. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@zamba136]

I'm currently playing a Human Rogue/Monk that is in his 80s. This would not bode well for him.

[@Jareddbb]

Hope you get that monk to 15! 😅

[@ediskey]

Monks aren't immortal, they're just unaffected by old age

[@Jareddbb]

@@ediskey The part where it says " You cannot be aged magically" Is what I am referring to.

[@donerzombie1349]

​@@ediskeyso... they don't die of old age as this is literally the biggest way of being affected by old age.

[@lucielm]

Me currently playing a 97 year old Kitsune Bard ... They live for thousands of years.

[@jamesduncan4105]

Any time your DM asks how old your characters are you should be nervous

[@SpartanChick316]

"instant wisdom" sorry no. That's instant back pain and crackly knees.

[@sukikurai]

There is one game where I was playing an elf and I aged by 40 years for looking at the face of a cursed statue. I was like “huh, I think this statue gives you back pain”

[@Dunybrook]

You never want the DM to be happy.

[@Big-Shady]

YES, another aging mechanic Love these, players generally use age as just flavour nowadays So i like to mix stuff up by using older versions of monsters, specifically ones that age said player. The older they get, they start developing more and more detrimental effects, and its NOT easily reversable, it doesnt go away once you kill the beast, and the age can keep stacking until death. To reverse it, you either gotta meet with a VERY powerful god (depending on which of my campaigns im running, depends on how easy that is) OR they have to brew a potion that requires the powderized heart of a Queen Tarrasque (Tarrasque's are no longer a single one per world, my setting has entire packs lf them wondering around), the spit of a Magic Dwarf (very rare, Dwarves are NOT magically inclined in my campaign, only 3 dwarves in history has been able to cast spells, all the others rarely even learn they have any connection to the weave at all), and finally a fragment of an earth bone (easy to find, not easy to acquire, you can see them all over the place, usually in cliff faces and mountains, but they there, and theyre the hardest material nsturally occuring) Aging and Dying of said aging are very real in my campaigns, some portions are hardcore like that, while i tone down other bits that dont generally fit into my DM style (although i will tailor the way i run the game to the players within reason)

[@TheOnionKnight1]

Hate these, would never touch extreme aging.

[@Dannylaquer]

@@TheOnionKnight1agreed

[@TheCrystonian]

Now jokes on him, my characters race lives till their 1000's lol. But holy shit is this a cool boss

[@tf2fan919]

See this is why my dragonborn warlock sold his soul to a fiend. He's 127 rn and still kickin' it!

[@SuperBossGiovanni]

Me, an elf monk with timeless body: Was that supposed to do something to me?

[@UnfortunateEvent]

"Veo, you are *psysically* older" "Ooo instant wisdom!" If this isn't the funniest thing I've heard all day hahaha

[@warmwaterpenguin]

I don't know if this reverses after the fight or how long the fight goes, but this is the most baller boss mechanic I've ever seen. You're not just putting them on a timer, you're attacking the narrative itself, saying defend the story you want to tell. I'm stealing this as soon as I get an opportunity, holy shit.

[@GuitarRocker2008]

The name of the aura reminded me of a monster I created called an Unslung because due to a magical mishap during healing they became unslung from the mortal coil no longer counting as either living or undead but something else. Then Paizo made the unrisen which is effectively the same idea lol.

[@frylocktv8198]

Some one with cat ears on talking about wisdom is the best joke ever

[@weremutt8]

So being an elf would be a game changer

[@thetowndrunk988]

Can’t wait for tomorrow night. We have a time limit already, and now it appears age might be an issue as well.

[@michaelleahy3271]

So I havnt come across this podcast before, but like the vibe. Where is a good place to start with them/on which platform?

[@merrittterrell4195]

That’s actually a really cool and niche effect to have for a boss. Naturally our campaign never goes into old age, but cosmetically, would be cool to play out

[@DaxterL]

"You're now 33, you suddenly feel odd pains in places you didn't know existed, you're tired but not in an exhausted way, and a sudden sense of existential crisis washes over you. You realize that Matrix has released 26 years ago"

[@SeptimusCreed]

Laughs in half elf dragonblood. Average lifespan, well over 10000 years

[@Cheshire5174]

Assuming this "mortal coil" effect happens every round, an orc that was roughly the same age as these characters would be dead within a minute and a half, at most

[@dragonamalgamation2980]

The most terrifying thing about this is if you were and 80 year old mage who would die of old age at 82

[@DaBe3rz]

A person I played with at a comic shop had their character die of old age because of a ghost that aged him like 40 years. And they said they were like 60 when our DM asked how old his character was, he said he was aiming for being an old war veteran kind of character. We then had to look up how long Tieflings lived. We couldn’t bring him back because he technically died of natural causes.

[@misein2466]

Elf: Eh, what's 20 years to someone who lives for 800? Warforged: That's cute. Can I kill the chronomancer now?

[@nomymina5429]

This is why I am happy about being a undying warlock. You need 10 years to pass to age 1 year and you become immune to being magically aged so some of the races that already live a long time become absolutely insane to the point you can start a different campaign a couple thousand years in the future from the previous one and still have a cameo plus it avoids those pesky creatures that can age you also just the concept can be really fun. My current character is basically a blight a actual disease given life able to control body’s either corpses or taking over body’s of others even able to mutate body’s of normal animals into usable hosts. so far there plan is to free a ancient dragon from there patron themselfs the same patron who gave them life there patron being something similar to exactly what they are a blight stealing control of a body that isn’t there’s so far there patron hasn’t exactly put a stop to this so it’s either going on o go well or something

[@enyxio2553]

Depending on the race, would determine who laughs last 😂

[@Tuskbumper]

As soon as he asked ages I already knew age shenanigans were going to occur

[@iantracy2843]

I joined a campaign in progress at lvl 8. First fight was against a Frost Giant Ghost. She had this ability and used on my character, the new guy of the team. I was 18 to start with, but my character had been held in stasis for 100 years when released by the other PC's. Also, I'm a Shadar'kai, that like most Elves live up to 750 years. Plus the Shadar'kai just get resurrected in the Shadowfell, so they don't really ever die. So aging my guy from 18(118ish) to 48(148ish) really just meant nothing. The moment just did not have the impact the DM wanted.

[@Morhgoz]

Me with me 7 years old Gnoll rogue sorceror... Mind 7 years old Gnoll is about like 16-17 year old human.... And in this campaing we are playing she is also the main cook/baker of the coffee shop they all, teenagers all, are working....

[@Jack7227-r8w]

I think this would be a fun way (if planned with the dm) to reveal a pc to be a reborn (as if i read their stats correctly they do not age conventionally) or worked out a way (with the Dm's permission) to stop aging as in boon of the immortal which stops old age deaths maybe through a warlock pact to stop aging or something similar like a life cleric particularly favoured by their god

[@Deku20235]

Good thing I am an elf and I am 15 years-old, I know I am a rebel.

[@Android_Drew]

Ah yes, party’s health and ac has gone beyond your control? Just create a second health bar and permanently chip away at that every turn.

[@Type_blazenil]

Me, a shatter Kai artificer: okay I got it just give me like 1/200 of my lifespan

[@redsun2001]

Oh no, my 152 year old Elf is now 160. Out of 800. I'm terrified.

[@theovernight1915]

One of my favorite characters I've made in years was a 40 year-old alcoholic "legendary hero", who was a fighter for many years. His story is basically that his estranged son is kidnapped, and he decides to sober up to go find him. I always found the speed with which characters level up in DnD to be a bit crazy if the campaign doesn't make sure to include large gaps of time, so i found a solution with this character: Basically, he isn't learning anything new. His exp and level gain is just him getting back into shape and remembering things he forgot after years of drinking. So his rapid improvements make way more sense than some 21 year old fighter becoming an unstoppable killing machine in like 6 months lol

[@XalenPrime]

My DM used aging as one of the scariest dangers against us a few times in the first campaign. So for the second campaign I played a war forged cuz their age and life expectancy is unknown.

[@last2nkow]

thats terrifying! what a great godly end game aura!

[@redisconfused]

My rock gnome being aged 8 years only to receive the equivalent of barely 2… she’s 135 but in rock gnome years she’s only 27

[@jairoquinino7261]

Oh no there go his princely years 😂

[@someonestolebigboi-imbigboi]

"128 feet" That's not a fight anymore... That's an escape before xx amount of turns..

[@Meister2499]

The worst type of bosses. Zero reward with a massive amount of risk

[@CommissarMitch]

I feel Baltor is there to show how strong you have become.

[@ShadowGeek12]

One of many reasons to not play humans, and instead embrace dwarves

[@Chip-Chapley]

"Is there a hole nearby that's at least 500 feet?" Barbarian rage ressist blugeoning and fall damage is blusgeoning 1d6 per 500 feet. 😂

[@nightflame69]

Oooh now I’m curious. I’m behind on episodes

[@khironkinney1667]

This seems like a very interesting mechanic I would be screwed because I often play elderly characters

[@technician0096]

This would be great and all until you realize one of your players is just an old man from anime and proceeds to absolutely wreck shit. 🤣😂🤣

[@Mewofastora]

I was thinking oh that's really cool I should bring this up to my DM but me and another player use Warforged and are functionally immortal in terms of aging

[@micahthomas6600]

Keeping Expeditious Retreat prepared. Double Dash. 😂

[@otakon17]

And NONE of them thought to play an Elf!?

[@KaioKenneth4]

This could be a cool gimmick… as long as the effects wear off after killing the boss, or at least can be removed by Dispel Magic, Lesser/Greater Restoration, Remove Curse, etc, but even that is pushing it. A character’s age is an important decision made by the player, so changing that should be done with care and should be easily reversable. If you have a half-orc barbarian that you force to become a gnome, I doubt your player would be too happy about that either.

[@Meister2499]

I agree. age is like one of the 4 things you get to actually make a choice on in a dnd character and if I want to be 95yr old human wizard who just wants one last adventure I don’t want to crumble to dust the second I walk into a boss room. Or if you’re playing a kid who just randomly went through puberty instantly and grew a foot taller. I’d rather a disintegration ray then having to still play as changed character that I could do nothing to prevent the outcome of

[@NickyLunaLove]

Sometimes I forget Mark is a major space nerd lol

[@GrimReaperAngelWolf]

Ahhh yes my need to make a warforged in every class would save me again.

[@matthewricker5526]

Always good to have one member of the team that is effectively immortal, also the whole not needed to breath thing and sentry’s rest comes in handy.

[@mikecarson7769]

genuinely will be fun to see elderly Veo and Pluto, but ... oh no so dangerous!!!

[@BackroomBandit]

Yet another blessed day to be an elf. Commen elf W

[@Radian76]

Ooooooh Noooooo!!!

[@brockbond7714]

Thats a super cool idea that i most certainly will 'not' be stealing 😉

[@physphere4475]

My tabaxi rogue laughs at 120ft range, too ez

[@megAJuan31E]

Laughs in elvish Monk

[@absolutleynotanalien8096]

This is why you play an elf druid/undying walock

[@SymbioteMullet]

Laughs in elven 800 year life span. Just not for very long.

[@jusquanorthwind1016]

Thri-kreen in 3.5 have their max age being 29 years old. My 3.5 Thri-kreen Barbarian/Swordsage is 7(6 is their equivalent of humans being 18) and would lose over a third of her max life expectancy if she faced this and rolled double sixes… 😰 On the other side of the scale, my 3.5 Dragonwrought Kobold Sorcerer/Wizard would be able to live for over 200 years right now(kobold live expectancy in 3.5 scales off of their charisma) and would shrug it off because he may be small but he is a dragon!

[@codybrownell5874]

Veo looks like she could be luke from outside extra’s long lost twin

[@Zelmel]

This would be really bad for my Thri Kreen

[@imranhamidon4064]

This is can be used to age your pet dragon to adult dragon😂

[@DragonHost6243]

Lol, i would have fun with one of my characters. Came into first campaign at 6022 yrs old, max possible age was just over 12k yrs before mortality would become an issue, lol

[@ainzooalgone9858]

Jokes on you im a dhampir ha i can't die of aging 😂

[@tjuarez7092]

Amazing

[@cyberpigion1334]

Imagine playing an aarakocra in this campaign

[@ethanhobbs7278]

Undying nature goes brrrrrrr

[@missilegrevious6126]

*Laughs in Elvish*

[@craigrandall4553]

That is not how old age works btw. Watch the CPG Grey video. Dnd Characters are incredibly powerful creatures and live longer than humans IRL. Just keep that in mind.

[@mathieuguenier3658]

Play a elf or dwarf and be unaffected by the spell

[@robertbeach71]

Oh myyu!!

[@mr_gl00m32]

/Classic/. GHOST MECHANICS.

[@iliakatster]

Stand power: grateful dead

[@LuminaryNarrations]

Look like HungryBox Long lost brother

[@JaegerVT]

Gigachad Warforged

[@ThPFreitas]

Loved the Costumes!

[@cosmicwhaleyoutube]

wait one of these guys is my teacher

[@robertpascuttini7144]

That is awesome!

[@AlexCanby]

Very fun big boss ability.

[@enriquecabrera2137]

How ia magically aging an extra 8 years "instant wisdom"?

[@Butterzzzz]

Oh well this would be a really bad place to be a Kobold or Goblin lmao

[@Grizzlow2]

RUN!

[@ArmoredGaming1990]

I miss the old mechanics for aging from 3rd edition where you get wiser and more smart but physically weaker

[@mke3053]

Last campaign, my players died by old age, but 1.

[@magicmac7975]

My character is a warforged made of rope. Their backstory is that they died in youth as a reckless wannabe adventurer and after an indeterminate time, their soul enhabited a pile of rope. After living in squalor and seclusion, they leave to join the party. So, probably die within one round of this event.

[@GWCuby]

Well warforged are immune to magical aging effects so you'd be completely fine

[@Meister2499]

“I’ve rolled on a dice to determine when you’ll die of old age” how would you even roll that? Roll a d100 and hope it’s not too low? Seems like he put zero thought into this before hand and was jsut like yep aging boss is cool

[@redemption101caleb]

Oh that’s horrifying

[@BLEEKCORNER]

Me a warforged unaffected

[@InspiringBard]

Elf: 🗿

[@greystorm9974]

Instant Wisdom 😂