Player Character Birthdays
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This is the birthday list of the most memorable characters, including
all of the ones whose portrait appears in the
gallery.
In order to really understand this, one must realize that the Dargas
campaign started using AD&D V1 (including Unearthed Arcana), was
converted to V2 when that came out, moved to V2 Skills & Powers
when that optional supplement was published, eventually
converted to V3, and is now using the V3.5 rules. Whew!
Among the things that have changed radically through the various
versions of the game are the lifespans of the different races, as well
as the transitions within a character's life when they become "middle
aged", "old", or "venerable". An Elf in V1 could not expect to start
adventuring until she was 175 years old and could expect to live to be
as old as 1600 years old. A V3 elf would start adventuring as early as
110 years old, would reach Middle Age at 175, and could expect to die
by age 750. Therefore, converting a V1-generated Elf also requires
converting her date of birth to conform with V3-standard lifespans. I
have a little treatise on the topic.
Here are the Age Categories in effect for the Dargas Campaign. Every
race except human is standard V3. The categories for humans are derived
from V2; others are standard V3. My opinion is that this is
incorrect: I think it should be a hybrid of V1 and V2, with Venerable
starting at 80 and the other categories deriving from that age as
standard in V3.
Age Categories by Race
Race |
Adulthood |
Middle Age |
Old Age |
Venerable |
Variance |
Maximum Age |
Human |
15 |
45 |
67 |
90 |
+2d20 |
130 |
Dwarf |
40 |
125 |
188 |
250 |
+2d100 |
450 |
Elf |
110 |
175 |
263 |
350 |
+4d100 |
750 |
Gnome |
40 |
100 |
150 |
200 |
+3d100 |
500 |
Half-elf |
20 |
62 |
93 |
125 |
+3d20 |
185 |
Half-orc |
14 |
30 |
45 |
60 |
+2d10 |
80 |
Halfling |
20 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
+5d20 |
200 |
Here is a table listing all the "interesting" player characters. The
characters are ordered by birthday, ignoring the year. Easily done,
since the dates are expressed as "Dargas dates".
A Dargas date is a 5-tuple: year.season.month.week.day.
There are 4 seasons in each year.
There are 3 months in each season.
There are 4 weeks in each month.
There are 7 days in each week.
The current date is 2993.4.2.2.5.
Player Character Birthday List
Name |
Race |
Birth Date |
First Adventure |
Age |
Maturity |
V1 |
Comment |
# |
Date |
Age |
Physical |
Mental |
Tumulo |
Dwarf |
????.?.?.?.? |
A220 |
2974.4.1.4.2 |
?? |
?? |
Adult |
Adult |
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From Galeb Fargen: F10 on A220 |
Nute |
Half-elf |
2947.1.1.3.5 |
A37 |
2968.1.2.3.7 |
21 |
46 |
Adult |
Adult |
X |
Birth year adjusted from 2920 |
Cyrril |
Human |
2955.1.2.1.4 |
A272 |
2980.1.2.3.3 |
24 |
38 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
F7 on A272 |
Vandis |
Human |
2947.1.2.2.6 |
A1 |
2967.1.2.1.5 |
19 |
46 |
Adult |
Middle |
X |
Youthful vigor from Shina-Tsu-Hiko |
Yol |
Drow |
2852.1.2.3.7 |
A185 |
2972.3.2.2.7 |
120 |
141 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Chondara |
Human |
2957.1.2.4.6 |
A218 |
2974.3.3.2.4 |
17 |
36 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Zeight |
Dwarf |
2918.1.3.1.5 |
A57 |
2969.2.1.4.5 |
51 |
75 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Ivan |
Dwarf |
2905.1.3.3.4 |
A100 |
2970.1.3.3.2 |
65 |
88 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Alphonzo |
Halfling |
2936.1.3.3.7 |
A1 |
2967.1.2.1.5 |
23 |
57 |
Middle |
Middle |
X |
Birth year adjusted from 2920 |
Kress |
Human |
2946.2.1.1.3 |
A35 |
2968.1.1.2.4 |
21 |
47 |
Adult |
Middle |
X |
F4 on A35; Youthful vigor from Shina-Tsu-Hiko |
Xeno |
Human |
2961.2.1.1.3 |
A362 |
2987.2.3.3.1 |
26 |
32 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Henry |
Human |
2959.2.1.2.6 |
A329 |
2984.1.3.3.3 |
24 |
34 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Jacques Dutoit |
Human |
2966.2.1.4.1 |
A285 |
2983.1.1.1.3 |
16 |
26 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Qlair |
Half-elf |
2961.2.2.3.3 |
A285 |
2983.1.1.1.3 |
21 |
31 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Sherman |
Human |
2944.2.2.4.1 |
A1 |
2967.1.2.1.5 |
22 |
49 |
Middle |
Middle |
X |
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Pietr |
Human |
2964.2.3.1.1 |
A285 |
2983.1.1.1.3 |
18 |
29 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Roethan |
Dwarf |
2909.2.3.5.1 |
A133 |
2970.4.2.3.7 |
60 |
84 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Agon |
Human |
2964.3.1.1.4 |
A288 |
2983.1.1.1.7 |
18 |
29 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Tigerblade |
Human |
2947.3.1.3.6 |
A1 |
2967.1.2.1.5 |
19 |
46 |
Middle |
Middle |
X |
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Black Star |
Half-Orc |
2952.3.1.3.7 |
A7 |
2967.2.1.3.6 |
14 |
41 |
Middle |
Middle |
X |
Died 2969.2.1.1.3; Cloned 2974.1.1.3.6 |
Squint |
Dwarf |
2926.3.1.3.7 |
A207 |
2973.4.3.4.1 |
47 |
67 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Trinket |
Halfling |
2945.3.1.4.2 |
A162 |
2971.3.1.1.2 |
25 |
48 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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Hermon |
Human |
2954.3.1.4.7 |
A273 |
2980.3.3.4.1 |
26 |
39 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
F7 on A273 |
Malarky |
Gnome |
2895.3.2.3.1 |
A165 |
2971.3.1.4.4 |
75 |
98 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Elvira Munçid |
Drow |
2782.3.3.3.4 |
A19 |
2967.3.1.3.6 |
184 |
211 |
Middle |
Middle |
X |
Birth year adjusted from 2535 |
Catherine |
Human |
2964.4.1.1.2 |
A285 |
2983.1.1.1.3 |
18 |
29 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Eris |
Human |
2951.4.1.1.4 |
A140 |
2971.1.1.1.5 |
19 |
42 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Birth year corrected from 2961: she was not 9 years old
on her first adventure! |
Brianna Sollandry |
Tiefling |
2963.4.1.3.4 |
A533 |
2993.4.2.2.1 |
30 |
30 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Hazen |
Duergar |
2883.4.2.1.7 |
A3 |
2967.1.3.2.7 |
83 |
110 |
Adult |
Adult |
X |
|
Igor |
Human |
2955.4.2.2.7 |
A220 |
2974.4.1.4.2 |
18? |
37 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
From Galeb Fargen: F4T10 on A220 |
Ulgi |
Half-orc |
2942.4.2.4.2 |
A7 |
2967.2.1.3.6 |
24 |
50 |
Old |
Old |
X |
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Veracity |
Drow |
2858.4.3.1.1 |
A184 |
2972.3.1.4.3 |
113 |
134 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Marga |
Half-elf |
2948.4.3.1.2 |
A110 |
2970.3.1.3.3 |
21 |
44 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
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(Nick) |
Human |
2952.4.3.1.6 |
A183 |
2972.2.2.3.7 |
19 |
* |
* |
* |
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Became Tebryn Filifar on 2980.4.2.1.1 as a side-effect of a
Wish, also adding 100 years to his "Drow" age. |
Tebryn Filifar |
Drow |
2852.4.3.1.6 |
A274 |
2980.4.2.2.1 |
127 |
140 |
Adult |
Adult |
|
M12 on A274 |
Knack |
Half-Elf |
2953.4.3.3.3 |
A184 |
2972.3.1.4.3 |
18 |
39 |
Adult |
Adult |
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Dirgon |
Dwarf |
2918.4.3.4.7 |
A376 |
2987.4.3.4.7 |
69 |
74 |
Adult |
Adult |
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