#...gonna outlive Elminster
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y-rhywbeth2 · 9 months ago
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"The so-called Bhaalspawn grew up haunted by dreams of death and found themselves imbued with strange powers. Age had little effect upon them once they had grown to maturity..."
I was already sort of aware of the extremely vague aging of Bhaalspawn in 5e, but it's nice to have it confirmed again. While I acknowledge that certain Bhaalspawn have aged in this edition, I'm still going to link it to 3.5e's "they're immortal." Hey, no Bhaalspawn has ever died of old age, so there's nothing to contradict that.
I will also be taking "Bhaalspawn had their nightmares all their life growing up, not just when they hit 20" and running with it.
(I'm not entirely clear how they age in this edition. They age, but don't grow infirm, and Sarevok expects to be around for generations to come despite already being 100+ and apparently supposed to be looking like he's 60. Immortality without youth? Elminster-style? How does it impact Bhaalspawn whose mortal ancestors have lifespans longer than humans? While the tabletop oneshot with the VA's wasn't canon, I know Imoen cameo'd and she hasn't aged a day in that.)
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