Random question.

[Parvana]

Hi, so iv been roleplaying as my player character from the game, she is a huskar. and a random thought popped up and i tried looking on the wiki but there is no mention of anything.

Is there any actual set Lifespans on any of the races?

 

[Xeivous]

I can't remember exact numbers but humans push 100+ without treatments and I think Ausar are in a similar ballpark. Kharrit live significantly shorter than that without treaments. Gryvanin hit 400ish without treatments.

 

[RanmaChan]

Why don't kathrit live as long as humans and ausar? That seems a bit odd.

 

[Xeivous]

Such variance in longevity is by far the least odd thing in a setting where everyone is (as far as I can tell) roughly humanoid solely due to the power of porn logic and convergent evolution.

Also I'm running off of memory and I'm like 90% sure that is right based off of what I remember from Shade's dialogue.

 

[ScarletteKnight]

Yeah, as I recall humans go a century easily but Shade needed anti-agathic treatments at 40ish.

 

[Karretch]

Also I'm running off of memory and I'm like 90% sure that is right based off of what I remember from Shade's dialogue.

Coulda sworn it was in the codex, but nope...

Anyways, as to why kaithrit live shorter lives? Why not have them live shorter lives? Why does everything have to have similar lifespans when as evident on Earth that's not the case? When you assume a default, you have to ask yourself "Why isn't it different? Can it be improved by being different?" and most of the time the answer is "Yes, this is better" because similarity breeds boredom / diversity is a more tasty meal.

 

[Evil]

100 years can be quite a long lifespan for a human but that's from a human perspective, especially since we've come a long way from when being in your 20s was considered old.

If Kaithrit live 40 or 50 years, then that's a long lifespan from their perspective.

Its not the time that matters, its how that time is spent.

 

[Karretch]

we've come a long way from when being in your 20s was considered old.

That's sort of a misunderstanding. We say average age of 30-40 only because so many infants were dying they skewed it towards that realm. Old age wasn't much behind of what we consider it today, being 60+, many people even reaching 80 if they were lucky/healthy.

 

[Lancer]

You two are likely talking about different time periods. Evil is talking about a time period far older than what you are Karretch, there was indeed a time where the average adult almost never made it out of their early twenties.

 

[Evil]

You two are likely talking about different time periods. Evil is talking about a time period far older than what you are Karretch, there was indeed a time where the average adult almost never made it out of their early twenties.

Yeah, you pretty much got it.

 

[Karretch]

You mean before we were even human? Cuz even ancient humans could get pretty old...

 

[Lancer]

Still talking about Homo Sapiens here, and we're not talking about the oldest humans could get, but the average.

 

[Woider]

I feel it's prudent to mention that, pre-industrialization, if we take out the people that die before reaching adulthood, the life expectancy goes up, because many more people died during their childhood than today, and many figures you can find online only take infant mortality into account.

 

[Lancer]

I feel it's prudent to mention that, pre-industrialization, if we take out the people that die before reaching adulthood, the life expectancy goes up, because many more people died during their childhood than today, and many figures you can find online only take infant mortality into account.

Karretct already pointed that out, but I countered by saying that if you go back far enough the life span of the average adult (meaning those who did make it through childhood) does in fact stay below twenty five.

 

[Woider]

Karretct already pointed that out, but I countered by saying that if you go back far enough the life span of the average adult (meaning those who did make it through childhood) does in fact stay below twenty five.

The only numbers I can find that dip into the 20's are only specified as taking infant mortality into account. But then again, you might have your own sources.

 

[Karretch]

Then we're arguing two sides. I, the side without taking into consideration unatural/premature death, and you, taking all into consideration. Lifespan, as concerning the topic, is the former.