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If I have my dates right, Noor's birth was one RL year ago as of 01/10/2008. So how old does that make our little demonspawn?

I know the passage of time is not a strong consideration IG for most characters. However, due to Noor's backstory/creation, it is of some RP importance.

If we follow that every RL week is one IG month (since that's how we pay rent), then 4.3 years have passed and she is chronologically--not physically!--a little over 4 years old.

Is this correct? Should we use the 1 RL week = 1 IG month as a baseline?

Thanks!

Thor and I calculated this last night.

If you go by the 1 IG hour = 4 RL minutes, you get the following:

If an IG year is 365 days, then 1 RL year is 15 IG years exactly. If an IG year is 360 days (12 months, 30 days ea. for simplicity - I don't recall how it tracks time), then 1 RL year is 15 IG years, 2 IG months, and 15 IG days.

BrunoKnotslinger wrote:Thor and I calculated this last night.

If you go by the 1 IG hour = 4 RL minutes, you get the following:

If an IG year is 365 days, then 1 RL year is 15 IG years exactly. If an IG year is 360 days (12 months, 30 days ea. for simplicity - I don't recall how it tracks time), then 1 RL year is 15 IG years, 2 IG months, and 15 IG days.

Where do you get the 1 IG hour = 4 RL minutes calculation? And if that's the calculation we should be using, why is 1 RL week = 1 IG month?

Man! We age fast in this game!

makelovelikewar wrote:Where do you get the 1 IG hour = 4 RL minutes calculation? And if that's the calculation we should be using, why is 1 RL week = 1 IG month?

Man! We age fast in this game!

That's simply how much real time it takes for 1 IG hour to pass... 4 RL minutes.

1 hour IG = 4 mins RL
1 day IG = 96 mins RL
1 week (7 days) IG = 11.2 hours RL
1 month (28 days) IG = 1.86 days RL
1 year (336 days) IG = 22.4 days RL

makelovelikewar wrote:If I have my dates right, Noor's birth was one RL year ago as of 01/10/2008. So how old does that make our little demonspawn?

~16.25 years old.

terror2001 wrote:1 hour IG = 4 mins RL
1 day IG = 96 mins RL
1 week (7 days) IG = 11.2 hours RL
1 month (28 days) IG = 1.86 days RL
1 year (336 days) IG = 22.4 days RL

makelovelikewar wrote:If I have my dates right, Noor's birth was one RL year ago as of 01/10/2008. So how old does that make our little demonspawn?

~16.25 years old.

plus the 10 or so years she gained through the rapid aging of course

Thanks for the clarification. If nothing else, we know she is an adult chronologically as well as physically.

I can see why people pretty much ignore aging in the game. It's well-nigh impossible to keep up with the RP development for a character when you have to make sure to add 16+ years of mental and social development into a character you play for less than an RL month (total playtime) in an RL year. (Stuff that simply isn't happening IG.)

I think both players and DMs prefer ignoring the fast passage of time. If we didn't ignore it, some events will have lasted YEARS! (For example, it might be a tad embarrassing if rescuing the princess from the evil goblins takes almost 16 game years.) heehee

On a more familiar note, using this time calculation, Goldie was pregnant for approximately 4 YEARS! Yikes!

Far better to know the calculations and use when/if needed (thanks to those who supplied them), mostly sticking to estimates IG.

Thanks again, Team!