In the Nightbane Survival Guide, there is a quick little paragraph about stat penalties for younger Nightbane. I don't really agree with the exact stats changes, but that isn't my question. You see, after your Becoming, you age at a much slower rate; 1 year for ever hundred or hundred and fifty, as I recall. Does this mean that children mature at a slower rate as well?
You could argue it either way. The process of aging and decay is not the same as the growth and maturation process. So a person might Become a Nightbane at age 13, mature to full adulthood, but still be 13 for purposes of growing old.
Or the character might be stuck at 13 for a long time. It would be easier for girls, I think, because I've met a lot of small adult women who looked really young. But would their mental stats improve upon hitting 16, but not their physical ones? Or would their intellectual development be retarded along with the aging process?
Maybe, in true Nightbane fashion, it varies by individual.
As for the stats themselves, I have to wonder why they made it different for boys and girls. Sure there are difference, but their are differences for adults, too, and the game glosses over that. And why a penalty to Physical Beauty? A child can be very beautiful, it's just a different kind of beauty. The P.B. score does not necessarily equate to sex appeal.
I know this is getting nitpicky over a minor little rule, but hey, we're gamers, this is what we do, right?
Thoughts?
