How old was your oldest-ever character in EB?

**Hax** · 03-17-2008, 22:49

That's because nothing bothers to kill them off.

**Disciple of Tacitus** · 03-18-2008, 01:19

Appius Africanus is 67 in my Romani campaign. 8 command. 7 management. 10 Influence. He's been on campaign so long, he only has 18 bodyguards. Double silver chevron, Possible reformer. Imperator. blah, blah, blah. He is the best general I've ever had in EB (ton of other good traits & ancilliaries as well) And d@%$# it. I just know he's going pass soon.

**antisocialmunky** · 03-18-2008, 01:35

Save/reload every turn until he rolls over to 0. It resets the trigger.

**Ibrahim** · 03-18-2008, 04:29

I had a guy live to be 96 (both a diplomat of Arche Seleukeia and a diplomat for roman julii in Rome total war vanilla)

**KhaziOfKalabara** · 03-18-2008, 10:56

Originally Posted by antisocialmunky

Save/reload every turn until he rolls over to 0. It resets the trigger.

How does saving and reloading affect it? I'm keen to avoid having older family members hanging around too long cluttering up the map and if I can do something to encourage them to die of natural causes, I'll do it.

I don't like sending FMs off to certain death... unless I'm playing the Maks and have a particularly treacherous nephew *cough* Alexandros Argeades *cough* to kill off.

**Hax** · 03-18-2008, 11:02

Just make Alexandros your faction heir. Man, he's my faction leader in 1.1, and oh my gods, does he ROCK!

**zooeyglass** · 03-18-2008, 11:31

Originally Posted by Hax

Just make Alexandros your faction heir. Man, he's my faction leader in 1.1, and oh my gods, does he ROCK!

he is a fantastic faction leader, definitely - such a rising star. he's now about 70 in my campaign and shows no sign of flagging. in fact, if anything he's more pimp.

**anubis88** · 03-18-2008, 12:16

Originally Posted by Hax

he's my faction leader in 1.1,

ok, now that's just cruel

**zooeyglass** · 03-18-2008, 12:18

Originally Posted by anubis88

ok, now that's just cruel

i just realised that. oh sigh.

**antisocialmunky** · 03-18-2008, 13:41

Originally Posted by KhaziOfKalabara

How does saving and reloading affect it? I'm keen to avoid having older family members hanging around too long cluttering up the map and if I can do something to encourage them to die of natural causes, I'll do it.

I don't like sending FMs off to certain death... unless I'm playing the Maks and have a particularly treacherous nephew *cough* Alexandros Argeades *cough* to kill off.

I believe that the random generator rolls whether or not a character will die at the begining of the turn, so save/reloading the previous turn basically gives you a do over.

**marodeur** · 03-18-2008, 15:22

never saw anybody get past 75. those who get old are normally those you dump in some backwater town where you can forget about them. probably they are getting this old because the ai also forgets them ?

**Gabeed** · 03-18-2008, 16:45

I had a Ptolemaic general who didn't live fantastically long--he maybe got into his 70's. What was remarkable about him, though, was that through his late 60's he was classified as "middle-aged." Combined with his affinity for swimming in the Nile and leading his outnumbered veteran army to victory throughout Nubia and Ethiopia, this guy was pretty much the most badass general ever.

**Disciple of Tacitus** · 03-19-2008, 23:59

Originally Posted by Disciple of Tacitus

Appius Africanus is 67 in my Romani campaign. 8 command. 7 management. 10 Influence. He's been on campaign so long, he only has 18 bodyguards. Double silver chevron, Possible reformer. Imperator. blah, blah, blah. He is the best general I've ever had in EB (ton of other good traits & ancilliaries as well) And d@%$# it. I just know he's going pass soon.

And so it goes...

Appius Africanus passed peacefully at the grand old age of 69. On campaign in Numidia. What great fun it was role-playing this old warrior - on the strategic map and the tactical battlefield.