Newbie questions:: Please help!

**Mahrabals apprentice** · 07-13-2005, 22:27

Along similar lines can anyone tell me why the children have full heads of hair till their 16th birthday then most of them are bald as a coot as soon as they come of age!

Can i spend my treasury on wigs? Is there a toupee mod somewhere?

**Azi Tohak** · 07-14-2005, 00:06

Nice Mahrabals apprentice. Very nice.

Welcome to the Org. As you can tell, we're pretty friendly. Lots of Veterans here, happy to answer most questions.

But the most important is to read the darned manual. I know, I don't like doing it either, but it is a good idea. Also, in the RTW Guides section you can learn all sorts of wonderful stuff too.

Azi

**eccentricity** · 07-14-2005, 06:52

Better than I was hoping for, thanks a bunch everyone and I'm glad I found the Org.

**gardibolt** · 07-14-2005, 22:12

My family members and diplomats all croak at about 60-62 (though I've nursemaided one dip up to age 68....). My spies drop at about 55. So I've taken to passing off retinues at age 55. It's a real nuisance.

**Papewaio** · 07-15-2005, 02:09

What kind of Temples do you have?

I have found that the healthy temples give the generals longer lives compared with war temples. In the Pink vs Wrathful.

Now I'm not sure if they do have an effect it just seems they do ... or my Mars Generals are dying in battle and not getting to old age...

**Krauser** · 07-15-2005, 10:30

Oh yeah, forgot to add. All the factions are unlocked after you beat the game the first time.

You get these factions for beating it:
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities

Edit the file for the rest. The reason the other ones are not really supposed to be played is because they aren't really that balanced. They have fewer unit types to choose from and are used mainly against the player so they don't need to be as indepth as the unlockable ones. Of course, with all the mods out there(especially RTR), this doesn't matter at all.

**ToranagaSama** · 07-15-2005, 11:05

Originally Posted by gardibolt

My family members and diplomats all croak at about 60-62 (though I've nursemaided one dip up to age 68....). My spies drop at about 55. So I've taken to passing off retinues at age 55. It's a real nuisance.

Interesting.

I must have *naturally* did whatever it is that causes long lives. I can't imagine what it might be. I believe my family members have always lived to a ripe old age since I first loaded RTW; though, if I recall correctly, since I learned to control Plagues---that is building the necessary buildings and doing housecleaning---I think my family members are living even longer.

It's really very rare that I have a family member die prior to age 72. The majority live into their 80s.

QUESTION: Do you guys who are suffering from early deaths, also suffer with plague issues?