Your spark Lasts 52 weeks. So if your child is 48, then you'd get 52 on top of that. Of course you're not guaranteed that 52 weeks due to spirit loss upon Coup de Grace. So if you "die" a lot you'll lose more spirit doing spirit walks. However, if you have high fame you'll require less "deaths" to permadie.

It all depends on how you play, but you'll be able to have that life still. It'll cost more story points to spark into an NTC though so make sure you're doing things!

need a retire option that moves u onto your next body and turns your old 1 into a NPC would need to make certain your contacts/power/stuff are set to transfer over to your next body though..

Yes that is indeed correct

No. You’ll have a full life time still. It’s just a matter of if you want them to live that long or at that age.

You will no longer to lock in to a character that is 52 years. If they are 48 you can. And youll get the 52 years.

Actually snipehunter explains in discord of sparking into a 60 yr old NTC. But I think it was limited to 52

You can’t spark into anyone that is less than 15 years old as an heir. 12 is only for wards. The longest you’ll ever have is 52 weeks and that is absolutely playing at your safest with no visits to the spirit realm from coup de grace attacks.

Posted By Insaned at 08:17 AM - Mon Nov 25 2019

Posted By VioletWinterlynn at 02:15 AM - Mon Nov 25 2019

You will no longer to lock in to a character that is 52 years. If they are 48 you can. And youll get the 52 years.

Oh ok that's insane

Well it depends on what you would like to do ingame. As far I know your age is also influencing e.g. what you can learn. As a young person e.g. fighting and exploring will be easier to be mastered and knowledge might be easier obtained if you are older. Taking a 48 years old heir would e.g. be a good idea if you would like to research new technologies but maybe a less good choice if you would like to explore dungeons.

In the end this might mean that you have to have a larger number of possible heirs and have to decide once your lifetime ends with who you would like to continue your journey…or better what kind of gameplay you would like to prefer in the next weeks.

Posted By Insaned at

It is known that characters never stop aging, and that includes your children. How can I make sure that once I die I get a full lifetime of playing by having a young heir? And my heir not being 48 by the time I die.

This is the most up to date official post on aging, old characters, and heirs.Its a fairly long read but goes into a lot of detail. -Click here- Down the rabbit hole...

I think SBS should consider "aging out" NPCs for heir purposes (call it a "venerable NPC"). That is -- an NPC should not longer be an eligible heir after a certain age. If a player really wants to use that NPC as an heir, they can plan and play such as their soul transfers before the NPC become a venerable NPC. (Some earlier posts suggest thtis is already a thing. If it is already a thing, I haven't seen anything about it.)

This could also protect certain key NPCs from soul poaching, allowing them to be more reliably used in settlements, armies, and council.