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[hazilnut]

@elders

Hahaha I might have a bit of a problem however we make this ruling.

Take a look at my cats ages and you'll see the issue ^^' How did Sorrelstar even get older than Squirrelstar?

I feel like 90-100 moons might be a better callll???

But either way I might need to fiddle with a few cats ages- if I can that is

[whatswrongwithangela]

i rate elders around 120 - 130??

edit: also i think there should be a way to have like a whole group of badgers or any predator really be able to attack a clan's camp maybe the mods can do that?

[Arya22]

Can leaders retire and become elders? Or do they have to end with a tragic death?

[Simonpet]

@elders: According to Google, cats live for four to five years on average--in the wild. Now, with the clans, they're going to live about twice that because of the support system--so about nine to ten years. Due to all the stress, disease and injuries they face, I would assume that few cats actually live to be senior warriors (which in my universe, are six years or older). Then, cats would be allowed to retire at about seven years old, although they'd probably refuse due to pride. The few that actually survive to "true" elder age would be eight or nine...or about 96 moons, far younger than 100+ moons. Also, elders probably wouldn't live far beyond their retirement (maybe two to three years at most) because they would be more prone to disease and injury, especially after a very hard life as a warrior. There's my case for having the minimum elder age being at about 72 moons! Of course, most cats would likely retire at a later age, closer to 90 moons like hazil pointed out.

@Arya: Leaders could totally retire, but I would think that most would tough it out until their deaths because of how hard they worked to become a leader. I doubt that most leaders have tragic deaths unless they die during wartime or other hardship. In my opinion, most would succumb to disease or old age because the nine lives grant them a greater chance of living to be of elder age, even if they don't retire.

[whatswrongwithangela]

@elders

i just would rate it at that because squirrelflight is (somehow?) around the age of an elder in your warrior age system and she is pretty young in my opinion? omg mistystar is the oldest cat at the age of 151 moons (12.6 years) in all the clans and she still has atleast 7 lives left lol.

[lameloserlexi]

@Elders

Okay, so google (danke ye all might google) says a domestic cat can live about 4-5 years in the wild. Well, since these are warriors we're talking about *cough* we're going to spread that. I personally would cut my warriors off at elders around 72, no older than 84 because that's when my own cats start getting to become old grumps. So, past 4-5 years is elder and during those years is when they're in the prime of their lives. I'd kill my cats around 96 doh.

[Simonpet]

@roses: Glad to know that someone else uses a similar system to me!

@♥ Enchanted ♥: The Hunters regularly break their own rules, so I'm not surprised. I believe that in the first arc, the elders were about the age that I imagine them to be (between seven and ten years) but when they tried to keep in popular main characters, they ended up extending their livespans to a ridiculous amount. I honestly would expect my characters that age to drop dead, leader or not.

[Arya22]

@simon
Thanks!

And how does it work with the lives? I mean, imagine a leader has three lives left and is very old. They're not sick or anything. If they die of old age, do they come back to die soon again of old age? That's a little stupid...

[Simonpet]

@Arya: In my world, once a leader dies from old age, they don't get any more do-overs. It's like stripping away all remaining lives automatically, whereas if a leader dies from an injury or disease, they're healed and get to try again. That way, I can prevent an increasingly aging leader who will likely have all sorts of mental problems such as forgetfulness and an inability to cope with life in a healthy manner. There's a reason why the younger people take all the risks...

[hazilnut]

@arya

The way I see the lives is that they cure the immediate cause of death like if you drowned then your lungs are cleared of water, or if you had blackcough the disease is gone (doesn't mean you're immune though). You can't cure old age but you can cure something like liver failure as a result of said old age- not to say that the live won't fail again soon though.

@elders

Hnnnggg

I want to be realistic but also plot??? Thinking I'm going to reconfigure ages.

I feel like there shouldn't be a game-wide age limit really, since each clan runs at a different rate, but there should be some frailties introduced at different ages. If a 130 moon cat wants to go swimming and be a warrior then let them- they'll just probably drown.