How old is the character?

[Suzuki Joe]

I'm curious about the character's age. It's hard to put into sentences, but I'll list some reasons for asking this question.

-The character sounds like a two year old child
-The character can swing HUGE axes, despite not looking muscular.
-The dryad remarks that the character isn't aging gracefully
-No other NPCs have a problem with the character drinking gallons of Ale
-The player wears a belt
-In size comparison, the Angler is a kid. The player character is the size of the adults who are about one block taller than the angler.
-When wearing costumes that show a lot of skin, the character isn't hairy at all. No arm/leg/chest hair. Maybe puberty works different in the land of Terraria.
-The player's running potential is very high, shown when running on asphalt.

I would guess that the character is a young adult or about 24 years old. What do you guys think?

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by portal-chan~~ kawaii uguu desu:

id say 18-20

That's not legal drinking age, or the other NPCs just dont care lol

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by portal-chan~~ kawaii uguu desu:

Originally posted by Balla':

That's not legal drinking age, or the other NPCs just dont care lol

oh wait its 21 for you?
well here its 18 so thats why assumed it that way

I'm in Minnesota, so the drinking age is 21. Lucky duck C:

[Bob of Mage]

I'd say he/she is born the second you create them. See before that point in time such a being does not exist, so therefore the point at which it starts to exist is what would be called it's birth. The fact that it can't make more of it's self also means that it can't be male or female since it can't have sex.

Now what age is the character meant to be if it were a human is likely any age from abulthood to old age. The old man appears much like any player created character can for example.

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by Bob of Mage:

I'd say he/she is born the second you create them. See before that point in time such a being does not exist, so therefore the point at which it starts to exist is what would be called it's birth. The fact that it can't make more of it's self also means that it can't be male or female since it can't have sex.

Now what age is the character meant to be if it were a human is likely any age from abulthood to old age. The old man appears much like any player created character can for example.

Something else I found interesting is that if you equip the mermaid/dryad clothes [or lack thereof] the character has a belly button. Terraria makes biblical references like the creation of the guide parodying the creation of Adam. Adam didn't have a belly button, since he didn't have a mother to make the connection of an umbilical cord. The player character has a belly button, meaning that they had the use of an umbilical cord, yet there are no signs of any parents. Something else interesting is that the character seems to know how everything works. They know precisely how to enchant books for example, or how to create potions. They had to have some kind of education before coming into the broad land of Terraria.

[Autism is Unstoppable]

Oh man they know allot more than how to enchant books or create potions, they can manufactor all kinds of furniture aswell as mechanical items and accessories. They definitely had to have had some sort of education before they came to become our character.

[Not a Hostage]

one factor you missed out - the fact he/she can take on thousands of evil monsters,bosses and GOLDFISHES! - can't really be tooo young

[Dr. McWeazel]

Originally posted by Balla':

Originally posted by portal-chan~~ kawaii uguu desu:

id say 18-20

That's not legal drinking age, or the other NPCs just dont care lol

Not in the States it's not. I hear it's a great deal lower in England, Australia, Germany, etc. I'd be jealous, but I hear most recreational alcholic beverages are either awful or more expensive than I'm willing to pay for anyway.

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by Ensign McWeazel:

Originally posted by Balla':

That's not legal drinking age, or the other NPCs just dont care lol

Not in the States it's not. I hear it's a great deal lower in England, Australia, Germany, etc. I'd be jealous, but I hear most recreational alcholic beverages are either awful or more expensive than I'm willing to pay for anyway.

We can't really say that the player lives in a society; there's really no organization. I mean sure there are vendors, but it's not really a community with laws, so no one would care about the possibility of a young adult getting drunk to go fight a huge eye.

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by FireMoot:

wth, it's a sprite, not much room for detail.

We have evidence in-game to examine.

[NotApplicable]

Lol Some SERIOUS over-thinking going on here, and I love it. :D

[Tezza48]

Originally posted by Balla':

Originally posted by portal-chan~~ kawaii uguu desu:

oh wait its 21 for you?
well here its 18 so thats why assumed it that way

I'm in Minnesota, so the drinking age is 21. Lucky duck C:

in germany it's 16 i think, they are the lucky ones i guess. sensible ones too in my opinion haha.

[NotApplicable]

Originally posted by Tezz, wanna play Space Engineers:

Originally posted by Balla':

I'm in Minnesota, so the drinking age is 21. Lucky duck C:

in germany it's 16 i think, they are the lucky ones i guess. sensible ones too in my opinion haha.

:o That's the kind of thing I should know, but I actually didn't... I hope it's not 16; that's WAY too young, IMO.

At 14 - minors are allowed to consume and possess undistilled (fermented) alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, as long as they are in the company by a Custodial Person.(§9 JuSchG (2) Sub-Clause 1, No. 2)
At 16 - minors are allowed to consume and possess undistilled (fermented) alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine without their parents or a legal guardian. (§9 JuSchG (1) 2.)
At 18 - having become adults, people are allowed access to brandy or brandy-containing drinks or food products with brandy above negligible level. (§9 JuSchG (1) 1.)

Taken Wiki. That's kinda scary. xD 14 year old kiddies going around beering up... yeesh. xD In the presense of an adult, yeh, but there are some numpty parents in this world. lol

[Society Liver]

well, when you just made the character it is usually about 1 second old. then it will grow older when you keep playing.

[Suzuki Joe]

Originally posted by Unbekannter:

Lol Some SERIOUS over-thinking going on here, and I love it. :D

I just have an over-obsession with lore :3

[Not a Hostage]

on the alcohol thing

in European countries like Germany, they have different attitudes towards drink..in italy wine is often watered down etc and they treat it as more of a family occasion, cultural & tradition instead of mindless binge drinking