Alternate Age GroupingThis has probably been posted elsewhere; however, I was not able to get a signal when I was thinking of posting this from my world of Onaviu. In fact, someone may have actually used years. This is an "age grouping" I have used for about 25 years and finally thought others may find it interesting.
I used percentages so this can be applied to virtually any life span. For "immortal" races, like elfs, I usually use 5000 years for determining what age group elfs (et. al.) would fall into depending upon their number of years.
Example: Elrond of Middle-Earth would fall into the "Old" category, (if memory serves) being about 3800 to 3900 years old at the time of the "War of the Ring". He may actually have been older, but I was too lazy to look it up.
| Age Group | | Lower %age | | Upper %age |
| Infant | | 0 | | 5 |
| Juvenile | | 6 | | 12 |
| Pubescent | | 13 | | 20 |
| Young | | 21 | | 30 |
| Mature | | 31 | | 50 |
| Middle Aged | | 51 | | 75 |
| Old | | 76 | | 90 |
| Elderly | | 91 | | 110 |
| Ancient | | 111 | | 130 |
| Fossil | | 131 | | 150 |
Of course, this will not be for everyone. Some may want only four categories like: Young, Adult, Mature, Old.
Attached, and once approved, is AgeGroups.zip. This file contains an XLSX and ODS spreadsheets that will calculate the Age Groups into a range of years based upon the Base Life Span you enter.
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