[3.5] Eternal youth

[weenie]

If a character casts Clone when they're young and dies old from reasons other than old age, is the new body old or young? And what other ways are there for avoiding death from old age in D&D(3.5)?

[Myou]

Elans don't age.
Reincarnate resets your age.

[Ravens_cry]

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In answer to your question, the spell says duplicate, and so I think would include ,as illogical as it may be, all the signs of ageing. Unlike Reincarnate, which explicitly resets you to young adult.
Edit: Rereading, I'm not sure. It just might, by RAW.

[Optimystik]

And what other ways are there for avoiding death from old age in D&D(3.5)?

Here's a few

[kamikasei]

Be an Eldritch Disciple; they get Timeless Body but without the "you still die at your maximum age" clause.

[~LuckyBoneDice~]

I also suggest Otherworldly feat, which makes you a Native Outsider, Darkvision, and a nifty +2 to diplomacy to boot with your immortality

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I had that same question awhile back, so I did something about it...

Immortal Template

Or you can summon this vestige and so long as you do it every day you do not age.

[Morithias]

Native outsiders age unfortunately. The Tiefling and Aasimar age tables in the planer handbook is proof of that.

If you get epic at a young age, you can take that epic feat over and over.

There's also the "Green Star Adept" class.

I believe the half-celestial or half-fiend (which make you a pure outsider) works too.

Push come to shove, there is the necropolitan template in Libra Morris.

[Sydonai]

Elans don't age.
Reincarnate resets your age.

Elves do age.....in some settings, in others they become NPCs when they hit 700.

[Lord Vukodlak]

Elves do age.....in some settings, in others they become NPCs when they hit 700.

He said Elans not elves.

[EvilJoe15]

Where do you see elf?
Elans are aberrations, and as such do not age.

[olentu]

Where do you see elf?
Elans are aberrations, and as such do not age.

They do age but have no maximum age and so do not die from old age.

[Morithias]

They do age but have no maximum age and so do not die from old age.

Edit: Apparently it was errata to have no max age. What kind of LA +0 race is ageless?

[senrath]

Elans, apparently.

[Morithias]

Elans, apparently.

Horribly designed. And possibly from looking at them, the only race that I hate more than the elves now. (Arrogant pricks).

[Foryn Gilnith]

What kind of LA +0 race is ageless?

Elans. Warforged. Killoren. Neraph. Anything Necropolitan.

[The Dark Fiddler]

What kind of LA +0 race is ageless?

Not dying of old age isn't really that big of a bonus. It doesn't come up in most campaigns, and in the campaigns where it really would matter, the DM would be perfectly justified if he added +1 LA to it.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Horribly designed. And possibly from looking at them, the only race that I hate more than the elves now. (Arrogant pricks).

When elves will outlive any of the other characters, and thus longer than any game, what does it matter if its centuries more than the characters or eternity?

That's not a reason to hate them for the love of Pete.

[DueceEsMachine]

You know, having a really long life is great and all, but I think playing older characters can be a lot of fun too.

I especially enjoy the idea of a venerable Gully Dwarf.

It makes me giggle just to think about playing one.

As far as ideas for immortality - psion uncarnate would do it too, plus when you get the capstone ability, you could just wear a psycoactive skin and choose for it to function normally, and you may as well still have a body!

[KillianHawkeye]

There's also an [Evil] spell (from BoVD I think) that lets you steal people's youth. You can stay young forever with repeated castings of it.

[Optimystik]

Horribly designed. And possibly from looking at them, the only race that I hate more than the elves now. (Arrogant pricks).

You realize Elans are just modified humans, right?

[2xMachina]

You realize Elans are just modified humans, right?

Humans are pricks

[Optimystik]

Humans are pricks

Unlike elves, we're honest about it

[Asheram]

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In answer to your question, the spell says duplicate, and so I think would include ,as illogical as it may be, all the signs of ageing. Unlike Reincarnate, which explicitly resets you to young adult.
Edit: Rereading, I'm not sure. It just might, by RAW.

I'd say by RAI as well, since you have to hire someone to "Gentle Repose" the body, which would mean that it's "dead" until a soul inhabits it.

[deuxhero]

I also suggest Otherworldly feat, which makes you a Native Outsider, Darkvision, and a nifty +2 to diplomacy to boot with your immortality

And along with outsider type comes proficiency with all martial weapons.

[Ormur]

I just posted a suggestion of last breath every time you hit venerable. Just like reincarnate but you need to have a druid on hand when you kill yourself and there's no level loss so you can repeat as necessary if you're unhappy with the new body.