Plus you could drop his HP to something like what he would get if he rolled a 2 every level (20+attribute+feats at level 10) so he wouldn’t be significantly more durable.
This is a great idea, I had thought about him having lower health but didn’t think of how to do that mechanically.
Keep in mind that physically active people tend to stay physically active so unless you give him an injury, became sedentary for some reason
I had the idea that after getting married, he definitely became more sedentary. Thematically, I planned on him burying his sword and armor in the back yard and eventually starting a garden to ‘stay close to his roots’ pun intended. Mildly active, but definitely not fighting shape.
Or you could just use the Veteran NPC statblock and give them a few of the abilities from your list instead of using character creation rules.
Someone else suggested something similar and might be the right way to approach it. I definitely will look into this.
Thanks for your input








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