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The original question, I think, was related to rune level population statistics. What I am wondering about is how becoming RuneMaster affects individual chances of survival and therefore how common it is for a priest to be quite young; the percentage of over sixties that are priests, how difficult it is to become a Sword of Humakt in a reasonably short lifetime (in RQ anyway, especially using 'previous experience' as a yardstick for skill improvement). I guess there must be extreme variability both within cultures (eg Dara Happan vs Praxian) and within cults (Humakt vs Lankhor Mhy). I would not, for example, expect to see many old Swords, nor many young Sages.
I also wonder how many people might reach rune mastery level and yet not be accepted by the 'examiners' , and how many RuneMasters retire, which seems to happen occasionally in publishd supplements.
BTW, I am not expecting an answer to these vague ideas, but simply speculating to put a figure on how many people might expect to become a Rune Master at some point in their life, and what sort of age 'normal' rune masters might be.
Keith N
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