I really, really don't like retconning things... Which is why Mara will only age a single year until someone official says, "We've moved from year X to years Y in the timeline." That way I don't end up aging her two or three years then realize only a year has actually passed in the game and not only have to change her age, but potentially other big stuff that takes a while and she wouldn't have had time to actually accomplish in that short of a span (like having a child in the second, non-existent year, for example). In the same vein, though, if the in-game time skips ahead three years... Then the character would get a couple of years added on. (And I get to play around and add in stuff that happened over those two years.)
My personal method of choosing birthdays... I tend to try to pick dates which will be fitting for the character, be it the astrological sign's traits fitting their personality or the specific significance of the date linking to them somehow. Mara, for instance, was born on the 32nd Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon - the date with the RL equivalent of Halloween. She's a Black Mage, so it seemed fitting.
My personal method of choosing birthdays... I tend to try to pick dates which will be fitting for the character, be it the astrological sign's traits fitting their personality or the specific significance of the date linking to them somehow. Mara, for instance, was born on the 32nd Sun of the 5th Umbral Moon - the date with the RL equivalent of Halloween. She's a Black Mage, so it seemed fitting.
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