There is no godmodding in tGA, so no matter how old your character, he/she will never be able to defeat an entire army by themselves. And you can create an old character which already knows a lot, or a new character that's pretty inexperienced.
But yes, no matter what you choose, as time progresses, and crisis demands it, you will develop certain skills, as long as you don't overdo it. For example, I have three characters, one new and inexperienced, one old and powerful, and one in between. My main character also started out as a newbie and sort of weak character, but over the years has developed outside of what I originally had in mind, and developed skills that just naturally followed from the storyline.
It's tGA, it's what you make of it.





