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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8992360" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>About that leveling faster though, taking a quick look at the xp charts notices some funny business going on- for example when Wizards hit level 12 at the same time Fighters are level 11 and Rogues are only one level ahead but don't have a 6th level spell.</p><p></p><p>I know, you mentioned late game power, but that's a funny balance point when you are used to being a lot better than a finger wiggler and suddenly he's a level above you!</p><p></p><p>As for whether or not high level spells were for NPC's, they were put in the PHB and nowhere did it say "oh don't let PC's cast this ever".</p><p></p><p>That standing army isn't really very large*; it's gained at what most people would consider "late level", and from what I keep hearing, the army wasn't even used that much, since people still wanted to go dungeon crawling.</p><p></p><p>*Let's take a closer look:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]281971[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So ironically, this table works a bit backwards, you get more troops with a low roll, 100 infantry and 20 light cavalry. You could end up with all infantry, or 60 crossbowmen, or all cavalry, none of which are really ideal for an army.</p><p></p><p>In fact, this isn't an army at all! Let's look at actual medieval warfare: starting from the hundred years war, France called up to 50 000 – 60 000 soldiers, even though they weren't stationed in one place. <em>There was a single unit with around 25 000 soldiers</em>. England had around 30,000 soldiers.</p><p></p><p>The big prize is your level ~6 lieutenant, the rest of these 0-level chumps are meaningless when the Monster Manual says Orcs can be encountered in lots of up to 300!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8992360, member: 6877472"] About that leveling faster though, taking a quick look at the xp charts notices some funny business going on- for example when Wizards hit level 12 at the same time Fighters are level 11 and Rogues are only one level ahead but don't have a 6th level spell. I know, you mentioned late game power, but that's a funny balance point when you are used to being a lot better than a finger wiggler and suddenly he's a level above you! As for whether or not high level spells were for NPC's, they were put in the PHB and nowhere did it say "oh don't let PC's cast this ever". That standing army isn't really very large*; it's gained at what most people would consider "late level", and from what I keep hearing, the army wasn't even used that much, since people still wanted to go dungeon crawling. *Let's take a closer look: [ATTACH type="full"]281971[/ATTACH] So ironically, this table works a bit backwards, you get more troops with a low roll, 100 infantry and 20 light cavalry. You could end up with all infantry, or 60 crossbowmen, or all cavalry, none of which are really ideal for an army. In fact, this isn't an army at all! Let's look at actual medieval warfare: starting from the hundred years war, France called up to 50 000 – 60 000 soldiers, even though they weren't stationed in one place. [I]There was a single unit with around 25 000 soldiers[/I]. England had around 30,000 soldiers. The big prize is your level ~6 lieutenant, the rest of these 0-level chumps are meaningless when the Monster Manual says Orcs can be encountered in lots of up to 300! [/QUOTE]
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