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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4152595" data-attributes="member: 710">The game system doesn't necessarily say that PCs are special. But it definitely say that PC-classed characters are special. Your run-of-the-mill city guard isn't special, thus he doesn't get PC levels. But it doesn't mean he is useless or weak. In fact, he might be quite dangerous, even for a PC. (Look at the DDXP Kobold statistics - aside from the Minions, most of them have hit points in the PC range! And their attack bonuses aren't much worse, and they also have special abilities.)The in-gameworld reason why PCs are special is simply because they have a special destiny, that they are chosen by the gods, or that they have a special genetic trait that makes them different, or as a child, they fell in the pot with the strength potion...The real-world gamist reason why PCs are special is twofold: - Players like to take names and kick butt.- Players like to have options when creating and advancing their characters.---GnomeWorks: I could never do what you did. Rolling out an army combat in my free time? That's like playing chess against yourself! Sure I might be able to do it, but it's definitely not interesting to me. I might have a background war in my campaign, but I would most likely define the outcome on my own whim. Just as I would decide on my own whether the bar wench got a child or the mayor advisor became the mayor.</blockquote>