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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5865137" data-attributes="member: 9037">I have often thought of this and I see no reason why a commoner can't pick up a weapon and swing and with a good roll may actually hit and do damage. Fantasy is full of plucky untrained protagonist doing this. The thing since they are not trained they maybe able to swing and even get a lucky hit in. But a trained fighter will have an easier time defending himself from the commoner. As for sneak attack that represents the ability of knowing just where to stick the blade to do the most damage. So no someone untrained should not be able to just do it. Though I think fighters should get it the same as rogues. As for clerical things I have had things like this in my game where a character of great faith has called upon their deity and been answered. I have had fighters call on their god and been granted the ability to heal a fallen comrade. So I see no reason why a commoner couldn't do it or even turn a limited amount of undead. I roll percentile dice and it is between 95 and 100 the god answers. As for magic if the commoner has a spell book and studies it they might figure out how to cast a cantrip or maybe they have a limited amount of sorcerer blood so they can manage a few spells. I would think it might be cool if a commoner had some demon blood from a great great grandparent and could manage to cast a weal eldritch blast maybe doing 1 or 2 points of damage.</blockquote>