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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 159901" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Excellent Colonel!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> It is a very interesting conversation!To expand a bit on some of my earlier remarks, think about it: Should *every* 20th lvl Fighter be a general leading armies? Likewise, not every 20th lvl Cleric will be the Lord High Priest, either. And so on. I suppose I don't really see the hard and fast mechanical expression of *LEVEL* necessarily translating into some expected and predictable *in game* outcome, you know? I think the whole attitude or approach to what levels mean *in game* should be dispensed with in large part. Doing so provides the DM and players alike, with more flexibility in how their characters not only live their lives, but also position themselves within the context of the campaign.I can envision, as Hong noted, 17th level Wizards working a fruit stand at the market in Bluffside, or wherever. Why not?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Just because he is a very skilled wizard doesn't presuppose that he must then be political, materialistic, or involved in any kind of public way with the larger society. Maybe he likes the quiet life selling fresh fruit in the market, spending leisurely hours socialising with his friends and neighbors over coffee. Meanwhile at his modest home at the end of the street, next to the pastry shop, he keeps a well-stocked library, some favorite items from his adventuring days, and a elegant, but modestly appointed house. perhaps he keeps a great some of gold in a magical chest for emergencies. Perhaps he quietly sends sums of gold to each of his children, and grandchildren every year. Meanwhile, he sits in the fine chair before his fruit stand, smoking a fine pipe.As a 17th lvl Wizard, too. I think it is quite appropriate. I think such realistic *folding* of such characters into your broader community is more realistic, believable, and ultimately, more interesting.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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