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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5386494" data-attributes="member: 4937">Level&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; #&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; %Level 10:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.04%Level 11:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.03%Level 12:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.03%Level 13:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 14:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 15:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.015%Level 16:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.012%Level 17:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.011%Level 18:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.011%Level 19:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.010%Level 20:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.010% The only real problem I have with this distribution is the upper half of it.&nbsp; You have 8 characters of 17th level and above for every 16000 people?&nbsp; So, you have a city of like 3200 people and assorted outlying towns, villages, and hamlets and 8 17th level characters inhabit that area?&nbsp; If they all lived 'in town' its like 1 in 400 people were at least 17th level.&nbsp; It's like having a veritable demigod watching out for you on every corner.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are 24 characters of 10th to 16th level for the remaining 12800.&nbsp; Every village of 500 people has a superhero watching out for it.&nbsp; It would be like every Smallville having its own Superboy.&nbsp; How does anyone in such a universe die an untimely death and not get resurrected save by pure shortage of diamonds?&nbsp; How does anyone get so much as the sniffles without a cure disease being cast?&nbsp; How in the world do things like Ogres compete?&nbsp; Unless the ogres have the same level distribution, I'd expect them to go extinct.&nbsp; If you can't show your face without some CR 13 human hunting you down, you aren't going to live very long otherwise.&nbsp;&nbsp; And if the ogres and other monsters do have this level distribution, how in the world does anyone under 6th level manage to do anything without extinsive baby sitting?You seem worried about high level characters going on a rampage.&nbsp; I look at your demographics and go, &quot;You mean every petty kingdom can field an army of 48 name level or higher characters?&quot;&nbsp; It's like having the full justice league in every small town.&nbsp;&nbsp; A truly big town, and my bigger towns run to the half-million size, would have literally a thousand or more characters at 10th level and above, to say nothing of the 500 9th level characters.&nbsp; There would be like 65 or so 20th level characters alone.You can pretty much forget about standing armies or town watches in a setting like that. The world wouldn't need them.&nbsp; If something happened, if anyone so much as littered, there would be a superhero (or supervillain, depending on the prevailing alignment) on the scene to take care of it.&nbsp; You wouldn't have a town watch, because the expected CR of any real problem (like a mugger or something) would be at least 9.&nbsp; If anything happened, it would have to be the superheroes - the town leaders and elders - that took care of it.&nbsp; Everyone below9th level or so is such a red shirt as to be useless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5386494, member: 4937"] [COLOR=white][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level # %[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 10: 6 0.04%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 11: 5 0.03%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 12: 5 0.03%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 13: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 14: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 15: 2 0.015%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 16: 2 0.012%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 17: 2 0.011%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 18: 2 0.011%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 19: 2 0.010%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][SIZE=3]Level 20: 2 0.010%[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] The only real problem I have with this distribution is the upper half of it. You have 8 characters of 17th level and above for every 16000 people? So, you have a city of like 3200 people and assorted outlying towns, villages, and hamlets and 8 17th level characters inhabit that area? If they all lived 'in town' its like 1 in 400 people were at least 17th level. It's like having a veritable demigod watching out for you on every corner. There are 24 characters of 10th to 16th level for the remaining 12800. Every village of 500 people has a superhero watching out for it. It would be like every Smallville having its own Superboy. How does anyone in such a universe die an untimely death and not get resurrected save by pure shortage of diamonds? How does anyone get so much as the sniffles without a cure disease being cast? How in the world do things like Ogres compete? Unless the ogres have the same level distribution, I'd expect them to go extinct. If you can't show your face without some CR 13 human hunting you down, you aren't going to live very long otherwise. And if the ogres and other monsters do have this level distribution, how in the world does anyone under 6th level manage to do anything without extinsive baby sitting? You seem worried about high level characters going on a rampage. I look at your demographics and go, "You mean every petty kingdom can field an army of 48 name level or higher characters?" It's like having the full justice league in every small town. A truly big town, and my bigger towns run to the half-million size, would have literally a thousand or more characters at 10th level and above, to say nothing of the 500 9th level characters. There would be like 65 or so 20th level characters alone. You can pretty much forget about standing armies or town watches in a setting like that. The world wouldn't need them. If something happened, if anyone so much as littered, there would be a superhero (or supervillain, depending on the prevailing alignment) on the scene to take care of it. You wouldn't have a town watch, because the expected CR of any real problem (like a mugger or something) would be at least 9. If anything happened, it would have to be the superheroes - the town leaders and elders - that took care of it. Everyone below9th level or so is such a red shirt as to be useless. [/QUOTE]

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