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Discussing Worldbuilding: Why Don't The Mages Take Over The World?
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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8782656" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>This raises an independent world building issue, how much of the population are PC classes and spellcasting NPC monsters?</p><p></p><p>While any PC can choose to take any class and in many editions of D&D multiclassing for dip abilities is easy and open to many narrative options, this does not mean that is necessarily universally applicable to the non PC people in the D&D world the PCs are in.</p><p></p><p>Not every NPC farmer can choose to take sorcerer or cleric or druid levels instead of commoner.</p><p></p><p>How many spellcasters are in a D&D city is usually a bit vague and specifics are dependent on plot needs. The same thing for what power level NPC casters are.</p><p></p><p>How many spellcasters there are, of what power level, and what is necessary to become one is something that will vary greatly and would have a huge impact on this type of world building thought experiment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8782656, member: 2209"] This raises an independent world building issue, how much of the population are PC classes and spellcasting NPC monsters? While any PC can choose to take any class and in many editions of D&D multiclassing for dip abilities is easy and open to many narrative options, this does not mean that is necessarily universally applicable to the non PC people in the D&D world the PCs are in. Not every NPC farmer can choose to take sorcerer or cleric or druid levels instead of commoner. How many spellcasters are in a D&D city is usually a bit vague and specifics are dependent on plot needs. The same thing for what power level NPC casters are. How many spellcasters there are, of what power level, and what is necessary to become one is something that will vary greatly and would have a huge impact on this type of world building thought experiment. [/QUOTE]
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