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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8783909" data-attributes="member: 6801228">The spread of intelligence doesn't matter at all, because 50 days, or a month and a half (approximate) is for an Intelligence of 10. Unless you are saying the NPCs average starts at Int 6, we are well within the range of the normal spread. And yes, this was just learning arcana, but here's the point I was making. Per the rules (and yes, these rules only apply to PCs) someone with an intelligence of 12 can gain proficiency in Arcana in a month of dedicated training. Let us say that it takes four times longer to learn the basics and qualify for level 1 wizard. We are approaching half a year of study to become a wizard for a PC. What's the multiplier for the difference between PC and NPC? Some people have proposed that being a 1st level wizard should take a decade, minimum! However, think about that, that means that PCs learn at TWENTY TIMES the normal rate. That's too much. That is a massive disparity that would need extreme explanations. My proposal would be that PCs only learn at two or three times the rate of normal people. Meaning it would take your average NPC about a year to a year and a half.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8783909, member: 6801228"] The spread of intelligence doesn't matter at all, because 50 days, or a month and a half (approximate) is for an Intelligence of 10. Unless you are saying the NPCs average starts at Int 6, we are well within the range of the normal spread. And yes, this was just learning arcana, but here's the point I was making. Per the rules (and yes, these rules only apply to PCs) someone with an intelligence of 12 can gain proficiency in Arcana in a month of dedicated training. Let us say that it takes four times longer to learn the basics and qualify for level 1 wizard. We are approaching half a year of study to become a wizard for a PC. What's the multiplier for the difference between PC and NPC? Some people have proposed that being a 1st level wizard should take a decade, minimum! However, think about that, that means that PCs learn at TWENTY TIMES the normal rate. That's too much. That is a massive disparity that would need extreme explanations. My proposal would be that PCs only learn at two or three times the rate of normal people. Meaning it would take your average NPC about a year to a year and a half. [/QUOTE]

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