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<blockquote data-quote="Micah Sweet" data-source="post: 8828774" data-attributes="member: 6747251">Think of it more as &quot;they got it wrong&quot; for you.&nbsp; Obviously that was a choice they made, likely to maintain the simplicity that is their top priority this edition and which is continuing to get more important as they design the new edition.But it actually doesn't matter that much to me that NPC statblocks don't resemble PCs.&nbsp; Way back at the beginning of this thread, my claim was simply that a PC should in theory be able to acquire any ability an NPC who represents a person similar to a PC (like an archmage, or a gladiator) can do.&nbsp; It might be very difficult, or even impractical, but I believe it should be possible, and the DM should, IMO, be able to answer a player's question about that in an in-universe, non-gamist way.&nbsp; That's still what I believe, but of course there are other schools of thought.&nbsp; Other games, particularly narrative sorts and genre-emulators, may operate under a different paradigm.&nbsp; And that's ok.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Micah Sweet, post: 8828774, member: 6747251"] Think of it more as "they got it wrong" for you. Obviously that was a choice they made, likely to maintain the simplicity that is their top priority this edition and which is continuing to get more important as they design the new edition. But it actually doesn't matter that much to me that NPC statblocks don't resemble PCs. Way back at the beginning of this thread, my claim was simply that a PC should in theory be able to acquire any ability an NPC who represents a person similar to a PC (like an archmage, or a gladiator) can do. It might be very difficult, or even impractical, but I believe it should be possible, and the DM should, IMO, be able to answer a player's question about that in an in-universe, non-gamist way. That's still what I believe, but of course there are other schools of thought. Other games, particularly narrative sorts and genre-emulators, may operate under a different paradigm. And that's ok. [/QUOTE]

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