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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aran Thule" data-source="post: 5704453" data-attributes="member: 65879">The way i see it is that the 'level' system is there to help us calculate things and run the game smoothly and things are standardised to increase simplicity.How much of this crosses over to in game is down to the players and DM.Imagine mages x , y and z all finish their training and become mages after researching an attack spell.X develops a spell that creates an arrow that never missesY summons a small star like point of light that can penetrate armour to hit a targetZ conjures a defencive barrier to protect him from force magics and physical attacks.They can all give the spells their own names but rules wise for us x and y know magic missile and z knows shield.As for levels of differant character classes, if you want to avoid numbers then you can look at the class features and assign a title to it.For example:Rogues, evasion, uncanny dodge, imp uncanny dodgeFighter, able to specialise, able to improve criticalsPaladin, summon a horseDruid, shapechangeect ectRegarding shops, i would expect most shops selling magic items would be run by a caster of some sort, otherwise it would be far to easy for them to be conned.Buying an item without going into numbers should be easy enough, if the characters describe what they want then the shopkeeper can reply by saying what he has.PC: Im looking for a scroll that will fire multiple force bolts at the target and not missShopkeeper: I only have one crafted by a new apprentice that creates a single bolt, but i do have a scroll to create an arrow that will spew acid for a good twelve secondsSorry im babbling, hope this is some help</blockquote>

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