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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6783859" data-attributes="member: 82106">Nobody said it is impossible for heroes to be kings or that NO kings are heroes. Class is moderately useful, it is VERY useful as a way to help PLAYERS choose what sort of character they play and what exactly benefits they are entitled to in the game based on that. That doesn't make class REAL in the game world. Nothing, even in 1e, indicates that a character can literally name off the classes or tell which one he belongs to, or (as an NPC) even state that he does belong to one.Other things like 'what level do I have to be to cast spell X' aren't even necessarily germane either. As an NPC there aren't rules for when or if you can cast certain spells. Its perfectly possible that its within the realm of what happens in a world for a child to cast a 9th level spell, and without knowing any other magic. Presumably there's a narrative reason for that which elucidates some sort of principle that operates in the game world in question, but its not 'against the rules' for this to happen, the game isn't a set of rules for what CAN happen. Thus 'class' isn't a set of rules for how everyone advances or what they do, only for PCs.</blockquote>