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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5679553" data-attributes="member: 6669384">The owner of my local game shop has been playing D&amp;D longer than I have (which is saying quite a bit).&nbsp; He often quotes a standard that one person in ten has any real spell casting ability.I'm not sure if that is some official figure, or what edition it might be from, but it brings up the question:&nbsp; How common is spell casting in your game world?These days there are three stats you can use as a spell casting foundation.&nbsp; Presuming that NPCs got their numbers on something that resembles a 3D6 distribution, that means that well more than half of the people couldn't do more than a cantrip on any given one of those, but when you consider all three the odds of spell casting potential goes up.But the actual percentage of people with &quot;the gift&quot; is going to vary.&nbsp; So, how common is it, in your worlds?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5679553, member: 6669384"] The owner of my local game shop has been playing D&D longer than I have (which is saying quite a bit). He often quotes a standard that one person in ten has any real spell casting ability. I'm not sure if that is some official figure, or what edition it might be from, but it brings up the question: How common is spell casting in your game world? These days there are three stats you can use as a spell casting foundation. Presuming that NPCs got their numbers on something that resembles a 3D6 distribution, that means that well more than half of the people couldn't do more than a cantrip on any given one of those, but when you consider all three the odds of spell casting potential goes up. But the actual percentage of people with "the gift" is going to vary. So, how common is it, in your worlds? [/QUOTE]

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