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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6269331" data-attributes="member: 22424">I generally take the view that attaining 1st level in a PC class is less a matter of training than one of choice. That is, Luke Skywalker becomes 1st level when he declares &quot;I want to become a Jedi like my father,&quot; Samwise Gamgee when he takes his &quot;one more step&quot; to be the farthest he's ever been from home.And, specifically for Fighters, what sets apart D'Artagnan from &quot;Musketeer Bob&quot; is that the former has chosen to seek adventure while the latter is 'just' a professional soldier.In terms of mechanics, I generally feel that 1st level PCs (and NPCs with PC classes) should be notably &quot;a cut above&quot; the norm, but not hugely so - so 3e's approach where PCs got the equivalent of 25-point buy while NPCs got 15-points, and PCs got max hit points where NPCs didn't, and the Fighter got a bonus feat over and above the Warrior all felt about right.(And I also agree with the post up-thread that said NPC classes should really be capped at about 5th level, except perhaps for the most exceptional of exceptions.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6269331, member: 22424"] I generally take the view that attaining 1st level in a PC class is less a matter of training than one of [i]choice[/i]. That is, Luke Skywalker becomes 1st level when he declares "I want to become a Jedi like my father," Samwise Gamgee when he takes his "one more step" to be the farthest he's ever been from home. And, specifically for Fighters, what sets apart D'Artagnan from "Musketeer Bob" is that the former has chosen to seek adventure while the latter is 'just' a professional soldier. In terms of mechanics, I generally feel that 1st level PCs (and NPCs with PC classes) should be notably "a cut above" the norm, but not hugely so - so 3e's approach where PCs got the equivalent of 25-point buy while NPCs got 15-points, and PCs got max hit points where NPCs didn't, and the Fighter got a bonus feat over and above the Warrior all felt about right. (And I also agree with the post up-thread that said NPC classes should really be capped at about 5th level, except perhaps for the most exceptional of exceptions.) [/QUOTE]

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