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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 8506441" data-attributes="member: 463">Very important. I definitely want the prospect of levelling up.Re world design &amp; power demographics, this definitely repays a lot of thought. Is a level 1 PC a 14 year old apprentice or a 25 year old veteran? Is level 17 a powerful hero, or a legendary demigod? Different answers give the setting very different feels.In my Faerun Adventures game I settled on typical experienced, competent NPCs being 3rd-4th level, but very few (NPC) people being able to reach 5th level, and 9th+ is extremely rare. This makes 3rd level magic rare, so eg military tactics rarely worry about massed Fireballs. In my Primeval Thule setting, while spellcasters are rare, the default power level is much higher - as indicated by the Thule monster &amp; NPC stat blocks, eg a Thulean manticore is CR 9, cyclops CR 10. Legionaries (good quality professional soldiers) are CR 2 with 52 hp; the elite Pride of Nergal soldiers have nearly 100 hp! High level PCs &amp; NPCs are not uncommon, and I can cheerfully throw a ton of Kobold Press monsters at the badass heroes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 8506441, member: 463"] Very important. I definitely want the prospect of levelling up. Re world design & power demographics, this definitely repays a lot of thought. Is a level 1 PC a 14 year old apprentice or a 25 year old veteran? Is level 17 a powerful hero, or a legendary demigod? Different answers give the setting very different feels. In my Faerun Adventures game I settled on typical experienced, competent NPCs being 3rd-4th level, but very few (NPC) people being able to reach 5th level, and 9th+ is extremely rare. This makes 3rd level magic rare, so eg military tactics rarely worry about massed Fireballs. In my Primeval Thule setting, while spellcasters are rare, the default power level is much higher - as indicated by the Thule monster & NPC stat blocks, eg a Thulean manticore is CR 9, cyclops CR 10. Legionaries (good quality professional soldiers) are CR 2 with 52 hp; the elite Pride of Nergal soldiers have nearly 100 hp! High level PCs & NPCs are not uncommon, and I can cheerfully throw a ton of Kobold Press monsters at the badass heroes. [/QUOTE]

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