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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6388144" data-attributes="member: 2011">In 5E, numbers matter more.If high level characters are rare, then the number of attacks against the royal treasury should be rare, and 30 level 10 men at arms should be able to protect against a single (rare) high level rogue. And the king only needs at most one 17th level palace wizard, not a boatload of them.One typically does not equate rare to nonexistent. The king can afford one high level spell caster.The number of royal magic items can be quite high in rare or non-rare magic level and power level worlds. How potent those items are might be different, but if one NPC can make a +1 sword, then he should be able to make multiple +1 swords (shy of campaign rules that magic item creation debilitate the creator).Sure.Now, if we are talking about a level of rarity where 5th level NPCs are rare, then even mid-level PCs soon become demigods anyway and why bother playing 5E that way? PCs should be challenged by humaniod NPCs just like they are challenged by monsters. The court wizard should be considered powerful by most players in many campaigns, just because he is the court wizard. He should also, in many campaigns, actually be powerful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6388144, member: 2011"] In 5E, numbers matter more. If high level characters are rare, then the number of attacks against the royal treasury should be rare, and 30 level 10 men at arms should be able to protect against a single (rare) high level rogue. And the king only needs at most one 17th level palace wizard, not a boatload of them. One typically does not equate rare to nonexistent. The king can afford one high level spell caster. The number of royal magic items can be quite high in rare or non-rare magic level and power level worlds. How potent those items are might be different, but if one NPC can make a +1 sword, then he should be able to make multiple +1 swords (shy of campaign rules that magic item creation debilitate the creator). Sure. Now, if we are talking about a level of rarity where 5th level NPCs are rare, then even mid-level PCs soon become demigods anyway and why bother playing 5E that way? PCs should be challenged by humaniod NPCs just like they are challenged by monsters. The court wizard should be considered powerful by most players in many campaigns, just because he is the court wizard. He should also, in many campaigns, actually be powerful. [/QUOTE]

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