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<blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 1782323" data-attributes="member: 697">My theory about high level commoners is this:You know how every last tavern or shop in the typical D&amp;D town is run by a 5th level ex-adventurer, and all the nobles are level 10 or higher? Where do they get those XPs? If everyone was getting these mad levels, there'd be no more monsters for the PCs to fight, right? It's simple economics, supply and demand. There's a tremendous demand for XPs, but the supply we see could not possibly keep up with it. We should see dozens of people queued up the enter the local dungeon, but the PCs are always the first and only ones there.The answer is simple. Every 10 years, they wander the land and kill off all those commoners who've been leveling up since the last great hunt. Instant levels, since the commoner has a terrible BAB, awful hit points, and and a stash of items that consists of dirt, potatoes, and maybe a rake.(You might be wondering, what about paladins and clerics? They're good, right? Well, it's all a lie. If they're so good, why do they charge you for healing magic? They're all like, &quot;I am nice, I am clean, I could cure the world of all it's ills, but I'd rather have MADZ L00TZ!!1!!&quot; And where do you think all those donations go to? That's right, they fund the purchase of those super-magic, deadly crossbows that every last tavern owner on Oerth keeps behind his bar to keep PC-related brawls from getting out of hand.)Consider the lid blown off this conspiracy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mearls, post: 1782323, member: 697"] My theory about high level commoners is this: You know how every last tavern or shop in the typical D&D town is run by a 5th level ex-adventurer, and all the nobles are level 10 or higher? Where do they get those XPs? If everyone was getting these mad levels, there'd be no more monsters for the PCs to fight, right? It's simple economics, supply and demand. There's a tremendous demand for XPs, but the supply we see could not possibly keep up with it. We should see dozens of people queued up the enter the local dungeon, but the PCs are always the first and only ones there. The answer is simple. Every 10 years, they wander the land and kill off all those commoners who've been leveling up since the last great hunt. Instant levels, since the commoner has a terrible BAB, awful hit points, and and a stash of items that consists of dirt, potatoes, and maybe a rake. (You might be wondering, what about paladins and clerics? They're good, right? Well, it's all a lie. If they're so good, why do they charge you for healing magic? They're all like, "I am nice, I am clean, I could cure the world of all it's ills, but I'd rather have MADZ L00TZ!!1!!" And where do you think all those donations go to? That's right, they fund the purchase of those super-magic, deadly crossbows that every last tavern owner on Oerth keeps behind his bar to keep PC-related brawls from getting out of hand.) Consider the lid blown off this conspiracy. [/QUOTE]

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