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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hellcow" data-source="post: 1633693" data-attributes="member: 15800">Yes. Our decision to reduce the number of high-level characters specifically refered to characters in the teens and above. Using the DMG Demographics table, you could end up with four 20th level fighters hanging around in a metropolis. In Toril, there are a lot of epic-level NPCs floating around.  By comparison, in Sharn -- generally considered to be the grandest city in Khorvaire -- there's one 11th-level wizard and one 12th-level fighter. So you're not going to be the toughest person in the world at 6th level -- but by the time you reach 12th level, you are one of the best in your field. And by the time you get to 18th level, you're the stuff of legends. In regards to the organizations chapter, where you get characters of CR 4 and above, these are rarely supposed to be the rank and file of the organization. Taking the Church of the Silver Flame, it's mentioned in multiple places that clerics are rare. Thus, the cleric mentioned is an exceptional individual. If you want to run into a typical parishioner (say, a 1st level commoner) or a typical priest (a 2-3rd level expert)... you can probably fudge that without even having statistics. The Thuranni assassin is a skilled specialist; they don't have thousands of these rogues, but it makes a more interesting NPC to have on hand that a level 2 rogue (spy).</blockquote>