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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 3616554" data-attributes="member: 2020">As I said, I don't know if the question can be (seriously, at least) answered.&nbsp; What scares me, is that my ghastly humorous answer above, just might work.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> &nbsp; -&nbsp; As for the rest of your post, in 3rd edition - 3.0 and in 3.5 - the peasants and other mundane people gain levels just as PCs do, and they can gain character classes by default if they choose to and someone trains them.&nbsp; If they gain character classes, they can advance as fighters, wizards, clerics, thieves, etc..&nbsp; Even monsters can now acquire character classes and advance in them.&nbsp; Back in 2nd and 1st edition, the majority of people were 0 level and could never advance in any known classes of the time (Commoner was not a class back then) so you are correct when referring to the 2nd and 1st edition rulessets.&nbsp; Since Medegia was a 2nd edition country when it was overwhelmed, that meant the peasants were out of luck.&nbsp; Because when type 6 demons attack 0 level peasants, the results are pretty messy.&nbsp; Yet even in 1st and 2nd edition, the drow were always classed, and typically higher than 1st level.&nbsp; And why is that?&nbsp; Consider what made the drow into powerhouse figures.&nbsp; (ala, they would have stomped the Surface World had they united and come up to do so.&nbsp; And that's canon, too!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 3616554, member: 2020"] As I said, I don't know if the question can be (seriously, at least) answered. What scares me, is that my ghastly humorous answer above, just might work. :uhoh: - As for the rest of your post, in 3rd edition - 3.0 and in 3.5 - the peasants and other mundane people gain levels just as PCs do, and they can gain character classes by default if they choose to and someone trains them. If they gain character classes, they can advance as fighters, wizards, clerics, thieves, etc.. Even monsters can now acquire character classes and advance in them. Back in 2nd and 1st edition, the majority of people were 0 level and could never advance in any known classes of the time (Commoner was not a class back then) so you are correct when referring to the 2nd and 1st edition rulessets. Since Medegia was a 2nd edition country when it was overwhelmed, that meant the peasants were out of luck. Because when type 6 demons attack 0 level peasants, the results are pretty messy. Yet even in 1st and 2nd edition, the drow were always classed, and typically higher than 1st level. And why is that? Consider what made the drow into powerhouse figures. (ala, they would have stomped the Surface World had they united and come up to do so. And that's canon, too!) [/QUOTE]

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