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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 6079403" data-attributes="member: 6674868">A few great contributions to this thread.I like the comparison to university students.  In a culture where this is an available option to those ambitious and qualified enough to enter, those who meet the criteria receive the education and advancements that come along with.  This Crafter middle class is about what I was imagining, with all members of society benefiting from what they produce.  I'm assuming a Lord or the heroes being the one's in charge of seeing the distribution of magical items to benefit society at large to prevent hording and elitism.  While that would not be the case in all scenarios, I'd imagine if at least one group were willing to make the knowledge and products available to all, they'd hedge out competition. (Consider if a freeware program for learning a new language was released as good as a program you had to pay for, or work hard to receive.  The free version would run rampant, and beat out the competition.  Imperfect analogy but it's what comes to mind this late in the evening.)  I'm not sure if there is a direct corrolation between IQ scores and D&D INT scores, and I know it doesn't factor in Wisdom and Charisma.  The previous mentioned mob boss may have excelled in Wisdom and Charisma, to make up for the less than impressive INT score.</blockquote>