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<blockquote data-quote="mroberon1972" data-source="post: 463332" data-attributes="member: 5148">It's up to you guys, but remember:&nbsp; The NPCs are already only gaining 1/50th the experience that the PCs do.&nbsp; 1000 XP per year means they have dealt with situations that were important on thier level.&nbsp; Also, keep in mind the standard D&amp;D world.&nbsp; Do you think the monsters just ignore the locals and hunt for adventurers?&nbsp; The game masters guide also describes XP for DEFEATING opponents, in addition to deadly combat.&nbsp; Defeat takes many forms in the game.Also, reducing the XP that the NPCs gain per year to 500 (little more than 1 per day) only reduces the average class level by about 1 or 2 on average.&nbsp; This is still a far cry from the idea that everyone is 1st level.About people learning slower as they get older, the basic XP chart already deals with that nicely.&nbsp; It takes an additional 1000 xp per level to gain each level.&nbsp; This slows the advancement in the same way as it does for PCs.&nbsp; Also, the idea that people learn less in small communities is an old attitude I thought died out long ago.&nbsp; Rural people are not less educated, they just learn differing skills than a person raised in a city.&nbsp; This is the same ego problem that people have when they say that primitive cultures create stupid people.&nbsp; They are not stupid, they just value differant skills.&nbsp; How many of you can make a bow from scratch and the arrows to go with it?&nbsp; Bet most of you would starve without a supermarket nearby.&nbsp; (I would...)The real point is, characters gain XP awards for whatever -I- say so.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; Also, regardless of what the Almighty book of gamemastery says.&nbsp; My demographics are based on real population statistics (simplified, but it is there...).&nbsp; Simply put, the average human is not stupid enought to stay at 1st level for any real amount of time.&nbsp; People always learn, even the ones that do not want to.Remember, it does not matter how little XP you give them.&nbsp; It still means they tend toward having more people at higher levels than 1st.&nbsp; The average knight trains for years.&nbsp; A 1st level knight would be a squire...1st level is just a waystop until somthing better comes along.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mroberon1972, post: 463332, member: 5148"] It's up to you guys, but remember: The NPCs are already only gaining 1/50th the experience that the PCs do. 1000 XP per year means they have dealt with situations that were important on thier level. Also, keep in mind the standard D&D world. Do you think the monsters just ignore the locals and hunt for adventurers? The game masters guide also describes XP for DEFEATING opponents, in addition to deadly combat. Defeat takes many forms in the game. Also, reducing the XP that the NPCs gain per year to 500 (little more than 1 per day) only reduces the average class level by about 1 or 2 on average. This is still a far cry from the idea that everyone is 1st level. About people learning slower as they get older, the basic XP chart already deals with that nicely. It takes an additional 1000 xp per level to gain each level. This slows the advancement in the same way as it does for PCs. Also, the idea that people learn less in small communities is an old attitude I thought died out long ago. Rural people are not less educated, they just learn differing skills than a person raised in a city. This is the same ego problem that people have when they say that primitive cultures create stupid people. They are not stupid, they just value differant skills. How many of you can make a bow from scratch and the arrows to go with it? Bet most of you would starve without a supermarket nearby. (I would...) The real point is, characters gain XP awards for whatever -I- say so. Period. Also, regardless of what the Almighty book of gamemastery says. My demographics are based on real population statistics (simplified, but it is there...). Simply put, the average human is not stupid enought to stay at 1st level for any real amount of time. People always learn, even the ones that do not want to. Remember, it does not matter how little XP you give them. It still means they tend toward having more people at higher levels than 1st. The average knight trains for years. A 1st level knight would be a squire... 1st level is just a waystop until somthing better comes along. [/QUOTE]

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