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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J_D" data-source="post: 1909271" data-attributes="member: 20956">Sean K. Reynolds came up with a set of variant rules that deals with this topic.  Basically, he takes the position that a typical peasant's life is not an easy one, and simply surviving in the long term is worth experience.  Basically, he posits that one month of life is roughly equivlent to a CR 1 challenge then proceeds from there.  7th level would be achieved at age 41, 8th level at 49, and 9th level at age 61, then progression stops there because 9th level characters don't get experience for CR1 challenges.  So, in Sean's variant rule, there aren't going to be any thirty year old veteran militiamen who are only second level warriors.  This makes sense to me.  I always thought that life experence should count for something unless the NPC has a very sheltered and protected life, and I have always considered the idea of an old and grizzled 1st or 2nd level commoner or warrior be more than a little ridiculous.You can read Sean's variant rule at this site:<a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/misc/theoryaboutpeasants.html" target="_blank">http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/misc/theoryaboutpeasants.html</a></blockquote>