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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hairfoot" data-source="post: 3960222" data-attributes="member: 23732">I would say it's the opposite of a high-powered campaign, because the heroes aren't head and shoulders above their peers until later levels.As you say, it gets out of hand if the town guard is composed entirely of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level classes, but I think it's fine to have a guard captain who's a 4th level fighter, a level 2 village cleric, and a 3rd level ranger jagermeister.  From levels 1-5, it's the PC's deeds that make them heroes, not their exceptional power (IMO).Remember that in a point of light, the guard captain is the hero until the PCs show up.  He's the one who held the (0-level) defenders together when those gnolls raided last winter; he's the bloke who lost an eye holding off an ogre single-handed while the villagers scrambled to shut the gate.  He's good because he has to be for the town to survive.  He can also lay down the law with PCs if they get out of hand, which an NPC-classed warrior can't.I don't think every NPC has to be weak and/or helpless to make a PoL campaign compelling.</blockquote>