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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2462591" data-attributes="member: 463">That's the way I do it, and for a GM assigning levels to NPCs, IMO that's the best way to do it.  In a professional army higher enlisted ranks will often require experience, which in D&D = Levels; however experience does not mandate higher rank.  So a private could be a 1st level Warrior or a 4th level Fighter, but a master sergeeant will not be a 1st level warrior unless you have very squished demographics where almost everyone is 1st level & only a few heroes are higher level.I would like to emphasise that assigning levels to NPCs is a totally different kettle of fish from working out systems whereby PCs can advance in rank through a military, and the two should not be conflated.  The GM can say "NPC Sergeants are at least 3rd level" without saying "3rd level military PCs are Sergeants".  A PC in the game-world military may be much lower (or, rarely, higher) rank than their level would indicate.  This doesn't detract at all from the value of assigning minimum or average levels to certain ranks.</blockquote>