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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 6071796" data-attributes="member: 463">Town guards - I grew up on AD&D, where town guards were routinely level 0 and completely unable to handle even the 2 hit dice ruffians on the town encounter table, never mind the PCs!My preference is that city guards are normally experienced professionals, as they were IRL (free cities especially only hired the best and most reliable veterans, no bravos). I use the 4e Soldier-3 town guard as a baseline; he's comparable to a 1st level PC in killing power, but a more limited skill set. Elite guards are Soldier-5 or higher, but usually only used to guard important locations. If encountered by Paragon PCs I use Minion stats 8 levels higher, so minion 11-13; knights are typically Soldier-7 (MM2 Cavalier) or Minion-15, but elite human mooks such as Shadovar Shadow Knights or Cormyrean Purple Dragon Knights (both FR) can go up to around Soldier-15 or Minion-23, with Soldier 16-20/Minion 24-28 for leaders, champions, and ultra-elite strike teams. Eg the Shadow Knights guarding Claribunus Tanthul, Prince of Shade (level 22 elite) are level 22 minion Shadovar Shadow Knights, whereas the Royal Guard of Telamont Tanthul, High Prince of Shade (level 30 elite) are level 28 minion Shade Knights. King Foril of Cormyr's Royal Guard would likely be level 15 Soldier or level 23 minion Purple Dragon Knights.</blockquote>